When will Friday Ellis qualify for Monroe mayor’s race?

Ian Robinson, Monroe News-Star
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Candidates are continuing to qualify for mayoral, council, aldermen and chief of police races in Caldwell and Ouachita parishes.

Incumbent Mayor Friday Ellis is expected to qualify for the Monroe mayor's race Friday at 10:30 a.m., according to his campaign advisor John Jones.

As of Thursday, no candidate has qualified for two Justice of the Peace offices in Franklin Parish and the District 2 seat on the Monroe City Council. Hannah Cummings Springer and Juanita Woods are vying for Columbia mayor and the Monroe City Council District 3 seat, respectively, unopposed.

Candidates as of Thursday

Caldwell Parish

Mayor, Town of Columbia

  • Hannah Cummings Springer, Republican

Chief of Police, Town of Columbia

  • Cody Cain, Republican

  • Sedric Meredith, Democrat

Councilmen, Town of Columbia

5 to be elected.

  • Penny Hillestad Brown, Independent

  • Sonja Carroll, Republican

  • James C. Stuart, Independent

Ouachita Parish

Mayor, City of Monroe

  • Betty Ward-Cooper, Democrat

  • "Jamie" Mayo, Democrat

Mayor, Town of Richwood

  • Gerald Brown, Democrat

  • Ashley Harris, Democrat

Aldermen, Town of Richwood

5 to be elected.

  • Eric Amaker, Democrat

  • Janice Fleming, Democrat

  • Ernest Profit, Republican

  • Simeon Profit, Independent

  • Wilbert Reed, Jr., Democrat

  • Donald Richard, Democrat

  • Deneitra L. Ross, Democrat

Councilman District 2, City of Monroe

  • Gretchen Ezernack, Republican

  • "Herb" Guillory, Independent

Councilman District 3, City of Monroe

  • Juanita Woods, Democrat

Councilman District 4, City of Monroe

  • Marie Brown, Democrat

  • Carday Marshall, Sr., Democrat

  • Rodney McFarland, Sr., Democrat

Councilman District 5, City of Monroe

  • Kema Dawson, Democrat

  • Carolyn Goodin, Democrat

  • Verbon Muhammad, Sr., Democrat

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This article originally appeared on Monroe News-Star: Day 2: Here's who qualified for March 23, 2024