CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The list of candidates for the May 3 Montgomery County Primary is now complete, and candidates are now coming in for the Tennessee General Assembly races.
Note that the May 3 election will be a party primary only to select party nominees. They are identified below as R (Republican) or D (Democrat). The candidates will run against each other only for party nominations. On Aug. 4, those party nomination winners will then run against one another and those listed as I (independents).
More candidates for the TN House races could still be coming: They have until April 7 to qualify.
Here are the candidates so far, according to Election Commission petitions and announcements sent to Clarksville Now:
TN House, Dist. 67
- R: John W. Dawson
- D: Jason A. Hodges, incumbent
TN House, Dist. 68
- R: Curtis Johnson, incumbent
TN House, Dist. 75
- R: Jeff Burkhart
- R: Marlon Kent Griffy
- R: Deanna McLaughlin
- D: David Boyd II
Circuit Court Judge, Part I
- R: Adrienne Fry, incumbent
- R: John Holt
Circuit Court Judge, Part II
- I: Bill Goodman, incumbent
Circuit Court Judge, Part III
- R: Joel Wallace
- I: Kimberly Turner
Circuit Court Judge, Part IV
- R: Robert Bateman, incumbent
Circuit Court Judge, Part V
- R: Katy Olita, incumbent
Chancellor
- R: Ben Dean
- I: Laurence M. McMillan Jr., incumbent
District Attorney
- R: Robert Nash, incumbent
- R: Steve Powers
- R: Neil Stauffer
District Public Defender
- R: Roger Nell, incumbent
County Mayor
- R: Wes Golden
- R: Wallace Redd
- I: Jo Ellen “Jodi” O’Connor
County Commission, Dist. 1
- R: John M. Gannon, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 2
- R: Jason Knight
- I: John “J.M.” Genis
- I: Charles D. Keene, incumbent
- I: Dennis Potvin
County Commission, Dist. 3
- R: Joe Smith, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 4
- R: Ascencion “Big Sarge” Lopez
- I: Rickey Ray, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 5
- D: Rashidah A. Leverett, incumbent
- I: Lori J. Mason
County Commission, Dist. 6
- R: Michael Lankford
- I: Randy Allbert, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 7
- R: Nathan Burkholder
- I: Tony Eldridge
- I: Rocky Sickel
County Commission, Dist. 8
- D: Tangi C. Smith, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 9
- R: Jorge Padro
County Commission, Dist. 10
County Commission, Dist. 11
- D: Christine S. McKinney
- I: Joe L. Creek, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 12
- D: Carmelle Chandler, Dist. 9 incumbent
- I: Joey Dasinger
County Commission, Dist. 13
- D: Walker Woodruff, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 14
- D: Billy Burgett
- I: Joshua Beal, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 15
- R: David L. Harper, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 16
- R: Joshua Wikholm
- D: Lisa Prichard, Dist. 12 incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 17
- R: Sam Houston
- D: Chris Rasnic, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 18
- R: Kyong S. Dawson
- D: Ryan Gallant
County Commission, Dist. 19
- I: William “Billy” Frye
- I: Garland V. Johnson, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 20
- R: Autumn Simmons
- I: Kristen Artrip
- I: Michael Walker
County Commission, Dist. 21
- I: Jerry Allbert, Dist. 20 incumbent
- I: David W. Shelton
Trustee
- I: Kimberly B. Wiggins, incumbent
General Sessions & Juvenile Court Judge, Div. I
- R: Ken Goble Jr., incumbent
General Sessions & Juvenile Court Judge, Div. II
- R: Eric Yow
- R: Reid Poland
- D: Merriel Bullock Neal
- I: James Bagby
General Sessions & Juvenile Court Judge, Div. III
- R: Sharon Massey Grimes, incumbent
General Sessions & Juvenile Court Judge, Div. IV
- I: Tim Barnes, incumbent
Sheriff
- R: John Fuson, incumbent
- I: Mike Oliver
Circuit Court Clerk
- R: Wendy Davis, incumbent
- I: Faye Rennell Hobson
County Clerk
Register of Deeds
- R: Tori Moore (update: Moore has withdrawn)
- R: Julie Chadwick Runyon
School Board, Dist. 1
- R: John Crespo
- D: Carol A. Berry, incumbent
School Board, Dist. 3
- R: Janet M. Peterson
- D: Herbert A. Nelson, incumbent
- I: Ambar Marquis
School Board, Dist. 5
- R: Brad Morrow
- D: Jimmie M. Garland, incumbent
School Board, Dist. 7
- R: Aron Maberry