While Sedona residents will be deciding which presidential candidate to vote for later this year, they will also be choosing candidates at both the state and local level.
According to City Clerk Susan Irvine, as of Tuesday, May 17, eight potential Sedona City Council candidates pulled packets but none had yet to return them. There are five seats open, one council seat is for a two-year term to finish out the seat vacated by Angela LeFevre, who stepped down in January. City Council chose Tom Lamkin to fill LeFevre’s seat until this year’s election.
“Having five seats open at one time is not that unusual,” Irvine said. “In recent history, it happened in both 2008 and 2010. I don’t believe it will cause any complications for the election. It is clear on the ballot that you will be voting for three council seats for four-year terms and one council seat for a two-year term. The mayor’s seat will also be for a two-year term.”
Those who have pulled packets so far, and the term they’re seeking, include:
- Mayor Sandy Moriarty, who, so far is running unopposed
- Councilwoman Jessica Williamson — four-year term
- Councilman John Martinez — four-year term
- Councilman Tom Lamkin — two-year term
- Former Sedona Police Chief Joe Vernier — four-year term
- Former Planning and Zoning Commissioner John Currivan — four-year term
- Current Historic Preservation Commissioner Harry Danilevics — four-year term
- Current Planning and Zoning Commissioner Gerhard Mayer — two-year term Irvine said candidates must get a minimum of 136 signatures but not more than 270 to be eligible to run for office this year. Deadline to return petitions is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1.
“There are no packets for the general election, as you file for the primary and are either elected during the primary or go into a runoff,” she said.
The primary election is on Aug. 30 while the general election is set for Nov. 8.
