There are now 44 people who have turned in their qualifying petitions at the Election Commission for those seeking office or reelection. The list for both Republican and Democratic candidates has grown with one Independent qualified for the General Election in August.
Those who turned in their petitions last week include:
Emitt Shaun Tubbs – Independent candidate for Board of Education (Incumbent), District 7
Republican Primary:
Bennett Armstrong – County Commissioner, District 1
Joshua Brown Chapman – County Commissioner, District 3
Thomas Alan Hayes – Board of Education (School Board), District 2 (Incumbent)
Matthew J. Quarles – Board of Education (School Board), District 2
Ryan Wayne Mollinet – Board of Education (School Board), District 7
They joined those already on the candidate lists for the upcoming primaries and election.
For the Republican Primary:
Anita T. Puckett – County Mayor
Matthew N. “Matt” Adcock – County Mayor
Patrick R. Ray – Sheriff (Incumbent)
Keneth Lee Whitehead – Sheriff
James L. “Jimmy” Poss – County Clerk (Incumbent)
Susan L. Martin – Circuit Court Clerk
Sean D. Driver – Trustee (Incumbent)
Daniel A. Seber – Register of Deeds
Danny Lynn Hale – Superintendent of Roads (Incumbent)
Mingy Kay Ball – General Sessions Court Judge
Brandon J. Cox – General Sessions Court Judge
Tomas E. Chandler – County Commission, District 1
Sabrina Farler – County Commissioner, District 2 (Incumbent)
James David “Jim” Pearson – County Commissioner, District 2
Tony L. “Cully” Culwell – County Commissioner, District 4
Gregory S. Matthews – County Commissioner, District 4
Larry L. Green – County Commissioner, District 5
Joshua E. Holloway – County Commissioner, District 5
Justin Douglas Adcock – County Commissioner, District 6
Boyd Bruce Malone – County Commissioner, District 7 (Incumbent)
Trevin Merriman – County Commissioner, District 7
James W. Beshearse – School Board, District 3 (Incumbent)
For the Democratic Primary:
Tim Stribling – County Mayor (Incumbent)
Mike Foster – County Mayor
Shelby D. Reeder – Register of Deeds
Wayne Shehane – Road Supervisor
Tecia Puckett Pryor – General Sessions Court Judge
Margie Rigsby Miller – General Sessions Judge
James Waylon Kyle – County Commissioner, District 1
Julie Ann Young – County Commissioner, District 1 (Incumbent)
Billy Myron Rhody – County Commissioner, District 2 (Incumbent)
Susannah Cripps Daughtry – County Commissioner, District 3 (Incumbent)
Jenny A. Trapp – County Commissioner, District 3 (Incumbent)
Jack E. Barton, III – County Commissioner, District 3
Janice M. Fish Stewart – County Commissioner, District 4 (Incumbent)
Jeffery David Barnes – County Commissioner, District 6 (Incumbent)
Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Pafford – County Commissioner, District 7 (Incumbent)
Robert D. Parkerson, Jr – School Board, District 1
Offices on the May primary ballots include: County Mayor; Road Supervisor; Sheriff, General Sessions Judge; Circuit Court Clerk; County Clerk; Trustee; Register of Deeds; County Commissioner seats in all seven (7) districts (two can be nominated per district); School Board members in districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7; Constable in District 4 to fill a vacancy; Circuit Court Judge Part I and Part II (13th Judicial District); Chancellor (13th Judicial District); Criminal Court Judge Part I and Part II (13th Judicial District); District Attorney General (13th Judicial District); and Public Defender (13th Judicial District).
Qualifying petitions must be returned by Noon February 17, but there is an earlier deadline for Sheriff and Road Supervisor candidates. They must have appropriate paperwork to the Peace Officer Standards Training Commission (POST) for sheriff, and the Tennessee Highway Officials Certification board, 14 days before the qualifying deadline.
While the above offices will appear on May primary ballots, candidates also have the option to run as Independent candidates who will not appear on the ballot until August. However, the same qualifying deadlines apply. Winners of the May primaries will square off against each other in the August DeKalb County General Election along with any properly qualified Independent candidates.
The local election office is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is located on the first floor of the DeKalb County Courthouse.
