Bebe HeiskellPerry Lamb, a surgical first assistant at Erlanger hospital, has paid the money necessary to run as an independent candidate for Walker County commissioner.
Lamb turned in his qualifying fee of $3,412 to the county’s elections office last Thursday. The payment represents 3 percent of the commissioner’s salary and is a necessary step to run for office.
He now has until July 12 to give the elections office a nomination petition with signatures from 1,640 registered voters: 5 percent of the total active voters during the 2012 election. Lamb said he has already surpassed that figure.
If Lamb qualifies, he will face Republican candidate Shannon Whitfield and incumbent Bebe Heiskell in the general election this November. Whitfield defeated Mike Peardon with about 75 percent of the vote in the GOP Primary on May 24.
Lamb said he did not want to be tied to a political faction during this election.