Politics & Government

It’ll be time to vote Tuesday in York County. Here are the races residents will decide.

Precinct worker Carol Reardon wears gloves to sort ‘I voted stickers’ at Brennen Elementary School. Three precincts voted at the school because there were not enough precinct workers to staff all then locations. 6/9/20
Precinct worker Carol Reardon wears gloves to sort ‘I voted stickers’ at Brennen Elementary School. Three precincts voted at the school because there were not enough precinct workers to staff all then locations. 6/9/20 tglantz@thestate.com

Dozens of candidates are up for election next week in York County.

Voters from York, Tega Cay, Fort Mill, Clover and other parts of the county will cast ballots in various mayoral, city and town council races.

Absentee voting for the municipal elections began on Oct. 4. The last chance to vote absentee in person is 5 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the York County elections office, 6 S. Congress St. All by-mail ballots must be returned to the office by Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.

Polls will open Tuesday at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voters can find information on precinct locations on the county’s elections office site.

Here are the candidates on the ballot. Incumbents are marked by an (i).

Tega Cay

MayorChris Gray and Heather Overman

City Council

At-large (two seats to fill) Liz Duda, Christoph Halverson, Thomas Hyslip and Scott Shirley

York

City Council

District 1Steve Love (i) and Matthew Hickey

District 5 — Denise Lowry (i) and Charles Brewer

District 6 — Kellie Wine Harrold

Clover

Town Council

Clover residents will vote to elect three candidates for four-year terms and one candidate to fill a vacant seat for a two-year term.

Those running for one of the three four-year term seats are Teresa Hurst (i), Tina Goodgame (i), Amy Moses, Bo Legg, Scott Shuler and Michael Walters.

Those running for the two-year term seat are Brittany Farr and Kitisa McDowell.

Fort Mill

Town Council

Ward 1James Shirey (i), Allen Garrison and Chris Powers

Ward 3Sherita Watts and Ben Hudgins

At-largeMatt Vilardebo and Chris Wolfe

A run-off will be held on Nov. 16 if needed.

Hickory Grove

Mayor Larry A. Earl (i)

Town Council

At-large (four seats to fill) — Ollie A. Bankhead (i), Kevin Faulkner (i), Harry J. Good (i), Kyle N. Wyatt (i)

McConnells

Mayor Agnes Love (i) and Bryan Jenkins

Town Council

At-large (four seats to fill) — Liz Frame Christenberry (i), Bill Covington (i), Bill Nance (i), John Nelson (i) and Lauren Shytle

Sharon

Mayor — Tommy Childers and Nicole Perkins

Town Council

At-large (four seats to fill) — Nicole Perkins (i), Skylar Grant and Nickie Rimer

Smyrna

Mayor — William Chris Faulkner (i) and Robert Whitesides Faulkner

Town Council

At-large (four seats to fill) — Robert W. Faulkner (i), Robert P. Jackson (i) and Amy Myott (i)

Cailyn Derickson
The Herald
Cailyn Derickson is a city government and politics reporter for The Herald, covering York, Chester and Lancaster counties. Cailyn graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has previously worked at The Pilot and The News and Observer.
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