Todd County Judge-Executive Todd Mansfield is appointing Cindy O’Bryan as Todd County Clerk, following the recent death of Clerk Leslie Cunningham.
O’Bryan is a veteran deputy clerk who was appointed county clerk for a year in 2018 after former clerk Kim Chapman retired at the end of 2017.
O’Bryan chose not to seek a full term in the office and Cunningham won her Democratic primary and general election last year.
The appointment means O’Bryan will serve as Todd County Clerk until a new clerk is elected during a 2020 special election.
Todd County Attorney Jeff Traughber says there could potentially be Democratic and Republican primaries in May of next year and a clerk would be elected in November to serve the remainder of Cunningham’s term through 2022.
Judge Mansfield says the clerk’s office should reopen Friday with the appointment of O’Bryan.