One School Board Race Develops in Roger Mills County

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December 6, 2022

By News Director Jared Atha

Candidates for the Board of Education in area school districts began filing Declarations of Candidacy yesterday.

As of 5p.m. Monday only one race has developed in the area. In Cheyenne for board seat number 3, Amanda Bryson and Tosha Estrada have declared their intentions to run for the seat.

Other filings include:

Elk City
No. 3
Yusuke Harase

Merritt
No. 3
Wes Graham

Sayre
No. 3
Brandon Hickey

Arapaho-Butler
No. 1
Rusty Rousch

No. 3
Jo Lynn Elder

Clinton
No. 3
Susanna Williams

Thomas-Fay-Custer
No. 1
Traci Hajny

Sweetwater
No. 3
Linda A. Edwards

Burns Flat-Dill City
No. 3
Brian Mooney

Canute
No. 3
Steven Schuster

WTC
No. 3
Phil W. Delp

Election officials remind that Declaration of Candidacy forms must be completed and submitted to election board offices no later than 5p.m. Wednesday. Contests of Candidacy must be filed no later than Friday.

The Primary Election will be held Tuesday, February 14, while the Board of Education General Election will take place on April 4.

We’ll have the latest candidate filings Wednesday and Thursday.

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