Two more people have qualified to run for the DeKalb County School Board in August.
Incumbent Fourth district member Kate Miller and Barry Mabe, a challenger 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.
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 Miller, Mabe, Evins (petition returned and verified), and Sixth-District incumbent Doug Stephens (petition returned and verified).
The race for Smithville alderman is heating up as well. Richard Steinbach has joined six other candidates in picking up qualifying petitions to vie for three contested Aldermanic races.
Other potential 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, incumbent Shawn Jacobs, Wesley Nokes Ronald D. Stanley and Gary Durham.
Smithville aldermen serve four-year terms as well.
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.
Persons who have obtained qualifying petitions for the Liberty City Election on August 4 are
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 qualifying deadline for all races is at Noon on April 7.
