December 14, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The race is on!
Noon today (Thursday, December 14) was the qualifying deadline for Democrats and Republicans for the DeKalb County March 5 Primaries.
The DeKalb County Assessor of Property race will be contested. The candidates are Republican Incumbent Shannon Cantrell and GOP challenger Amy Clare Lockhart. The winner of the DeKalb Republican Primary in that race will be unopposed in the August 1, 2024 DeKalb County General Election.
The only other local race to be contested in March is in the 5th district for the Board of Education (School Board). The candidates are Republicans Megan Moore and Tom Walkup. Incumbent 5th district member Jamie Cripps is not seeking re-election.
Names of candidates for other local offices in the March 5 GOP primary are as follows:
Board of Education: District 5- Megan Moore and Tom Walkup
Board of Education: District 6- Jason Miller (Incumbent)- Unopposed
Constable: District 1-Tyler Cripps –Unopposed.
Constable: District 2-Danny Adamson- Unopposed.
Constable: District 3-Travis Bryant (Incumbent)-Unopposed.
Constable: District 4-Lane Ball (Incumbent)-Unopposed
Constable: District 5-Mark Milam (Incumbent)-Unopposed
Constable: District 6- No Candidate.
Constable: District 7-Jeremy Wayne Neal-Unopposed
Criminal Court Judge-Part III (13th Judicial District)- Shawn Fry of Cookeville- Unopposed
The DeKalb County Republican and Democratic Primaries will be held March 5 in conjunction with the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary. Party nominees for local offices on March 5 will run in the DeKalb County General Election on Thursday, August 1, 2024 and those elected will take office September 1, 2024.
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.
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 presidential field is set in Tennessee for the March 5, 2024, Super Tuesday Presidential Preference Primary and County Primary Election. On Super Tuesday, 15 other states will join Tennessee in helping decide each party’s presidential nominee.
The following candidates will be on Tennessee’s March 5, 2024, ballot:
Republican Primary Ballot:
•Ryan Binkley
•Chris Christie
•Ron DeSantis
•Nikki Haley
•Asa Hutchinson
•Vivek Ramaswamy
•David Stuckenberg
•Donald J. Trump
Democratic Primary Ballot:
•Joseph R. Biden