November 8, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County voters will return to the polls for the last time this year today (Tuesday, November 8) for the State and Federal General Elections.
Polls at all 12 precincts in DeKalb County will be open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE election return coverage when the polls close at 7 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com
(Click link below for statewide election returns)
https://www.elections.tn.gov/results.php
For the 14 day early voting period, October 19 through November 3 a total of 2,134 cast ballots in DeKalb County.
Voters will be making their selections for Governor, Congressman and State Representative and voters in the 4th district only will have a candidate for Constable to fill an unexpired term. In addition, voters will be making their choices on four constitutional amendments.
Candidates for Governor are: Republican incumbent Bill Lee, Democratic nominee Jason Brantley Martin and Independents Constance M. Every, John Gentry, Basil Marceaux, Charles Van Morgan, Alfred O’Neil, Deborah Rouse, Michael E. Scantland and Rick Tyler.
Candidates for U.S House of Representatives District 6 are Republican incumbent John Rose and Democratic challenger Randal Cooper.
Candidates for Tennessee House of Representatives District 40 are Republican Michael Hale and Democrat Tom Cook, both from DeKalb County.
The lone candidate for Constable in the 4th District is Republican Lane Ball.