STARKVILLE — The contest for Starkville’s open Ward 1 seat now has two candidates.
Timothy Bush, 57, filed qualifying paperwork Wednesday, City Clerk Lesa Hardin confirmed.
The deadline for candidates to qualify is on Jan. 22 and the seat will be decided in a special election on Feb. 13. The winner will replace Ben Carver, who resigned Jan. 2 to represent District 1 on the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors.
Kim Moreland, a general contractor and member of the planning and zoning commission, has also qualified for the race.
The special election is nonpartisan.
Bush said he is a customer service supervisor at Mississippi State University, a role he’s held for 24 years. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and an associate minister at Starkville’s Second Baptist Church.
Landscaping issues, speed zones and more connecting roads to make Starkville even more attractive to businesses are on Bush’s priority list.
“I have been wanting to run for years,” he said. “Waiting on the right time (and) the right voice from God to tell me to move. This is the time the Lord spoke. I also want to continue to build on what Ben Carver has done in the ward.”
Kevin Edwards is news editor and reports on Starkville and Oktibbeha County government.
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