CORDELE, Ga. (WALB) - The candidates who qualified for the upcoming Cordele city council election have been released.

According to the City of Cordele, the candidates will be on the ballot for the Nov. 4 election:

City Commission At Large

• Joshua A. Deriso (incumbent)
• Carl Brown
• Nikitoe Lester
• Dravian McGill, Sr.
• Ronald Michael, Sr.
• J. Michelle Murray
• Joseph J. Wright

Ward 2 City Commissioner seat

• Royce F. Reeves (incumbent)
• Ulysses Morgan
• Brenda Jones
• Davontae Hunt
• Christopher B. Fenn

Ward 3 City Commissioner seat

• Issac Owens (incumbent)
• Georgia Singletary
• Jack Wood, Sr.

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