Another incumbent has returned his completed paperwork to seek reelection as Smithville alderman in August.

According to Administrator of Elections Dennis Stanley, Alderman Shawn Jacobs has returned his petition to the Election commission Office. Jacobs joins six other potential candidates seeking seats in three contested Aldermanic races in the Aug. 4 election.

Other possible candidates for alderman in Smithville include incumbent Danny Washer, whose petition has been returned and verified, incumbent Josh Miller, whose petition has been returned and verified, , Wesley Nokes Ronald D. Stanley Gary Durham and Richard Steinbach.

Smithville aldermen serve four-year terms.

Incumbent Assessor of Property Scott Cantrell will be will face Republican Shannon A. Cantrell in the August General Election.

Meanwhile, three school board seats are up for grabs in August. Fourth, fifth, and sixth district members will be chosen. School board members serve four-year terms. Those who have picked up and/or returned petitions for school board include Fifth-District incumbent W.J. (Dub) Evins, III (petition returned and verified), Kate Miller, Kevin Hale, Barry Mabe and Sixth-District incumbent Doug Stephens (petition returned and verified).

Mabe and Hale are challengers for the Fifth-District seat held by W.J. (Dub) Evins, III

Miller will run to fill the remaining two years of her husband Billy Miller's unexpired term. Billy Miller was re-elected to the school board in August 2014, but was forced to resign in September because of a requirement of a new job with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation forbids him from holding public office. Kate Miller was appointed to the seat until the August election by the county commission in October 2014.

In other elections in the county, William A. Davis has picked up a petition for alderman in Dowelltown, and Pam Redman has picked up papers to qualify for the Dowelltown Mayor’s race. A mayor and two aldermen’s seats will be chosen in Dowelltown on August 4.

Jason Ray and Eddie Dwayne Blair have picked up petitions to run for a four-year term as alderman in Liberty. J.D. Bratten has obtained the paperwork to qualify to run for a one-year term. Four alderman will be elected in Liberty on August 4.

The only contested Constable race will be in the first district between Democrat Jason C. Taylor and Republican Lee Plummer. Taylor was unopposed for the Democratic nomination on March 1, but he will face Plummer in the August County General Election.

Republican Tom Theriaque in the 2nd district will be unopposed in the August General Election. There is no Democratic candidate for that position.

Incumbent Democratic Constables Travis Bryant in the Third District, Paul Cantrell in the Fourth District, Mark Milam in the Fifth District, Carl Lee Webb in the Sixth District, and Johnny King in the Seventh District will be unopposed in the August General Election.