Candidates for Carmi City government have been picking up petitions since September, and several challengers are popping up wherever there are seats up for election. Alderman seats in Wards 1-4 will be on the ballot in the April and inncumbents in all the Wards look to have challengers, if the petitions being picked up are any indication.
Current incumbent in Ward 1 is Jeremy Courson. Chula Schlesinger-Fleming and Joseph Stinson have picked up petitions to challenge Courson, who was re-elected in 2023 after running unopposed. He was originally appointed in 2017 to fill a vacancy.
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