Local Council Races Take Shape Across Cities

Five candidates qualified for the special election to fill the Tuscaloosa City Council District 5 seat left vacant by Kip Tyner’s death; voters will choose a winner Dec. 8, with a Jan. 5 runoff if no candidate wins a majority. Cathedral City voters are set to elect council representatives in Districts 3, 4 and 5 on Nov. 3. Salem’s April nonpartisan ballot will feature a mayoral contest between incumbent Nic Farley and Rick Phillips, plus four candidates seeking two council seats. In Melbourne, four candidates are competing for two council seats representing Districts 2 and 4 in the Nov. 3 general election.