Two more candidates have joined the contests for seats on the Augusta Commission.
Filing a declaration of intent to accept campaign contributions Wednesday was Kevin de l’Aigle, the downtown activist who’s taken the commission to task on maintenance issues.
De l’Aigle, an Augusta-based manager with Como Hotels and Resorts, is challenging District 1 incumbent Jordan Johnson, the executive director of Georgia Shift.
Also filing a declaration was Marshall Bedder, a physician who’s served as director of the Addictive Medicine Fellowship program at Augusta University.
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Bedder joins office manager Tina Slendak, who announced her intent in August, in running for the District 7 seat on the commission. The seat is now held by the term-limited Sean Frantom.
Candidate qualifying for the commission races, several nonpartisan judgeships and numerous partisan races including district attorney and sheriff is the week of March 4-8.
The candidates could choose not to run and others are expected to join in, but the additions mean all five opening seats on the Augusta Commission are currently contested.
In addition to Johnson, District 3 Commissioner Catherine Smith McKnight has a challenge from trichologist and Augusta Housing Authority member Carol Yancy.
District 5 Commissioner Bobby Williams, a retired educator, is being challenged by Donald Clark, a network operations center manager for Insight Global.
In Super District 9, first-term commissioner and retired state employee Francine Scott faces a challenge from pastor Marion Williams, who previously served two sets of two terms on the commission.
