Saturday, Jun. 07, 2008

Contacts for elected officials in Richland, Lexington and Kershaw counties

Asterisks note positions up for re-election in the remaining months of 2008.

Richland County

The county is led by an 11-member council, with each member elected from a geographic district and serving a four-year term.

• Chairman Joseph McEachern (D), District 7 (Wilson Boulevard corridor and parts of northeast Richland County), (803) 735-1808*

• Vice chair Val Hutchinson (R), District 9 (Northeast Richland), (803) 462-1373 *

• Bill Malinowski (R), District 1 (Irmo and Dutch Fork area), (803) 932-7919

• Joyce Dickerson (D), District 2 (Blythewood and north central Richland County), (803) 750-0154 *

• Damon Jeter (D), District 3 (north of Forest Drive and south of I-20), (803) 376-4303*

• Paul Livingston (D), District 4 (north Columbia and Monticello Road corridor), (803) 765-1192

• Kit Smith (D), District 5 (downtown Columbia, Shandon and St. Andrews), (803) 254-0542

• Greg Pearce (R), District 6 (southeast Columbia), (803) 783-8792

• Mike Montgomery (R), District 8 (Forest Acres, Arcadia Lakes, Spring Valley and the Decker Boulevard corridor), (803) 779-3500*

• Bernice Scott (D), District 10 (Lower Richland), (803) 647-7524 *

• Norman Jackson (D) District 11, (Garners Ferry Road corridor), (803) 223-4974

Other elected officials include:

• Coroner Gary Watts, (803) 576-1799

• Sheriff Leon Lott, (803) 576-3000*

• Treasurer David Adams, (803) 576-2275

• Auditor Paul Brawley, (803) 576-2614

Richland 1 school board

• Wendy Brawley, chairwoman, at-large, (803) 776-9286* • Vince Ford, vice chairman, at-large, (803) 735-0405*

• Jeanette McBride, secretary-treasurer, at-large, (803) 771-7060

• Jasper Salmond, area 1 (St. Andrews, Eau Claire, Greenview, Meadowlake, Lincolnshire, Summerhill, Monticello and Fairlawn), (803) 765-2795

• King B.L. Jeffcoat, area 2 (Forest Acres, Satchel Ford, Keenan, Fairwold and north Columbia), (803) 786-6606*• Robert E. Tyson, area 3 (downtown Columbia, Shandon, Forest Acres), (803) 929-1400

• Dwayne Smiling, area 4 (all of Lower Richlandand Olympia), (803) 776-4217*

Richland 2 school board

Elected at large

• Steve Shellenberg, chairman (803) 736-5530• Barbara Specter, vice chairwoman,(803) 736-0500• Melinda Anderson, (803) 419-1377

• Susan Brill, (803) 788-8516*• Stephanie Burgess, (803) 736-0870*• Regina Corley, (803) 735-0314*• Bill Flemming, (803) 736-0015

Columbia City Council

The city is led by a nonpartisan, seven-member council, with four council members elected from single member districts, two at-large council members and one mayor. The council sets policy for the city and hires and fires the city manager, who acts as the CEO for the city.

• Mayor Bob Coble. (803) 545-3075. mayorbob@columbiasc.net.

• Tameika Isaac Devine, at-large. (803) 254-8868. tidevine@columbiasc.net

• Daniel Rickenmann, at large. (803) 799-9477. djrickenmann@columbiasc.net

• Sam Davis, District 1 (North Columbia, Eau Claire). (803) 754-0525. sdavis@columbiasc.net

• E.W. Cromartie, District 2 (Waverly Historic Neighborhood, the Vista, Main Street and USC). (803) 254-7243. ecromartie@columbiasc.net

• Belinda Gergel, District 3 (Five Points, Shandon and South Columbia). (803) 545-4055

• Kirkman Finlay, District 4 (Fort Jackson and Northeast neighborhoods along I-77). (803) 748-1090. kfinlay@columbiasc.net

Lexington County

The county is led by a nine-member council, with each member serving a four-year term.

• Billy Derrick (D), chairman, District 2 (Batesburg-Leesville/Gilbert), (803) 359-2827

• Debbie Summers (R), vice chair, District 4 (Lexington/Oak Grove), (803) 779-2138*• Jim Kinard (R), District 1 (Gaston/Swansea/Pelion), (803) 407-0135*• Smokey Davis (R), District 3 (Lexington/Lake Murray), (803) 343-8852*

• Bobby Keisler (R), District 5 (Red Bank/South Congaree), (803) 359-6033*• Johnny Jeffcoat (R), District 6 (Chapin/Irmo), (803) 791-5450*• John Carrigg (R), District 7 (St. Andrews/Irmo), (803) 407-5354

• Bill Banning (R), District 8 (West Columbia), (803) 476-0376

• Todd Cullum (R), District 9 (Cayce/Pine Ridge), (803) 794-6930

Other elected officials include:

• Sheriff James Metts, (803) 785-2559*

• Solicitor Donnie Myers, (803) 785-8532*

• Auditor Chris Harmon, (803) 785-8445*

• Treasurer Bill Rowell, (803) 359-8277*

• Clerk of Court Beth Carrigg, (803) 785-8212*

• Coroner Harry Harman, (803) 785-8442*

Lexington 1 school board

Elected at large

• Albert “Bert” J. Dooley Jr.,chairman, (803) 359-0844*• Edwin Harmon,vice chair, (803) 957-5649*• D.F. “Frank” Shumpert III, secretary, (803) 894-3998*• Cynthia S. Smith, (803) 957-5095*• Diane Summers, (803) 751-6522, ext. 221

• Helen Porth Duell, (803) 359-4201

• Grady V. Harmon Jr., (803) 657-7855

Lexington 2 school board

Elected at large

• Elizabeth D. Branham, chairwoman, (803) 739-1438*• R.F. (Rick) Shull, vice chair, (803) 796-5447

• Cynthia Kessler, secretary, (803) 794-7275*• William H. Bingham Jr., (803) 796-1275*• Glen Conwell, (803) 796-2022*• Phillip A. Carter, (803) 791-5152

• Katherine Jones, (803) (803) 794-0044

Lexington 3 school board

Elected at large

• Charles R. “Randy” Fox, (803) 532-4284*• Ralph S. Kennedy Jr., vice chair(803) 532-4003*• Jerry W. Koon, (803) 532-3933*• Cora L. Lester, (803) 532-4876*• William W. “Billy” Berry, chairman (803) 532- 3451

• Cheryl A. Burgess, secretary (803) 532-8338

• John B. “Benjie” Rikard, (803) 532-3551

Lexington 4 school board

Elected at large

• Jim St. Clair, chairman (803)794-0645*• Chris Pound, (803) 791-7615*• Jeff Hart Jr., (803) 568-2262*• Rhonda Gunter, (803) 568-4962*• Shelia Parkman, secretary (803) 568-2786

• Lawrence Livingston Jr., (803) 568-2328

• Paula Ogburn, (803) 926-3456

Lexington-Richland 5 school board

The board is split between Richland and Lexington counties. All seven members are elected at-large, with three from Richland County and four from Lexington County.

• Paula Hite (Lex.), chairwoman, (803) 749-1387*

• Jerry Fowler (Lex.), vice chair, (803) 345-7783*

• Robert Gantt (Rich.), (803) 781-5408*

• Carol Sloop (Rich.), secretary, (803) 781- 3936

• Ellen Baumgardner (Lex.), (803) 731-0610

• Roberta Ferrell (Lex.), (803) 781-1727

• Ed White (Rich.), (803) 781-8424

Kershaw County

The county is led by a seven-member council, with each member serving a four-year term.

• Steve Kelly (R), chairman, at-large, (803) 432-0446

• John Lee (D), vice chairman, District 1 (Wateree, Westville, Liberty Hill, Camden, Knights Hill and Kirkwood), (803) 432-6500*

• Sammie Tucker Jr. (D), District 2, (Bethune, Cassatt, Charlotte Thompson, White’s Garden, Lugoff and Camden), (803) 432-6936*

• John Wells (R), District 3 (Elgin and surrounding community), (803) 438-4200*

• Jimmy Jones (R), District 4 (Lugoff and Elgin), (803) 438-9197

• Stephen Smoak (D), District 5 (Camden, Airport, Cassatt, White’s Garden and Westville), (803) 432-5594

• Gary Elliott (D), District 6 (Shaylor’s Hill, Airport, Riverdale, White’s Garden and Cassatt), (803) 432-4391

Other elected officials include:

• Sheriff Stephen McCaskill, (803) 425-1512

• Coroner Johnny Fellers, (803) 424-4019

• Auditor Robin Watkins, (803) 425-1500

• Treasurer Steve Vincent, (803) 425-1500

• Clerk of Court Joyce McDonald, (803) 425-1500*

• Probate Judge Harriett Pierce, (803) 425-1500

School board

• Joseph Dorton Jr., chairman, Seat 3 (Lugoff and surrounding community), (803) 408-2433*

• Mara Horton Jones, Seat 1 (Lugoff and Elgin), (803) 438-9197*

• Sherri J. Brosius, Seat 2 (Elgin and surrounding community), (803) 408-1393

• Andrew James, Seat 4 (Camden and Charlotte Thompson), (803) 432-8584

• Carol Thompson, Seat 5 (Camden, Liberty Hill, Shaylor’s Hill and Springdale), (803) 475-9433*

• Kim H. DuRant, Seat 6 (Cassatt, Bethune and Buffalo), (803) 475-5561

• Anna B. Stewart, Seat 7 (Camden, Springdale and the surrounding community), (803) 438-3056*

• Charles King, Seat 8 (Camden, White Garden and Antioch), (803) 432-7992

• James A. Smith, Seat 9 (Westville and surrounding community), (803) 432-6904*

Town of Lexington

The town is led by a mayor and six-member council, all elected at-large.

• Mayor Randy Halfacre, (803) 360-0253 or halfacrer@aol.com*

• Danny Frazier, (803) 600-3814 or drfrazier@sc.rr.com

• Hazel Leggett-Tyndall, (803) 465-6575 or hazt522@aol.com*

• Kathy Maness, (803) 603-4434 or kfc137@yahoo.com*

• Todd Shevchik, (803) 414-2360

• Ted Stambolitis, (803) 530-5316*

• Richard Thompson, (803) 359-2742

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