Voters in three East Pasco towns will go to the polls April 10 to elect city leaders.
Qualifying ended Tuesday for municipal candidates, and while a number of incumbents will coast to re-election without opposition, a few open seats will guarantee new faces in 2012.
After eight years on the Dade City Commission, Curtis Beebe is stepping down to focus on his burgeoning restaurant business.
Jeanie Germain, president of Premium Title Inc. and a board member of East and Central Pasco Habitat for Humanity, is running for the open seat. Jim Shive, a former city employee who now works for the Hernando County Utility Department, is running for the seat for the second time.
Shive sought an appointment to the board in 2009 when former-commissioner Steve Van Gorden resigned, but commissioners appointed Bill Dennis.
Dennis, the longest-serving city commissioner, is running for re-election to seat 4. He is challenged by Clyde E. Carter, who works for the Florida Department of Children & Families.
Commissioner Eunice Penix is unopposed for re-election to her sixth term in seat 5.
In Zephyrhills, voters will have their first mayoral race in a decade. Zephyrhills High School Principal Steve Van Gorden, a former Dade City commissioner, and former planning commission member Michael Payne are running to succeed longtime Mayor Cliff McDuffie.
City council members Jodi Wilkeson and Tim Burgess qualified and are unopposed for re-election.
In San Antonio, Mayor Roy Pierce and two incumbent commissioners will face challenges. Mayor Pro-Tem Richard Gates and Zoning Commissioner Heiskell Christmas are running for re-election. Tim Franke, who ran in 2011, and Elayne Bassinger also have qualified to run.
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