Petition Deadline for November Election is August 20
From the Jul 28, 2026 e-EditionCARROLL COUNTY (July 27) — Municipal seats in Atwood, Bruceton, Hollow Rock, McKenzie, McLemoresville and Trezevant are on the November 3 general election ballot. The deadline for candidates to file signed petitions is Thursday, August 20 at noon.
On Monday, the Carroll County Election Commission released an ongoing list of petitioners for the November election.
Municipal seats on the November 3 ballot are as follows:
Atwood
Mayor: Terry Joe Herndon has picked up a petition for the seat. Incumbent Fridie Algee has not yet picked up a petition.
Two alderman positions: Dustin Church and Joann Long have filed petitions, and Tommy Polinski has picked up a petition. Incumbents Jim Lewis and Randy D. Long have not picked up petitions.
Bruceton
Mayor: Johnathan Pierpoint and incumbent Robert T. Keeton, III, have picked up petitions.
Two alderman positions: Michael Wilson and incumbent Jack R. Blocker have picked up petitions; incumbent James A. Butler has not.
Hollow Rock
Mayor (two-year unexpired): Incumbent Ronnie Webb has picked up a petition.
Two alderman positions: Sherry Ozier, James Robison, Misty Dawn White and incumbent Angela Stockdale have picked up petitions. Incumbent T. Richard Goodwin has not yet picked up a petition.
Alderman (two-year unexpired): Incumbent Cathie Pardue has picked up a petition.
Huntingdon
Three council member positions: No one has picked up a petition. Incumbents are John Sanders, Kelly Eubanks and Andrew Maddox.
McKenzie
Mayor: Incumbent Ryan D. Griffin has filed a petition.
Three councilman positions: Incumbent Bobby L. Young has filed a petition, and his fellow incumbents Tom Alexander and Carol Armpriest have picked up petitions. Armand J. Hebert, III, and Raymond Glisson also picked up petitions.
McLemoresville
Mayor: Incumbent Phil Williams, Austin Prater and Nathan Worrell have picked up petitions.
Five alderman positions: Incumbents Kim Wheeler, Sharron Holland and Robby Alford have filed petitions. Adam Martin and incumbents Mike Presson and Lana Y. Suite have picked up petitions. Incumbents Don T. Reed and Angie Martin have not picked up petitions.
Trezevant
Three alderman positions: Incumbents Donald M. Barger, Dan Dieringer and Pamela D. Joyner have picked up petitions. Beth Anne Farrell and Liz Yohman have also picked up petitions.
TN House
Kirk D. Carter also qualified in March as an independent candidate for the Tennessee House of Representatives District 79 seat. Representative Brock Martin (R-Huntingdon) currently holds this position.
For more details, contact the Carroll County Election Commission Office at 731-98-1968, or www.carrolltnelections.com
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