Meet the Candidate Questionnaire
Claiborne Electric Cooperative Board of Directors
District Two Election
June 7, 2025
In January, two Claiborne Electric members were nominated and qualified to represent District Two on the Cooperative’s Board of Directors.
Candidates include:
• Incumbent, Willie Sensley, Jr. of Farmerville
• Nominee, Benjamin Walton of Bernice
The seat will be filled by a vote of the Cooperative’s membership. The election will take place at the 2025 Annual Membership Meeting. According to Claiborne Electric’s Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a majority vote of all registered members casting ballots at an Annual Meeting. Directors are nominated by district, but elected at large by all registered members attending the Annual Meeting.
Ballots for the election will be attached to the registration card members receive in the mail in mid-May. Members are urged to bring the registration card in its entirety to the Annual Meeting. Ballots will be marked and detached from the registration portion using a perforated line, ensuring a private vote. Ballots will be cast in locked boxes, and the registration portion will be collected separately for the prize drawings.
Five questions were posed to the two nominees in order to help Claiborne Electric’s members get to know each candidate better. Questions and each candidate’s answers are linked below.
Meet the Candidate: Willie Sensley, Jr.
Meet the Candidate: Benjamin Walton
Willie Sensley Jr.
Benjamin Walton