A total of 19 candidates have filed for either a Sequoyah County School Board Education seat, or City of Sallisaw Commissioner seat during the Declaration of Candidacy filing period, which was held Dec. 4 – 6.
If more than two candidates filed for the same Board of Education seat, a Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. If one candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, that candidate will be named the elected official. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will vie for the seat during the Board of Education General Election on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. If only two candidates file for the same Board of Education seat, those two candidates’ names will appear on the General Election ballot in April.
Declarations of Candidacy have been filed for the following seats:
• BELFONTE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #1 (3 yr.) – Sheila Sevenstar Horn, 56.
• BRUSHY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #1 (3 yr.) – Shane Petree, 44.
• CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #4 (5 yr.) – Matthew Alan Bauer, 38.
•GANSSCHOOLDISTRICT OFFICE NO. #4 (5 yr.) – Jana Morris, 42.
• GORE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #4 – Aaron Cearley, 48 and Cody Austin Sloan, 34.
• LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #1 (3 yr.) – Lukeas Dewey Tucker, 36.
• MARBLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #1 (3 yr.) – Pauline Pettit, 66.
• MOFFETT SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #1 (3 yr.) – Joshua Dewayne Burgess.
• MULDROW SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO.#4(5yr.)-Down Lee Green, 57.
• MULDROW SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #2 (3 yr.) UNEXPIRED – William Colby Dean Wilson, 36.
• ROLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #4 (5 yr.) – Jerry Dewayne Brooks, 63.
• SALLISAW SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #4 (5 yr.) – Amanda Suzette Hatcher, 42.
• VIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE NO. #4 (5 yr.) – William Kevin Sanford, 63 and Kenneth Michael Pack Jr., 43.
• CITY OF SALLISAW, WARD #2 (3 yr.) – Joshua Jay Bailey, 49 and Steven Hatcher, 38.
• CITY OF SALLISAW, WARD #4 (3 yr.) – Jeannie Lynn Richardson, 73 and Bradley Wayne Hamilton, 38.
