Races formed in Washington, Dibble and Wayne School Districts as well as Purcell's city council election with declarations of candidacy in McClain County this week.

The period to file declarations of candidacy with the McClain County Election Board was Monday through Wednesday.

In Purcell, vice mayor Glen Nimmo, 63, will run against Kevin May, 46, for the city council division No. 2 position. In the division No. 3 position, David W. Lee, 52, was the only candidate to file this week.

In the elections for member of the Board of Education, Michael Herrin, 48, of Washington and Harley K. Bromley, 69, of Washington filed to run for office No. 4, a five-year term, in the Feb. 10 annual school board election for Washington Public Schools.

In the Dibble School District, Clayton Lee, 65, of Blanchard will run against Jeff Burr, 42, of Purcell for the five-year term of office No. 4.

For office No. 2 on the Board of Education for Dibble School District, an unexpired term, Ruben Ruiz Jr., 40, of Blanchard will run against Doug Gilleland Jr., 32, of Purcell. Ruiz ran against two others as a candidate last year for the school board office No. 3.

In the Wayne School District, Wayne residents Chris Carmon, 43, and Abbi Castle, 39, both filed for the five-year term of office No. 4.

In the Blanchard School District, Ray Gomez, 69, of Blanchard is the only candidate for the five-year term of office No. 4. He ran against another candidate for office No. 3 last year.

Only one candidate filed for office No. 4's five-year term in the Newcastle School District -- Gary Knowles, 38, of Tuttle -- and in the Purcell School District -- Tracy Tompkins, 43, of Purcell.

The Mid-American Technology Center School District drew one candidate, Joe Ray, 55, of Wanette for the five-year term of office No. 5.

In the Byars School District, Ron Gaither, 60, of Byars was the only candidate for the unexpired term of office No. 1. No one filed a declaration of candidacy for the three-year term of office No. 2 in Byars.

Julianna Parker 366-3541 jparker@normantranscript.com