April 4, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
The Smithville Municipal Election will be uncontested on Thursday, August 1.
The three incumbent aldermen up for re-election, Shawn Jacobs, Danny Washer, and Jessica Higgins will be running unopposed. The terms are for four years each.
The deadline to qualify for the August 1 municipal elections in Alexandria, Dowelltown, and Smithville was 12 noon today (Thursday, April 4).
Only three people qualified for the Alexandria Municipal Election on August 1.
In this election, the positions to be filled are for mayor (unexpired term), three aldermen, and three other aldermen (unexpired terms).
Beth Tripp will run unopposed for the unexpired mayor’s term while Jeff Ford is without opposition for an unexpired alderman term and Jonathon Tripp is unopposed for a full alderman term. No one qualified to run for the other positions.
No one qualified to run in the Dowelltown Municipal Election on August 1 in which a mayor and two aldermen are to be elected.
The offices of County Commission District 6 and District 7 will be on the DeKalb County General Election Ballot August 1 to fill unexpired terms.
Andy Pack in the 6th district and Mathias Anderson in district 7 were recently nominated and certified as Republican candidates through the local GOP caucus process.
Meanwhile, Keith Elkins will be a write-in candidate for 6th district constable in the county general election August 1. Elkins recently filed with the election commission a certificate of write in candidacy for the position.
All the local Republican nominees from the March primary will be unopposed in the August 1 DeKalb County General Election including Incumbent Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell, Sixth district incumbent school board member Jason Miller, Fifth district school board candidate Megan Moore; Constable candidates 1st District: Tyler Cripps, 2nd District: Danny Adamson, 3rd District: Incumbent Travis Bryant, 4th District: Incumbent Lane Ball, 5th District: Incumbent Mark Milam, and 7th District: Jeremy Neal, and Judge Shawn C. Fry for the newly created Criminal Court Judge position in Part III of the seven-county 13th Judicial District.
The Voter Registration Deadline for the August 1 elections is Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Early Voting: Friday, July 12 – Saturday, July 27, 2024 (times not yet set)