November 5, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Election Day has arrived!
The polls are open at all 12 precincts in DeKalb County through 7 p.m. tonight. WJLE will have LIVE election return coverage starting at 7 p.m.
On the ballot today is the Presidential election as well as races for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives (District 6), Tennessee Senate (District 16), and Tennessee House of Representatives (District 40).
In DeKalb County, two referendums are on the ballot regarding a $50 wheel tax and the issuance of general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $65 million for a judicial center and jail.
President and Vice President of the United States
•Donald J. Trump for President and JD Vance for Vice President (Republican)
•Kamala D. Harris for President and Tim Walz for Vice President (Democratic)
•Jay J Bowman for President and De D Bowman for Vice President (Independent)
•Claudia De la Cruz for President and Karina Garcia for Vice President (Independent)
•Rachele Fruit for President and Dennis Richter for Vice President (Independent)
•Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for President and Nicole Shanahan for Vice President (Independent)
•Jill Stein for President and Samson LeBeau Kpadenou for Vice President (Independent)
United States Senate
•Marsha Blackburn (Republican)
• Gloria Johnson (Democratic)
• Tharon Chandler (Independent)
• Pamela Jeanine “P.” Moses (Independent)
• Hastina Robinson (Independent)
United States House of Representatives District 6
• John Rose (Republican)
• Lore Bergman (Democratic)
Tennessee Senate District 16
• Janice Bowling (Republican)
• Wayne Steele (Democratic)
• Scott Bean (Independent)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 40
• Michael Hale (Republican)
• Daniel T. Hawthorne (Democratic)