Early voting is happening this week and Monday at Brown County Intermediate School. Primary election day is Tuesday, June 2.
All primary election voters will have the option to take a Democrat or Republican ballot. Candidates registered with those parties are the only ones who will be on either ballot; you cannot vote for candidates from both parties in the primary, only in the general election.
Sample ballots will be posted at the polling places.
The following candidates will be on 2020 Brown County primary ballots:
BROWN COUNTY RECORDER
(D) No candidate
(R) Mary E. Smith
BROWN COUNTY TREASURER
(D) No candidate
(R) Andy Vasquez Bond
(R) Kyle Clark
(R) Carlos Lopez
BROWN COUNTY SURVEYOR
(D) David K. Harden
(R) No candidate
BROWN COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIST. 1
(D) Tracey Callahan Burnett
(R) Chuck Braden
(R) Blake Wolpert
BROWN COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIST. 3
(D) Ronald E. Fleetwood
(R) Jerry Lee Pittman
BROWN COUNTY COUNCIL AT LARGE
Voters can choose up to three candidates per party.
(D) Kevin G. Fleming
(D) Melissa K. Parker
(R) David Critser
(R) Jim Kemp
(R) Scott Rudd
(R) Judith “Judy” Swift Powdrill
REPUBLICAN PARTY PRECINCT OFFICIALS
One to be elected per precinct
(R) Cindy Rose Wolpert (Hamblen 1 only)
(R) Mark Bowman (Hamblen 2 only)
(R) Phil Stephens (Hamblen 3 only)
(R) Karen Raub (Washington 1 only)
(R) Dave Redding (Washington 1 only)
(R) Michael J. Magner (Washington 2 only)
(R) Larry Voris (Washington 2 only)
(R) No candidate (Washington 3)
(R) Tracey Yeager Stogsdill (Washington 4 only)
(R) Deborah Newlin Goodrich (Jackson 1 only)
(R) Diana McDonald Biddle (Jackson 2 only)
(R) Greg S. Smith (Jackson 2 only)
(R) Sandra K. Higgins (Jackson 3 only)
(R) Larry L. Gardner (Jackson 4 only)
(R) Ben Phillips (Van Buren only)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY STATE DELEGATES
Democrat voters can choose up to six.
(D) Kevin G. Fleming
(D) Linda C. Lawson
(D) Melissa K. Parker
(D) Paula Staley
(D) Larry “Levi” E. Voils III
(D) MK Watkins
(D) Linda Welty
REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE DELEGATES
Republican voters can choose up to six.
(R) Diana McDonald Biddle
(R) Heather Nicholson
(R) Ben Phillips
(R) Kathy Grimes Smith
(R) Greg S. Smith
(R) W. Clint Studabaker
(R) Larry Voris
(R) Jennifer Voris
(R) Laura A. Wert
(R) Cindy Rose Wolpert
GOVERNOR
(D) Woodrow “Woody” Myers
(R) Eric Holcomb
STATE SENATOR DIST. 44
(D) No candidate
(R) Eric Koch
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIST. 65
(D) Paula Staley
(R) Chris May
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 9TH DISTRICT
(D) D. Liam Dorris
(D) Brandon Hood
(D) James C. O’Gabhann III
(D) Mark J. Powell
(D) Andy Ruff
(R) Trey Hollingsworth
U.S. PRESIDENT
(D) Joseph R. Biden
(D) Michael R. Bloomberg
(D) Pete Buttigieg
(D) Tulsi Gabbard
(D) Amy Klobuchar
(D) Bernie Sanders
(D) Tom Steyer
(D) Elizabeth Warren
(D) Andrew Yang
(R) Donald J. Trump
(R) Bill Weld
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The League of Women Voters and the Brown County Democrat newspaper put together a voter guide and candidate questionnaire in March before the pandemic changed the election schedule.
You can learn about candidates’ qualifications and their positions on issues of local, regional and national importance in that guide.
Paper copies are still available for free in the lobby of the Brown County Democrat office on East Main Street, or the guide can be read online at bcdemocrat.com/2020/05/01/2020-primary-election-voter-guide.
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