Municipal elections on April 4th will decide four seats on the Galesburg City Council in addition to other town councils and school boards.
WGIL has learned from Galesburg Election Commission Director Lisa Watson that the window to withdraw from the ballot has passed.
Only one candidate that initially submitted petitions to run has pulled out; that’s Jayme Carr running in Ward 1.
That leaves incumbent Bradley Hix running against Stephen “Champ” Coleman in Ward 1.
Ward 3 will feature the lone three-way race with incumbent Kevin Wallace being challenged by Evan Miller and Thomas Roberts.
Ward 5 will be a contest between incumbent Jaclyn Smith-Esters and Heather Ziegler Acerra and Ward 7 will be between incumbent Larry Cox and challenger Steve Cheesman.
Early voting starts on Feb. 23, the same day that vote-by-mail ballots will start to be sent to voters.
