Category Archives: Columbia elections

Laddie Howard will not run for District 2

By Adam Beam | Published: March 15, 2010
Lobbyist Laddie Howard said today he will not file for the District 2 election to replace former City Councilman E.W. Cromartie. Howard said the election, scheduled for April 6, does not give him enough time to run a campaign. “I just think it’s going to get a lot crazier before it gets better,” he said. Howard did not [...]
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Special elections

By Adam Beam | Published: March 9, 2010
Councilman E.W. Cromartie has not officially resigned, and the city cannot move forward with an election to replace him until he does. Here’s what the state law says about special election: A vacancy in the office of mayor or council shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term at the next regular election or at [...]
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Walter Powell Jr. picks up police, fire endorsement

By Adam Beam | Published: March 8, 2010
Walter Powell Jr., a candidate for Columbia City Council district 4, will be endorsed today by the Columbia Firefighters Association and the newly-formed local chapter of the Southern States Police Benelovence Association. Powell sent out a news release early this morning announcing the endorsement, which will be officially announced during a 2 p.m. news conference today [...]
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How can convicted felons be on the ballot?

By Adam Beam | Published: March 2, 2010
This question has come up recently because of my colleague Dawn Hinshaw’s reporting that mayoral candidate Irwin Wilson and City Council candidate Antonio Williams are both convicted felons. The state Constitution prohibits a convicted felon from being elected to office until 15 years have passed since he or she got out of jail and was released [...]
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Simple question, lots of answers

By Adam Beam | Published: March 2, 2010
Eight of the nine candidates for Columbia mayor attended a forum this morning at the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce. This is one of more than a dozen scheduled forums, and with nine candidates the forums are hard to keep up with. But today’s forum was especially hard to follow when it comes to the question [...]
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