The DeKalb County Republican Party held a convention Saturday at the courthouse to nominate a candidate for the county commission in the 1st district for the August 4 General Election
Tom Chandler will be the GOP nominee in the election to fill the remaining unexpired two year term of Democrat Elmer Ellis, Jr. who recently resigned. The local Democratic Party is also expected to hold a convention to select a nominee for the election.
Chandler made brief remarks at the meeting after receiving his party’s nomination. “My wife and I live in Caplinger Hollow off Dale Ridge. We do actually have some property on Dale Ridge. We have owned property in the county for about 25 years so we weren’t born and raised here but this is home to us. I say I’m retired but I have a farm so I work seven days a week doing something related to the farm. By profession I work in the telecommunications business. I am reasonably well educated. I have four college degrees including a doctorate degree in telecommunications. We have one daughter and a couple of granddaughters. My daughter is an oncologist or a cancer doctor. She works at the Summit for Tennessee Oncology,” said Chandler.
“I am definitely a conservative. I do believe in good schools, roads, and water but I also believe in low taxes and that there ought to be some balance between those things,” he continued.
“I’d appreciate your support in August. I look forward to working with you,” Chandler concluded.
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