25-06-2025
These candidates are bidding for mayor and council seats in central Alabama
Municipal elections are slated for Prattville, Millbrook and Wetumpka on Aug. 26.
Candidate qualifying ended Tuesday. The following is a list of candidates for election by city. Some candidates have certification pending following verification of completion of Alabama Ethics Commission statements of economic interest.
Prattville has a crowded field for the mayor and six of the seven city council seats.
Mayor
Reuben Gardner
Bill Gillespie Jr. (I)
David Melling
Devin Moore
Dennis Mullins
District 1
Wade Newman
Russ Sanders (I)
Melissa Strickland
District 2
Marcus Jackson (I)
Cornelius Smith
District 3
John Chambers (I)
Jimmy Hyde III (Pending)
District 4
Tommy Merrick (I)
Antonio "Coach Bam" Richards
District 5
Michael Whaley (I)
District 6
Jackie Nix (Pending)
Robert E. Strichik (I)
District 7
Lora Lee Boone (I)
Thea Langley (Pending)
(I) Denotes incumbent.
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There will be one contested election in Millbrook in the city council races. Mayor Al Kelley is running for his seventh consecutive term and is unopposed.
Mayor
Al Kelley (I)
District 1
Jade Denise Loyd
Jacquelyn Thomas (I)
District 2
Michael Gay (I)
District 3
Jimmy Harris (I)
District 4
Justin Jones (I)
District 5
Chris Bath (I)
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Wetumpka had not posted a candidate list Tuesday evening.
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This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Candidates vie for mayor, council in central Alabama
