The Smithville Municipal Election will be held Thursday, Aug. 6 and potential candidates are showing an interest in running.

The election commission issued four petitions last Monday.

Incumbent Aldermen Shawn Jacobs and Danny Washer will seek re-election and two newcomers, Jessica Higgins and Timothy John Perricone are planning to get in the race. The qualifying deadline is noon on April 2.

Three aldermen will be elected in August including the positions currently held by Jacobs and Washer and another incumbent Alderman Donnie Crook. Jacobs was first elected to the council in 2009 and Washer came on board after his first election in 2011. Crook was appointed by the aldermen in 2018 to fill the unexpired term of former alderman Josh Miller who was elected mayor that year. Although he has not yet obtained a petition, Crook has signaled that he may seek election as alderman

All terms are for four years.

The City of Smithville has five aldermen and a mayor but they do not all run for election in the same year. Three aldermen will be elected this year. The other two aldermen and the mayor were elected in 2018 and will be up for election again in 2022.