(CLEVELAND) — Qualifying for Cleveland and Helen municipal elections in November is set for next week. One possible candidate has already announced he will be running.
C. J. McDonald says he plans to qualify as a candidate for Ward 4 Cleveland City Council seat. Bradley Greene currently holds that seat.
McDonald is a 2009 graduate of White County High School and a 2013 graduate of the University of Georgia. He currently serves as Project Manager for Charles Black Construction Company, Inc. in Cleveland.
McDonald has lived in Cleveland most of my life and has family roots in the city. “ Since a young age, my late grandmother, Shirley McDonald, instilled a respect and love of this community in me,” said McDonald.
“With that love and respect, I want to help embrace the history of Cleveland. I would like to preserve the small, community-oriented nature of our City while at the same time helping existing and future Cleveland businesses prosper. I want Cleveland to be the best version of Cleveland possible,” he said.
In announcing his intentions, he said, “I have many friends that live and work in Cleveland, and I have a desire to see our community succeed. There will be decisions made over the next 5 to 10 years that will impact the next 30, 40, even 50 years, and I believe I am the right person to help make those decisions.”
Qualifying for the open seats will be August 16-20. Those wishing to qualify in each of the elections will take place at each of the city halls.
Cleveland has Wards 3 and 4 seats open, and they are voted on citywide. Helen has three at-large council seats to fill.
