January 31, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Forty two of the 66 petitions issued for the 2022 elections have been filed with the DeKalb County Election Commission as of Wednesday, February 2. The first step in the process of persons becoming a qualified candidate.
The 42 candidates who have filed their qualifying petitions with the election commission to date are as follows:
Democratic Primary May 3:
General Sessions Court Judge-Tecia Puckett Pryor
County Mayor-Tim Stribling (Incumbent)
Board of Education (School Board), District 4-Scott Little
Register of Deeds– Shelby D. Reeder
Road Supervisor-Wayne Shehane
County Commissioner, District 3– Jack E. Barton, III, Susannah Cripps Daughtry (Incumbent), and Jenny A. Trapp (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 6– Jeffery K. “Jeff” Barnes (Incumbent) and Danny L. McGinnis
County Commissioner, District 7- Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Pafford (Incumbent)
Republican Primary May 3:
Board of Education (School Board), District 2- Alan Hayes (Incumbent)
County Mayor– Matthew N. “Matt” Adcock and Anita T. Puckett
Sheriff-Patrick R. Ray (Incumbent) and Keneth Lee Whitehead
General Sessions Court Judge-Mingy Kay Ball and Brandon Cox
Register of Deeds– Daniel A. Seber
Road Supervisor-Danny Lynn Hale (Incumbent) and Shane Walker
County Clerk- James L. “Jimmy” Poss (Incumbent)
Circuit Court Clerk– Susan L. Martin (Incumbent)
Trustee-Sean D. Driver (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 1– Bennett Armstrong and Thomas E. “Tom” Chandler
County Commissioner, District 2-Sabrina Farler (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 4– Greg Matthews
County Commissioner, District 5– Larry L. Green and Joshua E. Holloway
County Commissioner, District 6- Justin Douglas Adcock
County Commissioner, District 7– Boyd Bruce Malone, (Incumbent)
The Election Commission has also received the proper duplicate petitions from the following candidates in the 13th judicial district (multi-county races)
Republican Primary –May 3:
Circuit Court Judge Part II-13th Judicial District-Caroline E. Knight
Chancellor- 13th Judicial District- Ronald Thurman (Incumbent)
Circuit Court Judge Part II- 13th Judicial District-Jonathan Young (Incumbent)
Circuit Court Judge Part I- 13th Judicial District -William T. “Will” Ridley
Criminal Court Judge Part II 13th Judicial District-Wesley Bray (Incumbent)
Public Defender13th Judicial District- Craig P. Fickling, Jr. (Incumbent)
Criminal Court Judge Part I 13th Judicial District- Gary S. McKenzie (Incumbent)
District Attorney General 13th Judicial District- Bryant C. Dunaway (Incumbent)
August General Election
Board of Education (School Board), District 1- Danny Parkerson (Incumbent) to run as an Independent candidate
Circuit Court Judge Part 1 13th Judicial District- Amy Turnbull Hollars (Incumbent) to run as an Independent candidate
The other petition holders have until February 17 to file those petitions and become a qualified candidate for the 2022 elections
The entire list of persons who have been issued qualifying petitions by the election commission office for either the May primaries or the August General Election is as follows:
Democratic Primary-May 3:
County Mayor- Mike Foster and Timothy Robert “Tim” Stribling (Incumbent)
General Sessions Court Judge-Margie Rigsby Miller and Tecia Puckett Pryor
Register of Deeds– Shelby D. Reeder
Road Supervisor-Wayne Shehane
County Commissioner, District 1– Julie Ann Young (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 2– Billy Myron Rhody (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 3– Jack E. Barton, III, Susannah Cripps Daughtry (Incumbent), and Jenny A. Trapp (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 4– Janice M. Fish Stewart (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 6– Michael Paul Atnip, Jeffery K. “Jeff” Barnes (Incumbent), Danny L. McGinnis
County Commissioner, District 7– Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Pafford (Incumbent)
Board of Education (School Board), District 4– Dr. Scott Little
August General Election:
Board of Education (School Board), District 1- Danny Parkerson (Incumbent)-Independent
County Commissioner, District 4– Wayne Cantrell- Independent
County Commissioner, District 3– Robert Anthony “Tony” Luna- Independent
Board of Education (School Board), District 7-Emitt Shaun Tubbs (Incumbent)-Independent candidate
Republican Primary-May 3:
County Mayor– Matthew N. “Matt” Adcock, Bradley S. Hendrix, Anita T. Puckett
Sheriff-Patrick R. Ray (Incumbent) and Keneth Lee Whitehead
General Sessions Court Judge-Mingy Kay Ball and Brandon J. Cox
Register of Deeds– Daniel A. Seber
Road Supervisor-Danny Lynn Hale (Incumbent) and Shane Walker
County Clerk- James L. “Jimmy” Poss (Incumbent)
Circuit Court Clerk– Susan L. Martin (Incumbent)
Trustee-Sean D. Driver (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 1– Bennett Armstrong and Thomas E. “Tom” Chandler
County Commissioner, District 2– James David “Jim” Pearson and Sabrina R. Farler (Incumbent)
County Commissioner, District 3– Joshua Brown Chapman and Tim Perricone
County Commissioner, District 4– Tony L. “Cully” Culwell and Gregory S. “Greg” Matthews
County Commissioner, District 5– Jerry Adcock (Incumbent), Larry L. Green, Joshua E. Holloway, Charles Glynn Merriman, and Steve Randall Merriman, Sr.
County Commissioner, District 6– Justin Douglas Adcock and Doug Stephens
County Commissioner, District 7– Boyd Bruce Malone (Incumbent), Trevin Merriman, and Timothy Brian Reynolds
Board of Education (School Board), District 2- Thomas Alan Hayes (Incumbent) and Matthew J. Quarles
Board of Education (School Board), District 3-Jim Beshearse (Incumbent)
Board of Education (School Board), District 4-Eric Ervin
Board of Education (School Board), District 7-Ryan Wayne Mollinet