Early Voting for the Aug. 7 DeKalb County General Election, the Smithville and Dowelltown Municipal Elections, and the Tennessee Democratic and Republican Primaries began Friday, and more than 500 voters cast ballots by the close of voting Monday.
A total of 539 voters visited the polls in the first three days of early voting, 489 in person, and 50 by absentee ballot. Voters who participated only in the general election totaled 184, while 201 voted in the republican primary, and 154 chose the democratic primary. Voters in DeKalb County will choose a sheriff, general sessions judge, county mayor, road supervisor, county clerk, trustee, circuit court clerk, register of deeds, 14 county commissioners, five school board members, and three constables. Voters in the 13th Judicial District will choose five judges, a district attorney general, and a district public defender.
Smithville voters will elect a mayor and two aldermen, while Dowelltown residents will pick three aldermen.
Democrats and Republicans statewide will vote whether or not to retain several state judges, and for nominees for governor, U.S. senator, U.S. representative, state senator, and state representative, along with state executive committeemen and women. Winners in the primaries will go head to head in the Tennessee General Election in November.
Early voting will continue through Aug. 2 on the first floor of the courthouse during the following hours.
Mondays: 1-6 p.m.
Tuesdays: 9 am.- 1 p.m.
Wednesdays: 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Thursday: 2-6 p.m.
Fridays: 9.a.m.- 1 p.m.
Saturdays: 9 a.m.- noon
Candidates on the ballot (in no particular order):
*County Mayor: Tim Stribling (D), Chris Bratcher, II (I), Chris Smithson (R).
*Sheriff: Patrick Ray (R), Larry Flair (D).
*General Sessions Judge: Bratten Hale (Butch) Cook, II (D), Mingy Colwell Bryant (R).
*Road Supervisor: James D. (Jimmy) Sprague (D), Wallace (Butch) Agee (R).
*County Clerk: James L. (Jimmy) Poss (D)
*Circuit Court Clerk: Katherine Pack (D)
*Register of Deeds: Jeff McMillen (D)
*Trustee: Sean Driver (R)
*County Commission (Two per district):
First District: Mason Carter (R), and Elmer Ellis, Jr. (D), Bennett Armstrong (D) .
Second District: Joe N. Johnson (D), Bobby Joines (R), James "Jimmy" E. Midgett (I) and Clarence Trapp (D).
Third District: Jack Barton (D), Bradley Hendrix (D), and Wesley Nokes (I).
Fourth District: Wayne Cantrell (D) and Jonathan Norris (D).
Fifth District: Jerry Adcock (R), Rick Cantrell (D), and Anita Puckett (D).
Sixth District: Betty Jean Atnip (D), Jeff Barnes (D), and Danny McGinnis (I).
Seventh District: Kevin Robinson (D) and Larry Summers (D).
*Constable
First District: Chad Curtis (D) and Lee Plummer (R)
Second District: Tony D. Lawson (I), Jonathan Low (I), and Chris Tramel (R).
Third District: Travis Bryant (I) and Lou Ann Sanders (I).
*Board of Education (non-partisan):
First District: Matt Boss, Danny Parkerson
Second District: Jerry Wayne Johnson, Charles Robinson
Third District: Jim Beshearse, Kenny Rhody, Jonathan Willoughby
Fourth District: Billy Miller
Seventh District: Brandon Cox, Johnny Lattimore, and Emitt Shaun Tubbs.
*Smithville Municipal Election (non-partisan):
Mayor: Wallace Caldwell, Jimmy W. Poss
Alderman: Gayla Hendrix, Jason Murphy,
*Dowelltown Municipal Election:
Alderman: Brad Driver, Keith Farler, Ronald Griffith.
*13th Judicial District:
Criminal Court Judge, Part I: Gary McKenzie (R) and William Fred Roberson, Jr. (D).
Criminal Court Judge, Part II: David A. Patterson (R).
Circuit Court Judge, Part I: Amy Hollars (D).
Circuit Court Judge, Part II: Randall A. York (D) and Jonathan Young (R).
Chancellor: J. Lee Burgess (R) and Ronald Thurman (D).
District Attorney General: Tony Craighead (D) and Bryant Dunaway (R)
District Public Defender: David N. Brady (D) and Craig Fickling (R)
*2014 Judicial Retention:
Cornelia A. (Connie) Clark: Supreme Court At Large
Sharon Gail Lee: Supreme Court At Large
Gary R. Wade: Supreme Court At Large
Thomas "Skip" Frierson: Court of Appeals Eastern Division
John W. McClarty: Court of Appeals Eastern Division
Charles Susano: Court of Appeals Eastern Division
Michael Swiney: Court of Appeals Eastern Division
Andy D. Bennett: Court of Appeals Middle Division
Frank Clement: Court of Appeals Middle Division
Richard Dinkins: Court of Appeals Middle Division
Neal McBrayer: Court of Appeals Middle Division
Holly Kirby: Court of Appeals Western Division
Steve Stafford: Court of Appeals Western Division
Norma McGee Ogle: Court of Criminal Appeals Eastern Division
D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.: Court of Criminal Appeals Eastern Division
James C. Witt, Jr.: Court of Criminal Appeals Eastern Division
Jeffrey S. Bivins: Court of Criminal Appeals Middle Division
Robert W. Wedemeyer: Court of Criminal Appeals Middle Division
Thomas T. Woodall: Court of Criminal Appeals Middle Division
Alan Glenn: Court of Criminal Appeals Western Division
Camille R. McMullen: Court of Criminal Appeals Western Division
Roger A. Page: Court of Criminal Appeals Western Division
John Everett Williams: Court of Criminal Appeals Western Division
*State Senator: Mae Beavers (R), Clark Boyd (R).
*State Representative-40th District: Terri Lynn Weaver (R), Sarah Marie Smith (D).
*State Representative-46th District: Mark Pody (R), Candace reed (D).
*Republican State Executive Committeeman-District 17: Albert McCall, Dwayne Craighead.
*Republican State Executive Committeewoman-District 17: Jennifer Winfree, Yvonne G. Hunter, Pat Fields.
*Democratic State Executive Committee Woman-District 17: Rachel Givens of Lebanon
*Democratic State Executive Committeeman-District 17: Aubrey Givens, Bob Black,
*U.S. House of Representatives- 6th District: Diane Black (R), Jerry Lowery (R), Amos Scott Powers (D).
*Governor: Bill Haslam (R), Donald Ray McFolin (R), Mark Coonrippy Brown (R), Basil Marceaux, Sr. (R), Charles V. "Charlie" Brown (D), Kennedy Spellman Johnson (D), Ron Noonan (D), William H. "John" McKamey (D).
*U.S. Senator: Lamar Alexander (R), John D. King (R), Joe Carr (R), George Shea Flinn (R), Fred R. Anderson (R), Erin Kent Magee (R), Christian Agnew (R), Brenda S. Lenard (R), Gary Gene Davis (D), Gordon Ball (D), Larry Crim (D), Terry Adams (D).
