Fifty-five people qualified as candidates for the October 2, election Wedensday, July 7, at the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Courts Office.

Persons interested in qualifying for this election, must complete the necessary paperwork at the courthouse July 8, or Friday, July 9, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Those qualifying included:

•Evangeline Parish School Board (EPSB) District 1 – Lonnie Sonner.

•EPSB District 3 – Jerry L. Thompson

•EPSB District 4 – Gilbert J. Bordelon and Wayne N. Dardeau

•EPSB District 5 - Peggy Forman

•EPSB District 7 – Dan Hoffpauir

•EPSB District 8 – Wanda Anderson Skinner

•EPSB District 9 – Scott Limoges and Chris Manuel

•EPSB District 10 – Arthur Savoy

•EPSB District 11 – Malcolm “Coach Makie” Duos and Nancy A. Hamlin

•District 12 – Gervis LaFleur and Willard Ray “Spiderman” Lafleur

•District 13 – Georgianna L. Wilson

City of Ville Platte

•Mayor – Bill Jeanmard and Jennifer Vidrine

•Chief of Police – Chuncey Fontenot, Neal Lartigue and A. Perry Thomas

•Alderman District A – C.J. Dardeau and Grace Vidrine Sibley

•Alderman District B – Carol Alfred, Jerry Joseph and Arthur “Peanut” Sampson

•Alderman District C – Mike Perron

•Alderman District D – Freddie “Rev” Jack

•Alderman District E – Earl Edward and Donald Sam

•Alderman District F – Taranza M. Arvie and Scott Soileau

Town of Basile

•Mayor – Grayling Richardson and Berline B. Sonnier

•Chief of Police – Allen Ivory Jr.

•Alderman District 4 – Frank Ceasar Sr.

Village of Chataignier

•Mayor – Herman Malveaux

•Chief of Police – Paul Allen Jr.

Town of Mamou

•Mayor – Ricky Fontenot

•Alderman at Large – Leisa Deshotel and J.C. Gallow

•Alderman District 1 – Freddie Matthew and Terry Lee Richard

•Alderman District 2 – Richard “Scotty” Christ and James Stafford Fontenot II

•Alderman District 3 – Derryl “TeGlyn” Brunet and Charles L. Reed

Village of Turkey Creek

•Chief of Police – Russell “Moose” Evans, Kenneth Johnson and Robert Moreau

•Council members: Joey Ducote, Claude Hazelton, Jessie E. Johnson, Louis Dale Marcantel and William “Boogie” Slocum

•Justice of the Peace Ward Four – Wade Riley