Alexander City’s 2025 mayoral contest expanded Thursday with the entry of businessman and longtime pastor Mike Densmore, who officially filed to challenge incumbent Curtis “Woody” Baird and a slate of fellow contenders.

“Alex City” as it’s known by locals, is the largest municipality in Tallapoosa County and anchored by Lake Martin’s 750-mile shoreline.

Densmore, a native of Alex City and Benjamin Russell High School graduate, is running on more than 30 years of corporate leadership at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and over four decades in local ministry as qualifications to steer the city’s growth.

“As mayor, I will listen to the people of Alex City, and I will represent their interests,” Densmore said in his official campaign launch.

“When you are a public servant, you work for the pe

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