Candidates running for Fayette City Council are pictured above, from left to right: Floyd Rodgers Jr. (Ward 5), Charles Walker (Ward 4), Micky Joe Morgan (Ward 2), Felix Caine (Ward 4) Priscilla Gray (Ward 2), Michael Deane (Ward 2), Amanda Henry (Ward 2), Dwan Williams (representing Ron Hannah Ward 2), Jacey Moore (representing Alex Moore Ward 5) and Steve Herring ( Ward 1 - uncontested).
Virettia Whiteside made history last week by winning the Ward 1 council position and becoming the second minority member of the newly-elected Fayette City Council. Whiteside defeated Steve Herring on Oct. 6 in the Ward 1 runoff election by a vote of 184 to 104. Whiteside received 126 absentee votes and 58 regular votes to Herring’s 13 absentee votes and 91 votes on election day.
Qualifying has ended and the candidates are set for the Aug. 25 municipal election in Fayette. There will not be an election in the towns of Belk, Glen Allen and Berry, as no more than one candidate has qualified for each position. In Belk, incumbent Sherry Spack qualified for Seat One, incumbent Bill Davis qualified for Seat Two, former Council Member Karen Strickland will again be a part of the Belk governing body in Seat Three, and incumbent Jeanie Hollingsworth qualified for Seat Four.
