NATCHEZ &8212; By the end of the day Friday four Concordia Parish residents had qualified to fill the state representative seat left vacant by Bryant Hammett.

Andy Anders and James E. Lee from Clayton, Richard Madison from Vidalia and Samuel Thomas from Tallulah met the necessary requirements. Absent from the list were Glen McGlothin and Buddy Spillers, both who&8217;d previously said they planned to run.

McGlothin, former mayor of Ferriday, and Spillers, president of Ouachita Economic Development Corporation, announced their intentions of running in July but did not show at the clerk of courts office to qualify.

McGlothin said he just didn&8217;t feel the need to run with so many qualified men running.

&8220;Both Andy Anders and James Lee are my good friends and all the candidates are well qualified to run so I didn&8217;t want to run,&8221; McGlothin said. &8220;I just would like to see someone from Concordia Parish win.&8221;

&8220;I also love the job I have now working for the City of Vidalia and didn&8217;t want to jeopardize that,&8221; McGlothin said. &8220;I think that I&8217;m doing a really good job there and I don&8217;t want to leave it.&8221;

Friday also marked the end of qualifying for upcoming school board elections.

Qualifiers running against incumbent, Melanie Watson, for Concordia Parish school board, district 1, place A are:

Johnnie Brown, Fred T. Butcher and Margie Hines.

Brown previously held the seat, but lost in the last election. Butcher recently resigned as director of academic affairs from the school district. He worked for the schools for over 30 years and now works as athletic director in the Natchez public schools.

Incumbents Mary H. Campbell, district 1, place A, Raymond T. Riley, district 2, Gary Parnham, district 3, place A, and Jerry Roberts, district 3, place B are all running unopposed.

Mary Ellen White is running against incumbent, Ricky Lee Raven Sr., for the district 4, place A position and incumbent Jimmy Wilkinson will defend his position in district 4, place B against Daryle W. Price and Bettie Jean Johnson.

Dorothea Davis will run against incumbent Martha J. Rabb for the position of district 5 place A, and Darlene Baker will run against Kathy &8220;Davis&8221; Wilson in district 5 place B.

Incumbent Ernest Lynn White &8212; the board&8217;s president &8212; is not running for re-election.

In the Ridgecrest mayor&8217;s race, Michael Ray Roberts will seek re-election unopposed and voters will choose between Ferris Durham and Heath Edwards as the Chief of Police.

Aldermen Gayle A. Cowan, James Cowan, Kevin Graham and Robert D. Maples of Ridgecrest will all run unopposed.

Ridgecrest aldermen qualifications will be extended to Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to fill the slot of aldermen-at-large, a seat no one qualified for.

Elections for all offices will begin with the open primaries on Sept. 30 followed by the open general and congressional elections on Nov. 7 and the congressional run-off elections on Dec. 9.