18-07-2025
Longtime Jamestown mayor will retire
Not in play The cities of High Point, Archdale and Trinity won't hold municipal elections this year. Archdale and Trinity will stage elections in 2026 while High Point's next elections are in 2027. {related_content_uuid}bbd2addc-b25f-4a62-bcbf-468f53f7f0fd{/related_content_uuid}
TRIAD — Jamestown Mayor Lynn Montgomery won't seek another term as she retires from elected politics.
'I've had the honor of serving the citizens of Jamestown for 14 years,' she told The High Point Enterprise on Wednesday.
Montgomery has served eight years as mayor after six years as a councilwoman.
Montgomery's time in office coincided with the revitalization of downtown as a destination for restaurants, entertainment venues and retail stores. She also has served during the completion of Jamestown Parkway, the bypass highway.
Montgomery said she will spend time traveling after retiring from politics. She will serve through her current term that ends in December.
Mongomery's decision comes as the candidate filing period for this year's municipal elections concludes at noon Friday.
Jamestown Councilwoman and Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Mann Rayborn has filed to run for mayor. Challenger Shakinah Simeona-Lee has filed for Jamestown Town Council. Jamestown voters will fill the council seats held by Rayborn and Councilwoman Martha Wolfe.
Candidate filing for area races that include mayors, city or town councils and municipal school boards began July 7. Voters will settle the races in the Nov. 4 election.
Here's a look at candidate filing as of Wednesday:
Thomasville
* Thomasville City Schools Board of Education Chairwoman Wendy Sellars, a former Thomasville councilwoman, has filed for mayor. Her school board seat isn't before the voters this year, meaning she could stay on the city education board if she's not elected mayor.
* Thomasville Councilman JacQuez Johnson also filed for mayor. His council seat isn't on the ballot this year, meaning he could remain a councilman if he's not elected mayor.
* Mayor Raleigh York hadn't filed as of Wednesday afternoon.
* Thomasville voters are assured of a competitive race for council with nine candidates filing for four seats. The candidates so far are incumbent Doug Hunt and challengers Erika Sanders, Ed Craddock, Adam Leisure, Richard Flippin, Tommy Bryant, Kareem Grant Sr., Joe Lambert and Dana Lomba.
* The three other incumbents whose seats are before the voters this year are Neal Grimes, D. Hunter Thrift and Scott Styers.
* In another race, incumbents Ja'Quez Taylor and Tiffany Baluka-Brannon and challengers Michael Sinkler and Malcolm Richbourg have filed for the Thomasville City Schools Board of Education. Voters will fill two seats.
Wallburg
* Mayor Allen Todd has filed for reelection as have Councilmen Zane Hedgecock and Steve Yokeley. Wallburg voters will select a mayor and two councilmembers.
Municipal races in Guilford, Davidson and Randolph counties are nonpartisan, meaning the party affiliation of the candidates won't appear on the ballot.
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