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Only one Republican to seek county elected office
By Lynn Hotaling
Filing for political offices in Jackson County concluded at noon Tuesday, and only one Republican candidate signed up to seek a local post.
Barring write-ins, all county races will be decided with May’s Democrat primary, and all races except commissioners’ chairman, register of deeds and three non-partisan school board seats will be contested.
The race for District 2 commissioner has attracted the most candidates, with five filing for the seat.
Three sitting county commissioners – Roberta Crawford (District 1), Conrad Burrell (District 2) and Eddie Madden (District 4) chose not to seek re-election. In addition, one current school board member – Nathan Moss – chose to seek a commissioners’ seat instead.
The list of local candidates includes:
Sheriff – Incumbent Jimmy Ashe and Jim Cruzan.
Clerk of Court – Incumbent Ann Melton and Elaine Carter.
Register of Deeds – Incumbent Joe Hamilton
Chairman, county commissioners – Incumbent Brian McMahan.
Commissioner, District 1 – Carroll Buchanan, Raymond Bunn and William Shelton.
Commissioner, District 2 – Miguel Baerga, Ben Clawson, Bob Ginn, Tom Massie and Keith Parris.
Commissioner, District 3 – Incumbent Joe Cowan and Darrell Fox.
Commissioner, District 4 – Democrats Mark Jones and Nathan Moss; Republican Geoff Higginbotham.
School Board, District 2 – Incumbent Ken Henke.
School Board, District 4 – Incumbent Ali Laird-Large.
School Board, District 5 – Tracie Rice.
Two local candidates have filed for state legislative seats.
They are incumbent Democrat Phil Haire for House District 119 and Republican Mark Crawford for Senate District 50.
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