February 5, 2024
By: Bill Conger
Anyone in the 6th district interested and qualified to fill the county commission vacancy created by the recent resignation of Justin Adcock will be given an opportunity to express their wishes during the next county commission committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, February 22 at 6 p.m. in the history room of the county complex.
Contenders will each be given three minutes to address the commission.
The county commission is expected to appoint someone to fill the vacancy at the next regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 26th at the Mike Foster Multipurpose Center Auditorium at 6:30pm.
The appointee will be sworn into office and serve for six months until the August County General Election in which someone will be elected to complete Adcock’s unexpired term which ends August 31, 2026.
Administrator of Elections Dustin Estes has announced that the office of County Commission District 6 will be on the August 1, 2024 ballot to fill the unexpired term. This election will be held in conjunction with the 2024 DeKalb County General Election.
County parties may certify a candidate by caucus by the qualifying deadline 12 NOON April 4, 2024.
Independents may pick up petitions beginning February 5, 2024.