Early voting for the August 2 primaries and county general elections run now through July 28. Early voting takes place at the Election Commission office in the Milo Lemmert building across from the Courthouse and the office is open from 8 AM to 5 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to Noon on Saturdays during early voting.
Races that appear on the ballot include the Cumberland County Mayor, Sheriff, Circuit Court Clerk, County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Road Superintendent, and County Trustee. Most of these races are already decided from the primary earlier this year the race for County Mayor remains contested.
The two candidates for Cumberland County Mayor include Allen Foster, a current member of the County Commission who won the Republican Primary in May and Sandra Davis, an independent who has been a school teacher since 1975 and small business operator in Cumberland County.
Single Candidates for county offices include Sheriff Casey Cox, Circuit Court Clerk candidate Jessica Burgess, County Clerk Jule Bryson, Register of Deeds Judy Graham Swallows, Road Superintendent Scott Blaylock and County Trustee Kim Wyatt. All the candidates with no opposition are incumbents except Mrs. Burgess who on the primary after incumbent Larry Sherrill decided not to run.
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In addition to the County elections primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties are on the ballot for statewide races and for US House of Representatives and Senator.
Republican primary candidates for Governor include Diane Black, Randy Boyd, Beth Harwell, Bill Lee, Basil Marceau, Sr. and Kay White.
Democratic primary candidates for Governor include Karl Dean, Craig Fitzhugh and Mezianne Vale-Payne.
Candidates for US Senator on the Republican Ticket include Marsha Blackburn and Aaron Petigrew. Democratic Candidates are Phil Bredesen Gary Davis and John Wolf.
For the 6th District US Congressional Seat, the candidates include Dawn Barlow, Christopher Martin Finley, Peter Hefernan and Merrilee Wineinger on the Democratic ticket with Bob Crolew, Judd Matheny, Christopher Brian Monday, John Rose and “Uturn Laverne” Vivio on the Republican side.
State Senate candidates for the 15th District are incumbent Paul Bailey for the Republicans and Angela Hedgecoth for the Democrats.
One candidate appears on each ticket for the 25th District State House seat, incumbent Cameron Sexton Republican and Anne F. Quillen on the Democratic ticket.
Two candidates from each District will be elected to the County Commission and one candidate from each of the odd-numbered BOE districts will be elected.
Candidates for First District Commissioner
Christopher D. Coleman
R. J. Crawford
Chad Norris
Sue Ann York (incumbent)
Second District Co. Commissioner
Kyle Davis
Nancy Hyder (incumbent)
Third District Co. Commissioner
Mitchell L Jenkins
John Peaslee
Rebecca H.Stone (incumbent)
Darrell G. Threet
Fourth District Co. Commissioner
Gary L. Adams
Joe Dunn
Jane Franklin
David H. Gibson (incumbent)
Charles Seiber
Fifth District Co. Commissioner
Jack Davis (incumbent)
Terry Lowe (incumbent)
Sixth District Co. Commissioner
Clifford H. Segar
Michael E. Speich
Wendell W. Wilson (Incumbent)
Seventh District Co. Commissioner
Mark Baldwin
Jerry Cooper
Elbert Farley (incumbent)
Michael J. Hamby
Roy Turner (incumbent)
Eighth District Co. Commissioner
Jim Blalock
Deborah Holbrook
Darrell Wyatt
Ninth District Co. Commissioner
Carl MacLeod
John L. Patterson Jr. (incumbent)
BOE First District
Jim Inman
BOE Third District
Shirley French Parris (incumbent)
Jay Wright
BOE Fifth District
Tony Brock
BOE Seventh District
James Davis
Tom Delk
Rebecca Hamby
BOE Ninth District
Stace Karge
Aretie G. Patterson (incumbent)
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