Early voting begins Monday October 24. For those of you who plan to cast your ballot before Election Day, November 8, we at The Alexandrian thought you would like to know something about the candidates running for the city council and mayor.
This will be a four-part series, covering six candidates, for three seats on the city council and three candidates for mayor. The incumbents currently holding those positions are all seeking re-election.
In Part-1 we are covering the race for the Ward-2, Position-2 seat on the city council. Political new-comer Gina Thomas Littlejohn is challenging Incumbent Lonny Chapman. Each biography is placed in the order the candidate will appear on the ballot.
Questions posed to the candidates were the same, except one which was tailored to either the incumbent or challenger. The questions were;
1-How long have you lived at your current address?
2-Have you lived any place else in Alexander, or the area formerly known as Woodland Hills?
3-(Incumbent) How long have you held your current position on the council?
3-Have you served on the council before? Have you ever held other similar elected positions before?
4-Are you employed, own/operate a business, or retired?
5-If retired who was your previous employer/company and what did you do there?
6A-(Incumbent) What in your employment history has been beneficial in serving in the office you currently hold?
6B-(Opponent) What in your employment history, or what skills do you possess, that you believe will be beneficial in serving on the city council?
7-(Opponent) Why are you running for office?
Ballot Position #1
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| Photo from candidate's Facebook Page. |
Address: 15431 Walnut Glen Drive
Email Address: ginarthomas52@gmail.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069945065419
Gina Thomas Littlejohn has lived in the St. Joseph’s Glen Subdivision for the past 17 years.
Littlejohn owns and operates a delivery business called “G Deliver-7.”
She says she has never held an elected position.
As to why Littlejohn is running for city council she said, “I’m running for change and a voice for the people of Alexander.”
“I have a lot of management experience and I think with that experience it will help run the administration,” she said.
Ballot Position #2
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| Photo from candidate's Facebook Page. |
Address: 16103 Rosewood Ln.
Home Phone: 501-529-2374
Email Address: LonnyChapman@yahoo.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/lonny.chapman.54
Lonny Chapman has lived in his current home for the past 35 years. He lives in the area formerly known as Woodland Hills, until it was voluntarily annexed into the City of Alexander in 2006.
Chapman was appointed June 17, 2019 to the Ward-4 Position 1 seat to fill the vacancy created when Council Member Melissa Ratliff, now Melissa Anthony, resigned to take a full-time job working at city hall. He held the Ward-4 Position 1 seat until ward lines were redrawn earlier this year due to an increase in population shown by the 2020 Census. The new lines placed him in the Ward-2 Position-2 seat, for which he is currently running.
This is not his first time serving on the city council. Chapman previously served in the Ward-4, Position-2 seat from January 1, 2012 until December 31, 2016. Chapman was defeated by Jeffrey Watson in the 2016 Election.
Chapman is currently employed working two jobs.
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