CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – About 75 candidates have now made campaign announcements or picked up petitions at the Montgomery County Election Commission ahead of the May 3 County Primary.
Note that this will be a party primary to select party nominees. They are identified below as R (Republican) or D (Democrat), along with I (independents). The party nominees who win in May will run against one another and all independents in the County General Election, coming up on Aug. 4.
More candidates could still be coming: They have until Feb. 17 to qualify. Also, the Circuit Judge, Chancellor, District Attorney and District Public Defender races will include candidates who registered in Robertson County.
Here are the candidates so far, according to Election Commission petitions and announcements sent to Clarksville Now:
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
Circuit Court Judge, Part IV
- R: Robert Bateman, incumbent
Circuit Court Judge, Part V
- R: Katy Olita, incumbent
Chancellor
- I: Laurence M. McMillan Jr., incumbent
- R: Travis Nathaniel Meeks
District Attorney
- R: Robert Joseph Nash, incumbent
- R: Roy Steven Powers
- R: Neil Stauffer
District Public Defender
- R: Roger E. Nell, incumbent
County Mayor
- R: Wes Golden
- R: Wallace Redd
- I: Jo Ellen 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 Lopez Jr.
- 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
- I: Larry L. Dorsey Jr.
County Commission, Dist. 7
- R: Nathaniel W. Burkholder
- I: Tony Eldridge
- I: Franklin “Rocky” Sickel
County Commission, Dist. 8
- D: Tangi C. Smith, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 9
- R: Jorge Padro
County Commission, Dist. 11
- 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
- I: Joshua D. Beal, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 15
- R: David L. Harper, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 16
- R: Joshua Wikholm
- D: Lisa Prichard, Dist. 12 incumbent
- I: Timothy Adams
County Commission, Dist. 17
- D: Chris Rasnic, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 18
- R: Kyong S. Dawson
- R: Robert R. Sigler, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 19
- I: Garland V. Johnson, incumbent
County Commission, Dist. 20
- I: Michael K. 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: Kenneth R. Goble Jr., incumbent
General Sessions & Juvenile Court Judge, Div. II
- R: Eric J. Yow
- R: Hugh 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: Robert “Mike” Oliver
Circuit Court Clerk
- R: Wendy Davis, incumbent
- I: Faye Rennell Hobson
County Clerk
Register of Deeds
- R: Tori Moore
- R: Julie Chadwick Runyon
School Board, Dist. 1
- R: Kenneth Dean Baker
- 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: Bradley D. Morrow
- D: Jimmie M. Garland, incumbent
- I: Stephanie Rutherford-Watson
School Board, Dist. 7
- R: Aron Maberry