Glasgow City Council candidates, from left, Brandi Honeycutt; Chad Wiley; and MacLean Lessenberry, withdrew their names from the ballot.
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GLASGOW, Ky – Fewer than 70 days remain until Election Day, and three candidates for the Glasgow City Council have withdrawn their names from the ballot.
Chad Wiley, Brandi Honeycutt and MacLean Lessenberry recently announced that their candidacy is over.
Honeycutt was the first to withdraw her name on May 11. However, she verified to WCLU News that she would not appear on the ballot after she was asked to participate in a pre-election interview.
Lessenberry filed paperwork with the Barren County Clerk’s Office on Aug. 21, and she later announced the decision on Facebook.
“It broke my heart to withdraw my name from the Glasgow City Council race and a couple of leadership roles in some of my organizations, but dang, y’all,” Lessenberry said. “Sometimes we just need a break…and that really is OK.”
Lessenberry said her “lifestyle gets absolutely exhausting,” and she has chosen to free herself of additional work.
Ashton Harrison, the Barren County voter/ elections clerk, said Honeycutt and Lessenberrry filed official notices that they would withdraw their names. Wiley has not.
“Anyone who would like to withdraw their name, so that it does not appear on the ballot in November, would need to come into our office before Sept. 8 and officially file their withdraw papers,” Harrison said. “So far, for Glasgow City Council, the only two that we have had are Brandi Honeycutt and MacLean Lessenberry.”
Wiley filed for the office on Jan. 10, but he announced via social media that he would remove himself from the race.
“It is with the utmost relief and satisfaction that I withdraw my candidacy for the Glasgow City Council,” Wiley wrote in a Facebook post.
Wiley said he plans to continue to live in Glasgow, but he would not be a part of the political process.
“I am tired of seeing the fighting between grown men,” Wiley said. “I am devastated seeing the abuse of power to which some have been elected.”
Harrison said Barren County ballots are being built, but they have not been printed. Mail-in ballots will be mailed after Sept. 15 for those that request one.
Three fewer seats are available this year. The council will comprise nine members after the election.
