KEY DATES* Feb. 20 — Qualifying deadline for county primary races* May 6 — County primary election* Aug. 7 — County general election and state primaryCandidates seeking to qualify for the May 6 partisan primaries:Joe Manuel // R // Chancery Judge // Part 1Pam Fleenor // R // Chancery Judge // Part 1Jeffrey Atherton // R // Chancery Judge // Part 2Larry Henry // R // Circuit Court ClerkRon Parson // R // Circuit Court ClerkJ.B. Bennett // R // Circuit Court Judge // Division 1Catherine Cate White // R // Circuit Court Judge // Division 1Jeff Hollingsworth // R // Circuit Court Judge // Division 2L Marie Williams // R // Circuit Court Judge // Division 3W. Neal Thomas III // R // Circuit Court Judge // Division 4Sherry Paty // nonpartisan // City Court Judge // Division 1Russell Bean // nonpartisan // City Court Judge // Division 2Bill Knowles // R // County ClerkRandy Fairbanks // R // County Commission District 1Fred Skillern // R // County Commission District 1Jim Fields // R // County Commission District 2Marty Haynes // R // County Commission District 3Kirkland Robinson // D // County Commission District 4Warren Mackey // D // County Commission District 4Pam Ladd // D // County Commission District 4Greg Beck // D // County Commission District 5Isiah Hester // D // County Commission District 5Joseph Graham // R // County Commission District 6John Allen Brooks // D // County Commission District 6Phil Smartt // R // County Commission District 7Perry Perkins // R // County Commission District 7Sabrena Turner // R // County Commission District 7Pat Fountain // D // County Commission District 7John R. Taylor Sr. // D // County Commission District 7Curtis Adams // R // County Commission District 8David F. Munger Jr. // D // County Commission District 8 – withdrawnTim Boyd // R // County Commission District 8Brent Lambert // R // County Commission District 8Chester Bankston // R // County Commission District 9Jim Coppinger // R // County MayorRichard Ford // I // County MayorBill Hullander // R // County TrusteeBrian White // D // Criminal Court ClerkVince Dean // R // Criminal Court ClerkGwen Tidwell // D // Criminal Court ClerkBarry Steelman // R // Criminal Court Judge // Division 1Rebecca Stern // R // Criminal Court Judge // Division 2Don Poole // D // Criminal Court Judge // Division 3Neal Pinkston // R // District AttorneyGary Behler // R // Juvenile Court ClerkRob Philyaw // R // Juvenile Court JudgeSteven Smith // R // Public DefenderPam Hurst // R // Register of DeedsRyan Epperson // R // Register of DeedsPaul Parker // R // Register of DeedsJim Hammond // R // SheriffChris Harvey // R // Sheriff
With early election records showing partisan primary contests in 11 Hamilton County races, Republicans and Democrats alike are training candidates to mind their P’s and Q’s.
So far, there are Hamilton County GOP primaries for the Chancery Judge Part 1 and Circuit Court Judge Division 1 posts; the Circuit Court Clerk seat; the Register of Deeds position; the Sheriff’s Office and the County Commission’s District 1, District 7 and District 8 spots.
County GOP Chairman Tony Sanders said the party will hold its second candidate training session Monday at the weekly Pachyderm meeting at party headquarters, 1428 Chestnut St. The party held a half-day session a few months ago, Sanders said.
The party is trying to teach candidates how to run effective, clean campaigns — especially since they will be facing fellow party members on May 6.