Election filing ends at 5 p.m. Monday for local races

Published 9:10 am Friday, August 16, 2024

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Filing for a seat in elections in Groves, Port Neches and Port Neches-Groves Independent School District will end at 5 p.m. Monday.

As of Friday morning only one entity of the three have garnered candidates other than the incumbents.

Groves

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In the city of Groves, the Mayor’s seat, Ward No 2, Ward No. 4 and City Marshal’s seats are up for election.

Mayor Chris Borne, 45, has filed for reelection. He has an opponent, Michael Boudreaux, 49.

Borne lists his occupation as electrician and Boudreaux lists his occupation as plant mechanic.

The City Marshal’s seat was vacated with the retirement of longtime lawman Norman Reynolds Jr. at the beginning of the year. Sergeant Christopher Robin was named interim city marshal upon Reynolds’s departure.

Robin, 37, has filed for the seat.

Patrol Supervisor Rudy Guerrero, 47, has also filed for the seat.

Ward 4 Councilwoman Rhonda Dugas, 70, has filed for reelection. She has drawn an opponent, Rae Shauna Gay, 36, a business owner.

Ward 2 Councilman Paul Oliver, 66, has filed for reelection. As of Friday morning he had no opponents.

Each of the seats up for election are two year terms.

For more information on filing, call the city secretary’s office at 409-960-5773.

Port Neches

In the city of Port Neches, two seats are up for election. The mayor’s seat, held by Glenn Johnson and the Place 4 seat held by Robert Arnold.

Both Johnson and Arnold have filed for reelection and had no opponents as of Friday.

For more information on filing, call 409-727-2182

PNGISD

For Port Neches-Groves Independent School District, there are three seats up for election; the Place 1 seat held by Dr. Scott Bartlett, Place 2 seat held by Dustin Marsh and Place 3 seat held by Eric Sullivan.

Neither Bartlett, Marsh or Sullivan had drawn opponents by Friday.

For more information on filing, call 409-722-4244.

Important dates

Filing is open until Aug. 19.

Early voting is from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1 and Election Day is Nov. 5.