Alexandria Mayor Race to be Contested

Two men will be vying to fill the remaining two years of an unexpired mayor’s term in the Alexandria Municipal Election on September 3
All the aldermen candidates will be unopposed.
Noon today (Thursday, June 18) was the qualifying deadline
According to the election commission Bennett Armstrong and Tony Tarpley are seeking the mayor’s office. Armstrong is currently an alderman appointee. Tarpley was appointed mayor in 2013 after Jim York was elected mayor and resigned three days after taking office. Tarpley has served the first two years of York’s unexpired term as mayor.
Meanwhile three aldermen are to be elected, each to serve a four year term. Two other aldermen are to be elected to fill vacancies or the remaining two years of unexpired terms.
Kelly Pyburn, David Cripps, and John F. Suggs are each running unopposed for the four year alderman terms. Cripps and Suggs are incumbent aldermen, appointees serving out unexpired or vacant terms
Matthew Boss and Danny Parkerson will each be running unopposed for the two year alderman terms.
The sitting members are Mayor Tony Tarpley and Aldermen Pat Jackson, David Cripps, John Suggs, and Bennett Armstrong. All are serving as appointees except for Jackson, who was elected in 2013 and still has two years remaining in his term.