Former mayor E. Lynn LeJeune and former assistant school superintendent Claud "Rusty" Moody qualified Thursday to run for Eunice mayor on Oct. 2, joining Chawana V. Fontenot, currently Ward 3 City Council member, and James “Berk” Veillon who filed papers on Wednesday.

Qualifying closes at 5 p.m. today.

Others qualifying on the second day for candidates to make it official were LSU Eunice professor Tony Baltakis, City Council Ward 1, and Building Inspector-Code Enforcement Officer Gary Bult, City Council Ward 4.

Thurdsday's qualifiers join at-large alderman I. Jackson “Jack” Burson, seeking a new term, and incumbent Ward 1 alderman Wallace “Bubba” Bourque, running against Burson.

Other candidates:

Ward 1: George Fisher and Roland Miller.

Ward 2: Incumbent Germaine Simpson and Lloyd Hilton Antoine.

Ward 3: James "Jr." Bergeron, Gardie McManus.

Ward 4: Scott Fontenot.

Chief of Police: Raymond “Bubba” Cole, Randy Fontenot, Allarate “A.J.” Frank, Bart L. Thibodeaux.

School Board, all incumbents:

District 11: Roger Young.

District 12: Josie Gale Frank.

District 13: Harry B. Fruge.