Troy Mayor Jason Reeves and three incumbent members of the Troy City Council have qualified for the upcoming City of Troy municipal elections, thus far. 

The mayor and all five council districts will be up for election this August in general elections. Qualifying for those positions began on June 10 and those that wish to run will have until June 24 at 5 p.m. to file the paperwork to run.
Thus far, incumbent Mayor Jason Reeves has qualified for the mayoral election, while District 2 Councilman Greg Meeks, District 3 Councilman Max Davis and Councilwoman Stephanie Baker have qualified from the city council. 

Reeves won his third term in office in 2020. Reeves, a Troy native, won his first term in 2012 and was a councilman in Troy prior to that. The Troy University grad served as the District 3 Councilman for 16 years, being first elected in 1996 as the youngest elected official in Troy history. 

Meeks currently serves as Troy Council President. Meeks was first elected to the council in 2012. The Charles Henderson and Troy University graduate owned Meeks Termite and Pest Control for more than 30 years. 

Davis, also a grad of Charles Henderson Troy University, was appointed to the council in 2023 after former councilman Marcus Paramore vacated the remainder of his term after being elected to the State House of Representatives. Davis was appointed by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. Davis spent more than 30 years as general manager at South Alabama Electric Cooperative and has also served on the Pike County Economic Development Board and the Pike County Chamber of Commerce. This will be Davis’ first election on the council. 

Baker, a graduate of Pike Liberal Arts School and Birmingham-Southern College, serves as the Director of Market Development of KW Plastics’ Recycling Division. Baker first won election to the District 4 seat in 2016. 

District 1’s incumbent councilwoman is Sharon McSwain-Holland, while District 5’s Councilwoman is Wanda Moultry. McSwain-Holland is a graduate of both CHHS and Troy University and is retired from the Alabama Department of Corrections, where she served for nearly three decades rising all the way from correctional officer to warden. McSwain-Holland was first elected to office in 2020. 

Moultry, a graduate of Troy University and lifelong Troy native, has worked with Organized Community Action Program, Inc. (OCAP) for more than three decades. She was re-elected in 2020 unopposed. 

Potential candidates must file a declaration of candidacy with the city along with a $50 qualification fee by June 24 at 5 p.m. Qualification fees must be paid to the Troy City Clerk and deposited in the general fund of the city at – or prior to- the time of taking out qualification papers by any candidate. Candidates also must file a Statement of Economic Interests form with the Alabama Ethics Commission.