The 2012 election season will begin with the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries and the DeKalb County Democratic Primary on March 6th.
On the local scene, the office of Assessor of Property will be up for election along with all seven constable positions. Each of the terms is for four years. The qualifying deadline is 12 noon on December 8.
In 2008, Assessor of Property Timothy Fud Banks was re-elected while those elected as constable were Reed Edge in the second district, Wayne Vanderpool in the third district, Paul Cantrell in the fourth district, Mark Milam in the fifth district, Cantrell Jones in the sixth district, and Johnny King in the seventh district. No one was elected in the first district.
Paul Cantrell has qualified to seek re-election as constable in the fourth district. Constable Mark Milam has also qualified for re-election in the fifth district. Others who have picked up petitions for constable are Johnny King in the seventh district, Wayne Vanderpool in the third district, and Richard Bullard in the sixth district. Scott Cantrell has picked up a petition for Assessor of Property.
While the local Democratic Party will be selecting its nominees through the primary process, the DeKalb County Republican Party will choose any nominees it has by convention.
“Petitions can be picked up for all of the local offices on the March ballot,” said Dennis Stanley, Administrator of Elections. The qualifying deadline is NOON, December 8, 2011. The same
qualifying deadline will apply to the Republican Party nominees (chosen by caucus) and Independent candidates.
Any Republican and Democratic nominees for the offices of Assessor of Property and Constable will face off in the August 2012 DeKalb County General Election
(Pictured Above: Constables Cantrell Jones in the sixth district, Johnny King in the seventh district, Reed Edge in the second district, Wayne Vanderpool in the third district, Mark Milam in the fifth district, and Paul Cantrell in the fourth district)
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