This is the final day for candidates to file for Mayor and open city council seats in Salem and Centralia.
On Friday, incumbent Centralia City Councilman Izzy Fontenez filed for re-election. He joins five others who have filed for the two open four-year city council seats. The other candidates are Mike Reed, Debbie Smith, Thomas ‘Tommy’ Hennigar, Ricky Garrett and Judith Meeks-Hakim.
In Salem, a fourth candidate filed on Friday for two open four-year council seats. Ashleigh Russell is a paramedic at United Medical Response in Salem. She joins incumbent Craig Morton, appointed councilman Royce Bringwald, and Salem businessman Tracy Timmerman in the race.
Filing continues at both city halls through 5 p.m. on Monday.
