Eight candidates seek five Scottville commission seats

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief

SCOTTVILLE — Eight candidates are seeking five seats on the Scottville City Commission in the Nov. 3 General Election, including three current commissioners and two former commissioners.

Five candidates are seeking three full four-year terms. They are Jamie Daws, Mackenna Kokx, Diane Point, Joseph A. Seabolt and Dixie Spore. Voters may select up to three.

Daws and Spore are incumbent commissioners.

Daws was appointed to the commission in January 2025. Spore also serves as mayor.

Kokx currently serves on the Scottville Planning Commission.

A second contest on the ballot involves two partial commission terms ending Dec. 1, 2028. Edward Hahn, Bobbie Morris and Donald Pasco are seeking those two seats. Voters may select up to two.

Hahn and Pasco have both previously served on the Scottville City Commission. Both resigned from the commission before completing their previous terms.

Morris currently serves on the Scottville Board of Review.

Scottville’s seven commissioners are elected citywide. Regular commission terms are four years, and regular city elections are held every two years.

Unlike the City of Ludington, Scottville voters do not elect the mayor as a separate office. Following each regular city election, the Scottville City Commission selects one of its seven members to serve as mayor and another to serve as mayor pro-tem. A commissioner must have at least one year of previous service on the commission to be eligible to serve as mayor.

The Scottville mayor remains a voting member of the City Commission and has the same vote as each of the other six commissioners. The mayor also presides over commission meetings.

That differs from Ludington, where the mayor is elected by voters as a separate citywide office for a four-year term. The Ludington mayor presides over City Council but votes only in the event of a tie.

In the race for the three regular Scottville commission terms, the three candidates receiving the most votes will be elected. In the partial-term contest, the two candidates receiving the most votes will serve the remainder of the terms ending Dec. 1, 2028.

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