Candidates Announce for November Election

From staff reports

A few more candidates have thrown their hats into the political arena seeking positions in the 2007 election.

A total of 34 candidates have formally filed candidacy paperwork with the Scott County Registrar’s office.

Scott County Republicans are holding a mass meeting May 19 to select their candidates for all constitutional offices and seats on the board of supervisors and only a few days remain for candidates to run as Republicans. According to Michelle Jenkins, Vice Chair of the Scott County Republican Party, candidates wanting to run on the Republican ticket need to pre-file their intentions by April 19.

Scott County Democrats are holding their convention June 9 and the party’s rules committee is meeting later this week to decide the last day to allow candidates to file as Democrat candidates.

Candidates announced for constitutional offices, the Scott County Board of Supervisors, and the Scott County School Board is listed below:

Constitutional Offices

Circuit Court Clerk

• Mark ‘Bo’ Taylor, Republican incumbent

Commonwealth’s Attorney

• Marcus McClung, Republican incumbent

Commissioner of Revenue

• Gary Baker, Republican incumbent

• Freda Russell Starnes, Republican challenger

• C.H. Presley Jr., independent

Sheriff

• Jerry Broadwater, Republican incumbent

• Steve Templeton, Republican challenger

• Glenn McMurray, Democrat challenger

• John Puckett, Democrat challenger

Treasurer

• Ron Chapman, Republican challenger

• Kevin Helms – Republican challenger

• Don Frazier, Republican challenger

• Jeffrey Sloan – Democrat challenger

• Janet Davidson, Democrat challenger

Scott County Board of Supervisors (by district)

District 1

• Paul Fields, Democrat incumbent

• Darrel W. Jeter, Republican challenger

District 2

• (no candidates have announced)

District 3

• Danny Parks, Democrat incumbent

• Roy ‘Buck’ Meade, Republican challenger

• Jonathan Paul Wallace, Republican challenger

District 4

• Joe Herron, Republican incumbent

District 5

• Randall ‘Buck’ Kinkead, Democrat incumbent

• Michael J. Kinkead, Democrat challenger

District 6

• Chad Hood, Democrat incumbent

• W.E. ‘Harry’ Moore, Republican challenger

At-Large

• Dr. David Redwine, Democrat incumbent

Scott County School Board

District 1

• Lowell Campbell, incumbent

District 2

• Dennis C. Templeton, challenger

District 3

• Joe Meade, incumbent

• Mack Gilliam, challenger

District 4

• E. Virgil Sampson Jr., incumbent

District 5

• Beth Blair, incumbent

District 6

• David ‘Tip’ Kindle, incumbent

• Stephen Sloan, challenger

• James Kay Jessee, challenger

Business Directory

• • Fairway Ford
• • Rex McCarty Appraisal Services
• • Wallace Nissan of Kingsport
• • Mike Jenkins Evangelistic Association, Inc.
• • Northeast State Technical Community College
• • Farm Credit of the Virginias
• • Scott County Chamber
• • Town of Gate City
• • Scott County Horse Association

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