October 5, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
It’ll soon be election time again!
The first election cycle in 2024 will be the DeKalb County Democratic and Republican Primaries to select nominees for the offices of Assessor of Property, Constable (districts 1-7), and Board of Education (5th & 6th) districts along with the newly created position of criminal court judge-Part III in the 13th judicial district. The primaries will be held on Tuesday, March 5th in conjunction with the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary.
Candidates for the county primaries may begin picking up qualifying petitions from the DeKalb County Election Commission office Monday, October 16, 2023 and the qualifying deadline is Thursday, December 14 at 12 noon. The voter registration deadline for the March 5th primaries is February 5 and the early voting period will be Wednesday, February 14 through Tuesday, February 27. The Absentee ballot request deadline is Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
Independents wishing to run for Assessor of Property or Constable (districts 1-7), Board of Education (5th & 6th ) districts, or for criminal court judge-Part III in the August 2024 County General Elections must also qualify by noon on Thursday, December 14 at 12 noon.
Party nominees and independents for these offices will run in the DeKalb County General Election on Thursday, August 1, 2024 and those elected will take office September 1, 2024.
The incumbents in these offices are Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell and Constables- 1st District: Waylon Kyle, 2nd District: Darrell Johnson, 3rd District: Travis Bryant, 4th District: Lane Ball, 5th District: Mark Milam, 6th District: Jason Brown, and 7th District: Johnny King.
The school board seats up for election in 2024 are currently held by Jamie Cripps in the 5th district and Jason Miller in the 6th district.