Candidate withdraws from District 3 council race

One of the candidates vying for the District 3 Urban County Council seat has withdrawn from the race.

Daniel R. Burton, a University of Kentucky student, withdrew last month because he did not have enough valid signatures, said Kitty Ware, Fayette County election coordinator.

Burton submitted a petition with 108 signatures, but several of the signatures were of people who do not live in District 3, Ware said.

A minimum of 100 signatures from registered voters within the district are required to run.

Burton’s withdrawal leaves five candidates in the race: Diane Lawless, Don Pratt, Jonathan Rodgers, Eric Thomason and Garry Weston. Incumbent Dick DeCamp cannot run because of term limits.

In the race for the District 2 seat, incumbent Tom Blues faces a challenge from write-in candidate Randy Tobia, who filed on Monday.

- Michelle Ku