VIDALIA — By the close of the Clerk of Court’s Office Thursday, 39 candidates had qualified for various municipal and political party elections.

Qualifying for the Feb. 9 municipal primary continues today until close at the Concordia Parish Clerk of Court’s office.

Though the mayoral races for Clayton, Ferriday and Vidalia all have multiple candidates, all of those running for alderman in the municipalities — except for one challenger in District 3 in Vidalia — are unchallenged.

District 3 is an “at large” district, in which voters choose three candidates from the total field.

Likewise, except for the Democratic Parish Executive Committee District 1 Place A position, none of the other party committee seats have more than one candidate contending for them.

The chief of police position in Clayton currently has only one candidate, Valerie Thompson Parker.

The presidential preference election will also be Feb. 9, and anyone wishing to be on the state ballot to make a bid for the Democratic or Republican presidential nomination must qualify at the Secretary of State’s office in Baton Rouge today.

For the Republican and Democratic candidates in the municipal races, qualifying fees are $80, and those running independently or third-party have a fee of $40.

Fees for the Democratic or Republican committee positions at the parish and state level are $112.50, and those qualifying for the presidential nomination have a fee of $1,125.

Those who had qualified by Thursday evening included:

For Clayton mayor: Houston Holmes, Rydell Turner and Wilbert M. Washington.

For Ferriday mayor: Gene Allen, Justin Conner, Glen McGlothin, Alex Promise and Wanda Ann Baker Smith

For Vidalia mayor: Hyram Copeland and William “Bill” Murray.

For Vidalia Chief of Police: Billy Hammers, Ronnie G. “Tapper” Hendricks and “Ricky” Williams.

For Clayton Chief of Police: Valerie Thompson Parker.

For Ferriday alderman District A: Gloria Curry Gross.

For Ferriday alderman District B: Elijah “Stepper” Banks.

For Ferriday alderman District C: Jerome Harris.

For Ferriday alderman District D: Johnnie Brown.

For Ferriday alderman District E: Gloria Lloyd.

For Vidalia alderman District 1: Triand “Tron” McCoy.

For Vidalia alderman District 2: Vernon Stevens.

For Vidalia alderman District 3: Jon D. Betts, Richard S. “Ricky” Knapp, “Kathy” Nunnery and Maureen “Mo” Saunders.

For Clayton alderman: Floyd Barber, “Sandy” Clayton and Carl R. Thompson Sr.

For Republican State Central Committee District 21 Sub-district B representative: Steve Fleming.

For Republican Parish Executive Committee District 4 Place A: Ronnie W. Bradford.

For Democratic Parish Executive Committee Members-at-large: Shirley Johnson and Tanya Tassin.

For Democratic Parish Executive Committee District 1 Place A: Justin Conner and Wanda Ann Baker Smith Baker.

For Democratic Parish Executive Committee District 2: Raymond T. Riley Sr.

For Democratic Parish Executive Committee District 3 Place A: Kathleen M. Stevens.

For Democratic Parish Executive Committee District 3 Place B: Don Tate.

For Democratic Parish Executive Committee District 4 Place A: Elijah “Stepper” Banks.

For Democratic Parish Executive Committee District 4 Place B: Ann Goodman.