COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — On May 19, Columbus voters will go to the polls to elect a new mayor. Six candidates are vying to replace Mayor Skip Henderson, who is term-limited and can’t seek reelection.
WRBL News 3 offered all six candidates — Dr. Jaketra Bryant, Chris Breault, Joanne Cogle, Isaiah Hugley, Steve Kelly, and Mark LaJoye — an opportunity to appear on the Sunday Conversation, a weekly interview segment on News 3 Sunday Morning.
The second of those conversations is with Hugley. He spent more than four decades working for the city, rising to the position of city manager. He served in that position for 20 years before being terminated by the council in May 2025. Not long after his first, he announced his bid for mayor…