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Assessor race to be contested
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Shown are local Republican officials including, from left, State Rep Mark Pody, Vice-Treasurer Dustin Estes, Treasurer Tom Chandler, Chairman Mingy Colwell Bryant, Secretary Sharon Rhoten, Jennifer Winfree, State Senator Mae Beavers and Vice-Chairman Clint Hall.

The assessor of property race in DeKalb County will be contested.

Shannon A. Cantrell, a Smithville resident, attended a DeKalb County Republican Party meeting at the courthouse Saturday morning and announced his candidacy. Cantrell, who is apparently not related to the Incumbent Assessor of Property Scott Cantrell is a local Baptist minister.

Cantrell has been married to his wife Tonya for 21 years, and they have two children, Kaylee and Levi. Kaylee is in her third year at Cumberland University, and Levi is in the seventh grade at DeKalb Middle School.

He is a lifelong resident of DeKalb County, and worked at DeKalb Utility District for the last 11 years, until September of this year.

Lee Plummer and Tom Theriaque announced their intentions to seek the Republican nomination for constable in the in the 1st and 2nd districts, respectively.

Republican candidates for Assessor of Property and Constable will seek nominations from their party during the local GOP caucus on Dec. 5 at 9 a.m. at the courthouse. Nominees will run in the August 2016 DeKalb County General Election against Democratic nominees and Independents.

Theriaque lives in Liberty with his wife Heather, and the couple have three children, Nathaniel, 17, Danielle, 15, and 13-year-old Dolton. He is the owner of DND Farm, and the family attends Smithville First United Methodist Church.

Plummer, who lives just outside of Alexandria, is a retired U.S. Army officer and retired college professor. He is the father of six children, one of whom is deceased. His wife passed away in 1996.

The deadline for these races including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents is at noon on Dec. 10. Independent candidates, like Democrats, must qualify through the petition process, while the Republican Party selects nominees by caucus.

The DeKalb County Democratic Primary will be held in conjunction with the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary on March 1.

Incumbent DeKalb County Assessor of Property Scott Cantrell has picked up and returned his completed petition for re-election. He will vie for his party's nomination in the March 1 primary.

Incumbent Constables Paul Cantrell in the 4th district, Mark Milam in the 5th district, Carl Lee Webb in the 6th district, and Johnny King in the 7th district have all picked up and returned petitions to the election commission. They will also seek their party's nomination in the March 1 primary.

Meanwhile, Travis Bryant, who was elected constable last year to fill an unexpired term in the 3rd district as an Independent candidate has picked up a petition for the same office, but apparently plans seek a Democratic nomination in the March Primary as well.