A flurry of last-minute candidacies on the last day of filing Monday left seven candidates vying for three spots on the Coahoma school district board of trustees.

Incumbents Mike Blissard and Dale Coates will be joined by Power Resources technician Patric Robinson and First Bank of West Texas official Lori Martinez in the race for two at-large seats on the board.

Also, Kirk Allen, Cindy Fowler and James Sanders will run for the one-year unexpired term of former trustee John Wayne Metcalf.

Allen is a railroad conductor, Fowler is a retired educator and Sanders is employed by a local correctional facility, CISD Administration Secretary Judy Dobbs said.

The Forsan ISD race will feature five candidates vying for three at-large seats.

Beckie Wash is the only incumbent seeking re-election and she will be joined on the ballot by Timary Rosenbaum, an employee at CDR Properties, Tim Ballard, a USPS letter carrier, Courtney Ballard, a truck driver, and firefighter Glenn Graves.

Other trustee elections in the area will have incumbents unopposed for re-election. Those districts include:

• Big Spring ISD — Incumbents Irene Galan (District 1) and Alan Partee (District 3) will earn new three-year terms.

• Howard College — Dr. Charles Warren, John Freeman and Marie Ethridge are unopposed in their quest for new six-year terms.

• Stanton ISD — New three-year terms are expected for incumbents Valerie Smith (District 3), Todd Smith (District 4) and Reggie Franklin (District 7).

• Sands CISD — Incumbents Robin Barraza and Martin Nichols are unopposed for re-election to their at-large positions.

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