7 Candidates File for Lexington One School Board

Seven candidates — including one incumbent — have filed for four Lexington One school board seats. 

All seats are at-large. School board members serve four-year terms on the seven-person board.

The four members whose seats expire this year are: Chair Cynthia S. Smith, Vice Chair G. Edwin Harmon, Secretary Albert J. Dooley Jr. and D.F. Shumpert III.  

The following candidates have filed for seats as of Thursday afternoon, according to the Lexington County Registration and Elections office. They have until Aug. 15 to file.

A * indicates an incumbent.

• Rhonda Wannamaker Gunter
• Ted Zee
• Deborah Kelderman
• Brent Powers
• Jean Haggard
• Cynthia S. Smith*
• Rutu Bhonsle

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