Nazara W. Darby has announced her candidacy for the Iberia Parish District 5 Council seat currently held by longtime member and current Council Chairman Caesar Comeaux.

The election is Oct. 20. Qualifying is set for Sept. 4-6.

“My passion for running for Parish Council is inspired by my desire to help create a safer New Iberia for the people, especially for our children based on the principles of God in whom our forefathers fought so hard to build this nation on,” Darby said this week. “I feel as though I can serve the people in District 5, and throughout New Iberia, with sincerity because my focus is for all people of all creeds and gender.”

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Darby said thinks New Iberia needs people in office “who are God-fearing and who will stand up for righteousness for everyone.”

“We need to hate what God hates and love what God loves,” Darby said.

“I firmly believe that with the help of the Lord and the unity of the people in New Iberia we can pave a way for our children to walk in honesty, love and loyalty, and in obedience, and holiness, where they can learn and grow to serve the city of New Iberia with integrity, trust and dignity because the children are our future leaders. I also believe with much prayer we have much power. With less prayers we have less power. With no prayer we have no power.”

She has been married to Erick Darby for 13 years, is the daughter of Daniel and Patricia Wilson of New Iberia, is a graduate of Acadian Christian Academy — at which she was voted class valedictorian — and is a “born-again Christian and a lay minister and a children’s minister.”

“I am the director of the Children’s Choir,” Darby said, “and I am a faithful member of Roadside Victory Full Gospel Church under the pastoral leadership of Pastors Harold and Clara Antoine.”

Darby attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, LifeChristian University — where she obtained a certification in Christian Ministry — and Christian Bible Seminary College in Independence, Mo., “where I obtained a bachelor’s degree in Christian Ministry.” She is also currently in pursuit of completing a doctoral in divinity.