While some county offices were decided in Tuesday’s primary, other candidates cleared their first hurdle to take on independent hopefuls in August.
Incumbent Road Supervisor Stanley Hall will face Republican Kevin Music in the general election. Hall was elected as a Republican in 2022, but the party’s enforcement of previous primary rules forced him to seek re-election as an independent.
As a result of Tuesday’s primary, candidates to appear on Aug. 6 county general election ballot are (asterisk in front of name denotes incumbent):
County Mayor
*Allen Foster, Republican
County Commission
2 per district
1st District
*Wiley Potter, Republican
*Sue Ann York, Republican
2nd District
*Tom Isham, Republican
3rd District
Craig Clark, Republican
Wendell Houston, Independent
*Karen B. Shanks, Republican
*Darrell Threet, Independent
4th District
Gary Adams, Republican
*David H. Gibson, Republican
Jonathan Miller, Independent
5th District
*Jack Davis, Republican
*Terry Lowe, Republican
6th District
*Joe Sherrill, Republican
*Wendell Wilson, Republican
7th District
*Jerry Cooper, Republican
Ralph Randall Reagan, Republican
Tyler Sisco, Independent
8th District
Keith Burgess Jr., Republican
*Deborah Holbrook, Democrat
*Greg Maxwell, Republican
9th District
James Janecek, Democrat
*Colleen Mall, Republican
*John L. Patterson Jr., Republican
BOARD OF EDUCATION
1 per district
1st District
Kevin J. Dean, Independent
Rolf Weeks, Independent
3rd District
Michael Dibiccaro, Independent
*Sheryl L. Nichols, Republican
5th District
*Nicholas J. Davis, Independent
Chris Seals, Republican
7th District
*Jon Matthews, Independent
Blair Woodcock, Republican
9th District
Dan Schlafer, Republican
County Trustee
*Kim Tollett Wyatt, Republican
Sheriff
*Casey D. Cox, Republican
Circuit Court Clerk
*Jessica R. Burgess, Republican
County Clerk
*Jule Bryson, Republican
Register of Deeds
*Trey Kerley, Republican
Road Superintendent
*Stanley Hall, Independent
Kevin Music, Republican
In addition to those who have previously qualified, the Election Commission is accepting qualifying petitions for those seeking to fill the seats of 2nd District County Commissioner Nancy Hyder and 4th District Board of Education member Anita Hale. Both passed away in April.
Hyder had qualified for re-election as an independent. The candidate seeking to fill Hale’s seat will serve out the remaining two years left on her term.
Call the Election Commission at 931-484-4919 for more information on candidacies for these two vacancies.