The Big Story
FNM Ratifies 5 More Candidates
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The Free National Movement has ratified five more candidates for the next general election, including two newcomers to politics.
The candidates to receive ratification tonight are Courtney Coulibaly for Centerville, Vandea Stuart for South Abaco, Carlton Bowleg for North Andros and the Berry Islands, Duane Sands for Elizabeth Estates and Minister of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson.
The big picture
The Free National Movement has ratified thirty candidates so far, with a total of eleven new faces for the upcoming election. It remains to seen if controversial parliamentarians like Frederick McAlpine and Lanisha Rolle will be ratified.
FNM candidates ratified to date
- Michael Pintard–Marco City
- Frankie Campbell–Southern Shores
- Iram Lewis–Central Grand Bahama
- Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe
- Reuben Rahming–Pinewood Gardens
- Adrian Gibson–Long Island
- Shanendon Cartwright–St Barnabas
- Ricky Mackey–North Eleuther
- Romauld Ferreira–Marathon
- Dionisio D’Aguilar–Free Town
- Donald Saunders–Tall Pines
- Jeffrey Lloyd–South Beach
- Marvin Dames–Mount Moriah
- Renward Wells–Bamboo Town
- Elsworth Johnson–Yamacraw
- Miriam Emmanuel–Mical
- Michael Foulkes–Golden Gates
- Darren Henfield–North Abaco
- Travis Robinson–Bain and Grants Town
- Adrian White–St. Anne’s
- Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson–Exuma and Ragged Islands
- Felicia-Antionette Knowles–Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador
- Kenneth ‘Ken’ Smith–Mangrove Cay
- Stephen Greenslade–Garden Hills
- Brian Brown–Golden Isles