Early Voting Begins Friday

Early voting in Tennessee begins July 12 and ends July 27 for the August 1 elections in Tennessee. While the political landscape has been quiet for the August election, it’s the November presidential election generating the most discussion.

In Henry and Weakley counties, voters will select a new county mayor and each of those counties as both mayors resigned to accept different employment. John Penn Ridgeway, mayor of Henry County, was selected to serve as president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Henry/Carroll with campuses in both McKenzie and Paris and welding classes in Dresden.

Jake Bynum, mayor of Weakley County, was selected to serve as the chief of staff at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He started with UT-Martin on May 1.

Both unexpired terms as mayor will be filled during the August 1 election.

In Carroll County’s election, the ballot contains a few contested local school board races.

McKenzie Special School District Board of Education has four candidates seeking three at-large seats for a four-year term. Candidates are: Misty Aird, Chad Brown, Karen T. Fowler and Patrick Ross.

South Carroll (Clarksburg) School Board of Education has four candidates for three positions. They are Corey Bartholomew, Nick Cobb, Donna McDaniel-Cox, and Colton Lynn Moore.

West Carroll School Board has all incumbents running unopposed. They are William Robinson (Old Atwood); Jeremy Jackson (Old County); and Misty Mitchell (Old Trezevant District).

Huntingdon School Board has two incumbents running for two at-large seats. They are Dr. Lee Carter and Brittany Cobb Foster.

Hollow Rock-Bruceton School Board has no contested races. Brad Hurley is the lone candidate for 16th District-Bruceton; Tim Runions for 16th District Hollow Rock; Jim Holder for 17th District-Vale; and Nick Maness for 17th District Vale.

Carroll County Board of Education:

District 1 — Harold McLain, Jr.

District 2 — Larry R. Overman and Hal Eason.

District 3 — Kenna Bailey and James Randy Kelley.

County Commission District 4 — Unexpired Term.

Morris Rogers and Ronnie Webb.

*Party primaries for U. S. Congress, State Senate, and State House races.

Republican:

Marsha Blackburn and Tres Wittum for U.S. Senate.

David Kustoff for U.S. House District 8.

John Stevens and Charles Cooper for Tennessee Senate District 24.

Tandy Darby for State House District 76.

Brock Martin for State House District 79.

On the Democrat Ticket:

U.S. Senate — Marquita Bradshaw, Lola Denise Brown, Gloria Johnson, Civil Miller-Watkins.

U.S. House of Representatives District 8 — Sarah Freeman, Leonard Perkins, Lawrence A. Pivnick, Lynnette P. Williams, and Brenda Woods.

Democrat State Executive Committeeman -District 24 — Mark Flake.

Democrat State Executive Committeewoman-District 24 — Tammy Floyd-Wade, Virginia Ginger House, and Elizabeth LeMoine.

Two judicial retention votes are also on the ballot. Voters will be considering to retain or replace two judges:

Dwight Tarwater on the Tennessee Supreme Court and Matthew J. Wilson on the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Henry County

Two candidates are seeking the unexpired term of Henry County Mayor. They are Randy Geiger-a Republican and Tim Wirgau, independent.

County Commission District 1 (unexpired term) Dorothy Cook, David Flowers, Ted Kerrn, Gatlin Primrose.

County Commission District 5 (unexpired term) Jay Travis.

Assessor of Property — Scott Morrison (Republican) and Robert Abbott, Jr. (independent).

Supervisor of Roads — Richie Chilcutt (Republican).

Road Board Chairman — Matthew Craig.

Road Board District 2 — Kyle Norwood (Republican).

Road Board Commissioner District 5 —Clarence “Roy” Henry.

County School Board:

District 1 — Russell Orr.

District 3 — Jordan Beddies (Republican).

District 5 — Jill Coker.

Constable District 1 (unexpired term) — Chad Farthing.

*Party primaries for U. S. Congress, State Senate, and State House races.

Republican:

Marsha Blackburn and Tres Wittum for U.S. Senate.

David Kustoff for U.S. House District 8.

John Stevens and Charles Cooper for Tennessee Senate District 24.

Tandy Darby for State House District 76.

Tennessee House District 74 — Jay Reedy.

On the Democrat Ticket:

U.S. Senate — Marquita Bradshaw, Lola Denise Brown, Gloria Johnson, Civil Miller-Watkins.

U.S. House of Representatives District 8 — Sarah Freeman, Leonard Perkins, Lawrence A. Pivnick, Lynnette P. Williams, and Brenda Woods.

Democrat State Executive Committeeman — District 24 — Mark Flake.

Democrat State Executive Committeewoman-District 24 — Tammy Floyd-Wade, Virginia Ginger House, and Elizabeth LeMoine.

Weakley County

County Mayor (Unexpired Term) — John Robert Freeman (Republican), Dale Hutcherson (I), and Danny Powers (I).

Assessor of Property — Lisa Odle (R).

County School District 1 — Gath Meeks.

County School District 3 — Jeffrey L. Floyd.

County School District 5 — Wendell Cates (R) and Margaret Lewis.

County School District 7 — Doug Sims (R).

County School District 9 — Joshua Moore (R) and Shannon Taylor.

Constable District 1 (unexpired term) — Philip Russell (Republican) and Adam Ledezma.

Constable District 4 (unexpired term) — Derek Coble (Republican).

Constable District 5 — no candidate.

Constable District 9 — Austin Powell (R) and Keith Sumner.

*Party primaries for U. S. Congress, State Senate, and State House races.

Republican:

Marsha Blackburn and Tres Wittum for U.S. Senate.

David Kustoff for U.S. House District 8.

John Stevens and Charles Cooper for Tennessee Senate District 24.

Tandy Darby for State House District 76.

On the Democrat Ticket:

U.S. Senate — Marquita Bradshaw, Lola Denise Brown, Gloria Johnson, Civil Miller-Watkins.

U.S. House of Representatives District 8 — Sarah Freeman, Leonard Perkins, Lawrence A. Pivnick, Lynnette P. Williams, and Brenda Woods.

Democrat State Executive Committeeman -District 24 — Mark Flake.

Democrat State Executive Committeewoman-District 24 — Tammy Floyd-Wade, Virginia Ginger House, and Elizabeth LeMoine.