The Citizens for a Better Community provided a political venue Monday at the Stanley Davis Community Center in Fouke with campaign pledges, homemade food and fellowship during a candidate's night for Fouke City Council and the mayor's office.
Fouke has several candidates running for the city offices, including five who have filed for mayor.
All the candidates urged residents to vote in the Nov. 6 election. The major slogan used by the candidates was "faith, family and friends."
The opposed city council races and candidates are:
2018 Fouke City Mayor election candidates:
Terry Purvis (incumbent)
Phyllis Allison
Charles Lynn Cooper
Rob Neely, Jr.
Lance Norman
Ward 1, Place 1
Brenda Purvis (incumbent)
Loretta Sue Robertson
Ward 2, Place 1
Doris O. Sanders (incumbent)
Jack Blaylock
Ward 3, Place 1
Betty Ebey (incumbent)
Shirley Austin
Ward 4, Place 2
Melanie N. Bottoms
Kay McCarty
Carl Story
Those who are unopposed are:
Ward 3, Place 2
Barbara S. Brown (incumbent)
Ward 4, Place 1
Stacey A. Green
Ward 2, Place 2
Ronnie Monroe
(incumbent)