Watkins wins District 3 commission seat

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Watkins wins District 3 commission seat

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Saturday, April 24. 2010

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Brian Watkins was the top vote recipient in the run-off election for the District 3 Dodge County Commission seat on Tuesday, April 13.
Out of 10 precincts, Watkins received 551 votes and Timmy Burnham received 226 votes.

Watkins will represent District 3 for the unexpired term of the late Edwin Burnham, which will end December 31, 2010.
Watkins attended his first meeting as a commissioner on Monday, April 19.

Qualifying for local county commission and school board seats will begin soon.

Two seats will open for qualifying on the Dodge County Board of Commissioners which will be on the July 20 General Primary ballot.
District 2 commissioner Carl Hosford announced at the February 1, 2010 commission meeting he would not seek re-election. Hosford stated, “It’s time for me to go home.” He served as a commissioner for 5 1/2 years.

District 3 will also come up for election. That seat is currently held by Brian Watkins, who is serving the unexpired term of the late Edwin Burnham.

Commissioners run as partisan candidates and will qualify as Democrat, Republican, Independent, etc. The qualifying fee is $90.00.
Qualifying opens Monday, April 26 at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 noon on Friday, April 30.

Five seats on the Dodge County Board of Education will open for qualifying during the week of April 26
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Incumbent school board members Dougie Martin, Rocky Stuckey, Neil Spradley, Shriley Ikedionwu and Betsy Thomas’ seats are up for election.
Martin represents District 1 and has served on the board for 6 1/2 years. Stuckey represents District 3 and has served on the board for 6 1/2 years. Spradley represents District 5 and has served on the board for 3 1/2 years. Ikedionwu represents District 7 and has served on the board for 10 1/2 years. Thomas has served less than a year. She is completing the unexpired term of Michelle Wahl, who resigned May 19, 2009 due to both personal and professional reasons.

Qualifying opens Monday April 26 at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 noon on Friday, April 30. The qualifying fee is $117.00.
Qualifying for commissioner and school board seats is at the probate judges office located inside the Dodge County Courthouse.

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