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Craig Smith, longtime member of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer District board of directors, is the lone candidate to file for the Precinct 5 seat in the November election. District General Manager John Dupnik said Monday there are three candidates on the ballot to fill the vacant Precinct 2 seat: Blaine Stansberry, Terry Newton and Ronald Stried. Dupnik noted that anyone who wants to file as a write-in candidate has until Friday to do so.

Jo Clifton is the Politics Editor for the Austin Monitor.