As of Monday, seven candidates – two of them incumbents – have filed to run for the BISD Board of Trustees May 8 election. Bastrop ISD Board Places 5, 6 and 7 are up for grabs this year.
For the Place 5 seat, Carol A. Armstrong will be challenging incumbent Glenn Peterson. In Place 6, Linda Apostalo and Gary A. Jefferson will face off for the seat incumbent Sophia Williams will be vacating. Williams recently announced she will not seek re-election.
For the Place 7 seat, Jim Clark and Kelly Conrad Bender have filed along with incumbent Jim Mills. This Monday was the deadline for candidates wishing to appear on the ballot May 8.

City council
Place 2 incumbent Joe Beal will be challenged by Robert Parmelee in the only contested race for Bastrop City Council after the filing deadline closed on Monday.
Mayor Terry Orr and council member Julie Hart in Place 4 remain unopposed.
April 26 is the first day for early voting by personal appearance.
May 4 is the last day for regular early voting by personal appearance.