August 1, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell was re-elected unopposed in Thursday’s DeKalb County General Election.
Cantrell will begin his third-four-year term September 1. He received a total of 1,046 complimentary votes in the election.
A total of 1,404 voted in DeKalb County including 700 on election day, 100 paper absentees, and 604 walk-in early voting. DeKalb County has 13,607 registered voters.
The Board of Education will get a new member next month. Megan Moore was unopposed in her bid for the fifth district position, currently held by Jamie Cripps who did not seek re-election. The term is for four years. Moore received 131 complimentary votes.
Meanwhile Incumbent sixth district school board member Jason Miller was re-elected unopposed to his second-four year term. Miller had 127 votes.
Constable candidates winning unopposed to four-year terms and their vote totals are as follows:
First District: Tyler Cripps- 243 votes
Second District: Danny Adamson-131 votes
Third District: Travis Bryant-133 votes
Fourth District: Lane Ball-160 votes
Fifth District: Mark Milam-153 votes
Sixth District: No candidate on the ballot but Keith Elkins won as a write-in candidate with 6 votes
Seventh District: Jeremy Neal-90 votes
Two county commission candidates won elections unopposed to fill unexpired terms including Andy Pack in the sixth district with 114 votes and Mathias Anderson with 82 votes in district seven. These unexpired terms will end in August 2026.
Shawn C. Fry, Criminal Court Judge, Part III in the 13th Judicial District won unopposed and in DeKalb County he received 919 votes.
In the Smithville Municipal Election, three incumbent aldermen were re-elected unopposed to four-year terms including Shawn Jacobs with 203 votes, Jessica L. Higgins 191 votes, and Danny Washer 186 votes.
A mayor and two aldermen were to have been elected in the Dowelltown Municipal Election but there were no qualified candidates, either on the ballot or write-ins