Broadway Town Board member James Paschal has withdrawn from the 2025 municipal election, bringing the field to three candidates seeking four seats.
The Lee County Board of Elections made public the notice of Paschal’s withdrawal on Monday, the same day he filed the paperwork.
Paschal filed for re-election to the board in July. He’s served on Broadway’s governing body since 2017.
His withdrawal leaves four candidates vying for three at-large seats (voters can choose up to three candidates, the top three of which will win seats). Incumbents Thomas Beal and April Collins are both seeking re-election, and are joined in the race by challengers Wendy Bryan, the director of Sanford’s Tourism Development Authority, and retired Town Clerk Laura Duval.
Broadway’s elections are conducted on a nonpartisan basis.
Municipal elections in Lee County will be held on November 4. In addition to the Broadway race, Sanford voters will choose between Democrat Linda Rhodes and Republican Louis Williams for the city council’s at large seat. Sanford Mayor Rebecca Wyhof Salmon, Ward 1 Sanford City Councilman Mark Akinosho and Ward 3 candidate Christopher Petty, all Democrats, are running unopposed.