February 2, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
A total of twenty-nine persons have qualified to run for the County Commission and eight for the Board of Education either in the May 3 Democratic and Republican Primaries or the August General Election.
Those listed below with the letter “D” beside their name indicate they are Democrats and those with an “R” next to their name designate they are Republicans. The names of Independents listed below will not appear on the May 3 ballot but will run in the August DeKalb County General Election with the Democratic and Republican nominees. On May 3, each party (Democrat and Republican) may nominate two candidates per district in county commission races and one per district in Board of Education (School Board) races. In August, two county commissioners per district (districts 1-7) and one Board of Education (School Board) member per district (districts 1,2,3,4, & 7) will be elected.
County Commissioner, District 1:
Bennett Armstrong-R (petition filed)
Daniel Cripps-Independent (August General Election) (petition filed)
Thomas E. “Tom” Chandler-R (petition filed)
Julie Ann Young-D (Incumbent) (petition filed)
County Commissioner, District 2:
Sabrina R. Farler-R (Incumbent) (petition filed)
James David “Jim” Pearson-R (petition filed)
Myron Rhody-D (Incumbent) (petition filed)
County Commissioner, District 3:
Jack E. Barton, III-D (petition filed)
Susannah Cripps Daughtry-D (Incumbent) (petition filed)
Tony Luna- Independent (August General Election) (petition filed)
Tim Perricone-R (petition filed)
Jenny Trapp-D (Incumbent) (petition filed)
County Commissioner, District 4:
Wayne Cantrell-Independent (August General Election) (petition filed)
Tony L. “Cully” Culwell-R (petition filed)
Dan Delacruz-R (petition filed)
Gregory S. “Greg” Matthews-R (petition filed)
Janice Fish Stewart-D (Incumbent) (petition filed)
County Commissioner, District 5:
Jerry Adcock-R (Incumbent) (petition filed)
Larry L. Green-R (petition filed)
Joshua E. Holloway-R (petition filed)
Charles Glynn Merriman-R (petition filed)
Steve Randall Merriman, Sr.-R (petition filed)
County Commissioner, District 6:
Justin Douglas Adcock-R (petition filed)
Jeff Barnes-D (Incumbent) (petition filed)
Danny McGinnis-D (petition filed)
Doug Stephens-R (petition filed)
County Commissioner, District 7:
Bruce Malone-R (Incumbent) (petition filed)
Beth Pafford-D (Incumbent) (petition filed)
Timothy Brian Reynolds-R (petition filed)
Board of Education (School Board), District 1:
Danny Parkerson (Incumbent) Independent (August General Election) (petition filed)
Board of Education (School Board), District 2:
Thomas Alan Hayes-R (Incumbent) (petition filed)
Board of Education (School Board), District 3:
Jim Beshearse-R (Incumbent) (petition filed)
Board of Education (School Board), District 4:
Eric Ervin-R (petition filed)
Scott Little-D (petition filed)
Tony Poss-Independent (August General Election) (petition filed)
Board of Education (School Board), District 7:
Ryan Wayne Mollinet-R (petition filed)
Shaun Tubbs (Incumbent) Independent (August General Election) (petition filed)