The ballot of candidates for local offices for the May 3 primary election has been set.
Due to the snowstorm last week, the deadline to file to run for local office was extended to noon on Feb. 7.
Brown County clerk (four years)
(R) Pearletta Banks
(R) Kathy G. Smith
Brown County prosecutor (four years)
(R) Ted Adams
Brown County auditor (four years)
(R) Julia B. Reeves
Brown County sheriff (four years)
(R) Daniel S. Bowling
(R) Brad Stogsdill
(R) Chad A. Williams
Brown County coroner (four years)
(R) Vivian Jo-Lynn Grimes
(R) Michael R. Moore
Brown County assessor (four years)
(R) Mari H. Miller
Brown County commissioner, District 2 (northwest Brown County) (four years)
(R) Diana M. Biddle
(R) John B. Kennard Jr.
(D) Stephanie Porter Kritzer
(R) Ronald A. Sanders
Brown County council, districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 (four years)
(R) Darren M. Byrd (Dist. 2)
(R) Kyle Clark (Dist. 4)
(R) Gary J. Huett (Dist. 1)
(R) Jim D. Kemp (Dist. 4)
(D) Gregory A. May (Dist. 3)
(R) Joel B. Kibry (Dist. 3)
(D) Marcia Grooms Taylor (Dist. 4)
(R) David Waddell (Dist. 4)
Township trustees, all townships (four years)
(R) Ashley D. Lucas (Van Buren)
(R) Brandon M. Edens Magner (Washington)
(R) Sandra K. Higgins (Jackson)
(R) Phil Stephens (Hamblen)
Township board members, all townships, three seats (four years)
(R) Larry L. Gardner (Jackson)
(R) James Kakavcos Jr. (Jackson)
(R) Tina McCormack (Hamblen)
(R) Freida Milnes (Hamblen)
(R) Vicki L. Payne (Van Buren)
(R) Ben Phillips (Van Buren)
(R) Sandra D. Pool (Jackson)
(R) Jim A. Rispoli (Washington)
(R) Robert L. Rossman (Hamblen)
(R) Sally S. Sanders (Van Buren)
(R) Mary A. Soll (Washington)
Democratic Party state delegates (two years)
(D) Melanie Voland
(D) MK Watkins
(D) Linda Welty
Republican Party state delegates (two years)
(R) Krista B. August
(R) Diana M. Biddle
(R) Mark Bowman
(R) Tanner E. Bowman
(R) Joseph P. Havlin
(R) Michelle D. Havlin
(R) Elizabeth E. Henry
(R) Anita E. Martin
(R) Keith B. Martin
(R) Alex Miller
(R) Maddison Miller
(R) Heather Nicholson
(R) Ben Phillips
(R) Cindy Rose Wolpert
(R) Gregory S. Smith
(R) Kathy G. Smith
(R) Clint Studabaker
(R) Jennifer “Jenni” Voris
(R) Larry Voris
(R) Blake Wolpert
Democrat precinct committeemen (one from each voting precinct in each township)
(D) Linda C. Lawson (Washington 2)
(D) MK Watkins (Hamblen 1)
Before the general
Candidates still have time to add their names to the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
The deadline to file paperwork is noon Tuesday, June 30 for independent or minor party candidates; write-in candidates have until noon Monday, July 5 to file their declarations of intent. If a major party didn’t have a candidate on the ballot for an office during the primary, that party can still add a candidate up until July 5.
All candidates have to live in the district they are representing.
School board districts 1, 2 and 3 seats will be elected in the general election in November. Anyone who is interested in running for school board can put their name in the hat beginning July 27.
School board candidates do not have to declare a party because they do not run under party labels.
State and national offices also will be on primary ballots.
Primary elections are party-specific. Voters can only pull one party’s ballot or the other when they vote in the May 5 election; they cannot choose candidates who are both Democrats and Republicans. During the general election in November, voters can choose candidates from any party because they’re all on the ballot together.
The deadline to withdraw candidacy for the primary election is Monday, Feb. 11.
The deadline for a resident to register to vote in Brown County in the primary is midnight April 4.
For more information on candidacy or registering to vote, contact the Brown County clerk’s office at 812-988-5510.
