By MARINA WATERS
Staff Writer
mwaters@heraldandtribune.com
It’s voting time in Tennessee. And with early voting running from Friday, July 13, through Saturday, July 28, Washington County citizens have quite a few choices to make.
Voters will have the chance to choose six Washington County Board of Education members — three from District 1 and three from District 3.
In District 1, incumbent school board members Annette Buchanan and Keith Ervin will vie for reelection while Jason Day and Kerrie Aistrop will seek election for a spot on the board. In District 3, incumbent school board member David Hammond will seek reelection while Donald Feathers, Chad Fleenor, Trevor Knight and Mitch Meredith will run for a District 3 seat.
Voters will also have a list of commissioners to choose between.
While eight of the 15 districts’ candidates are running unopposed, incumbents such as Steven Light, Danny Edens, Larry England, and Suzy Williams will run against a candidate for reelection while newcomers such as Tracy Hicks, Jerome Fitzgerald, Isaac Moore, Brandon Bates, P.C. Snap, Freddie Malone, Pat Collins, Dennis Prater, Jim Wheeler and Ralph Van Brocklin will run for a spot on the commission.
As for the county mayor’s race, voters will chose between Republican candidate Joe Grandy or Independent candidate James Reeves.
Other categories include county trustee, sheriff, circuit court clerk, county clerk, register of deeds and juvenile court judge, which all contain unopposed candidates.
But the election doesn’t just concern local politics; the general election will also decide the next governor, senate, Tennessee House of Representatives for District 3 and District 6, a State Executive Committeeman and Committeewoman for District 3 and an attorney general for District 1.
Early voting will be held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Any absentee ballot request forms must be in the Washington County Election Commission Office by Thursday, July 26. For more information, visit http://wcecoffice.com/.
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The following candidates will be listed on the Aug. 2 Washington County General Election ballot:
Washington County Mayor:
• Joe Grandy, Republican
• James Reeves, Independent
Commission District 1:
• Steve Light
• Tracy Hicks
Commission District 2:
• Kent Harris
Commission District 3:
• Jerome Fitzgerald
• Isaac Moore
Commission District 4:
• Danny Edens
• Brandon Bates
Commission District 5:
• Bryan Davenport
Commission District 6:
• Greg Matherly
Commission District 7:
• Larry England
• P.C. Snapp
Commission District 8:
• Freddie Malone
• Pat Collins
Commission District 9:
• Suzy Williams
• Dennis Prater
Commission District 10:
• Phil Carriger
Commission District 11:
• Jodie Jones
Commission District 12:
• Robbie Tester
Commission District 13:
• Gary McAllister
Commission District 14:
• Jim Wheeler
• Ralph Van Brocklin
Commission District 15:
• Mike Ford
County Trustee:
• Rick Storey
Sheriff:
• Ed Graybeal
Circuit Court Clerk:
• Brenda Downes
County Clerk:
• Kathy Storey
Register of Deeds:
• Teresa Bowman
School Board District 1:
• Kerrie Aistrop
• Annette Buchanan
• Jason Day
• Keith Ervin
School Board District 3:
• Donald Feathers
• Chad Fleenor
• David Hammond
• Trevor Knight
• Mitch Meredith
Washington County Mayor:
• Joe Grandy
• James Reeves
Juvenile Court Judge:
• Sharon Green
Governor:
• Diane Black
• Randy Boyd
• Beth Harwell
• Bill Lee
• Basil Marceaux, Sr.
• Kay White
• Karl Dean
• Craig Fitzhugh
• Mezianna Vale Payne
United States Senate:
• Marsha Blackburn
• Aaron L. Pettigrew
• Phil Bredesen
• Gary Davis
• John Wolfe
United States House of Representatives District 1:
• Mickie Lou Banyas
• James Brooks
• Todd A McKinley
• Phil Roe
• Marty Olsen
Tennessee Senate District 3:
• Rusty Crowe
Tennessee House of Representatives District 6:
• Steve Darden
• Micah Van Huss
Tennessee house of Representatives District 7:
• Matthew Hill
• Nathan Farnor
State Executive Committeeman District 3:
• Todd Fowler
State Executive Committeewoman District 3:
• Sharon Fletcher Boreing
• Anita Hodges Taylor
• Betty Ziesel
• Debbie McClaskey
District Attorney General District 1:
• Kenneth Baldwin