City council, mayoral races set for Washington, Tignall, Rayle

Local city races in Washington, Tignall, and Rayle are now set for the ballot after qualifying concluded Friday.

At the end of qualifying Friday, two candidates for Washington mayor and six candidates for the Washington City Council have qualified to be on the ballot for the November election.

In the run for Mayor, candidates qualifying included incumbent Mayor Willie E. Burns and announced candidate Carlton Norris.

In the city's District 1, incumbent councilman Nathaniel Cullars has qualified, as has Marion Tutt Jr., who is seeking the seat now held by Cullars.

In city District 2, Edward B. Pope Jr., Ames M. Barnett, downtown merchant Ed Franklin, and teacher Fulani Doughty have qualified to run for two District 2 seats. With three or more candidates, the two seats will go to the two highest vote getters.

One District 2 seat will be vacated at year's end by Ray Hardy; and Edward Pope is seeking to be elected to the District 2 seat to which he was elected without opposition last year, filling the unexpired term of former Councilman Anna Norman.

The current terms of Mayor Willie E. Burns, and Councilmen Nathaniel Cullars Sr., Ray Hardy and Edward B. Pope Jr. expire at the end of December, 2007.

In Tignall, Mayor Richard Gammon has qualified to run again, this time with opposition from Henry Brown. Incumbent Tignall council members Charles Bradley, Tom Jackson, Nobie Keener, Albert Huyck, and Leon Aycock all qualified but are unopposed.

In Rayle, Mayor Norman Echols has qualified to run again, and Elizabeth Bolton has qualified to oppose him. Jason Echols is the only candidate for Rayle city council.

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