March 5, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Political newcomer Megan Moore won the DeKalb County Republican nomination for the Board of Education-District 5 in Tuesday’s primary.
Moore defeated Tom Walkup 191 votes (58.95%) to 133 votes (41.05%).
Two precincts make up the 5th district and Moore carried both, County Complex and Johnson Chapel. She also had more early votes/absentees than Walkup.
Moore will be unopposed in the August DeKalb County General Election. She will succeed Jamie Cripps on the school board from the 5th district. Cripps did not seek re-election. The term is for four years.
Here’s how the vote breaks down by precinct:
Early Voting/Absentees combined: Moore-71; Walkup-59
County Complex: Moore-68; Walkup-49
Johnson Chapel: Moore-52; Walkup-25
Meanwhile 6th District Incumbent Board of Education member Jason Miller won the GOP nomination for re-election unopposed with a total of 287 complimentary votes. Miller will be unopposed in the August DeKalb County General Election. The term is four years.
Constable candidates in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th districts ran unopposed in the DeKalb Republican Primary Tuesday and will be unopposed as GOP nominees in the August DeKalb County General Election. The terms are four years. There is no constable candidate in the 6th district.
The nominees in each district and their complimentary vote totals are as follows:
1st District: Tyler Cripps- 272 votes
2nd District: Danny Adamson-302 votes
3rd District: Incumbent Travis Bryant- 298 votes
4th District: Incumbent Lane Ball- 308 votes
5th District: Incumbent Mark Milam- 335 votes
7th District: Jeremy Neal- 176 votes
Meanwhile Judge Shawn C. Fry received a total of 1,637 votes in DeKalb County. He was unopposed for the newly created Criminal Court Judge position in Part III of the seven-county 13th Judicial District. Fry was appointed to the judgeship last year by Governor Bill Lee. He will be unopposed in the DeKalb County General Election. Upon his election in August, Judge Fry will serve until September 1, 2030. Thereafter, the judge of part III shall be elected to a full eight-year term.
In DeKalb County, Donald Trump received a total of 2,242 votes to 312 for Nikki Haley in the GOP Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary while President Joe Biden, who was unopposed in the Tennessee Democratic Presidential Preference Primary, received 185 votes in DeKalb County