There are three candidates running for Smithville mayor this August but not a single entrant threw a hat in the ring to lead Alexandria.
In the race for Smithville mayor, incumbent Jimmy Poss will be opposed by second-term alderman Josh Miller and Curtis Rust. The qualifying deadline for municipal, school board and state primary offices fell Thursday at noon.

While Poss will be opposed, there will be no fight over who gets the two city aldermanic spots up for grabs this year as newcomer Brandon Cox and incumbent Gayla Hendrix will take the seats without opposition. Their lack of opponents comes after two-term incumbent alderman Jason Murphy withdrew his name from the ballot this past week, saying he needed to devote more time to his business.

In Liberty, incumbent Mayor Dwight Mathis is asking for reelection but Darrell W. Johnson is standing in his way, seeking election to the post this August. The aldermanic council including Dwayne Blair, J.D. Bratten, Derek Johnson, Jason H. Ray and William Howard Reynolds Jr. will be reelected without opposition.

While no mayor race is up this year in Dowelltown, there are three open aldermanic spots. However, only Ronald L. Griffith is guaranteed one of those seats as no other aldermanic candidates qualified to run for them.

In Alexandria, no one stepped up to run for mayor after incumbent Bennett Armstrong said he does not intend to run again. There are also five seats open on the city council, only one of which is claimed by Lloyd Dyer who opted to qualify. Anyone wishing to run as a write-in candidate must notify the election office at least 50 days before the election of their intention to seek any of the offices.

As far as school board goes, only second-district incumbent Jerry Wayne Johnson will face a contested race as he will be opposed by Thomas Alan Hayes in August. Incumbents Danny Parkerson in the first, Jim Beshearse in the third, Kate Miller in the fourth and Shaun Tubbs in the seventh will be elected to four-year terms without opposition. Meanwhile, two spots held by W.J. (Dub) Evins III in the fifth and Doug Stephens in the sixth do not come up for election until 2020.