Ward 3 primary set for Tuesday

Some Cape Girardeau voters will have a chance to choose a City Council member today.

Voters in Ward 3 will choose from among three candidates. The top two vote-getters advance to the April general election ballot.

The candidates are incumbent Nate Thomas, Renita Green and Bradley Tuschhoff.

Thomas is a physical therapist at Saint Francis Medical Center. Green pastors St. James AME Church. Tuschhoff is a certified public accountant with Begley, Young, Unterreiner & White.

Ward 3 encompasses the central part of the city, from Pacific Street west to Kingshighway and Cape Rock Drive south to Brink Street.

Polling places are:

• Precinct 3A — St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 804 N. Cape Rock Drive.
• Precinct 3B — Shawnee Park Center, 835 S. West End Blvd.
• Central Poll — County Administration Building, 1 Barton Square, Suite 301, Jackson.
• Central Poll — Cape Girardeau Satellite Office, 2311 Bloomfield St., Suite 102.

Polling places open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.