City of Malta announces primary election in mayoral race

The City of Malta has officially announced that a primary election (mail in ballot only) to determine two candidates for Mayor will be held on Tuesday, September 12 ahead of the Municipal General Election to be held on November 7 of this year.

Malta Mayor Shyla Jones announced that she was not going to run for re-election earlier this year after nearly eight years in the position. To fill her vacancy, a total of five candidates filed for Malta Mayor and they are; Kathleen Bohn-Bagley, John Demarais, Edward A. Haver IV, Chris Judd and Gary Knudsen.

Only the top two vote-getters will proceed...