When qualifying ended at noon on Wednesday, seven candidates had filed paperwork to be on the July 31 ballot in the sheriff’s race.
Those who qualified to run for sheriff as Republicans are:
•Ramone Gilbert
•Andy Garrison
•Janis Mangum
•Greg Vaughn
•Ronnie Norris
•Gerald E Moon
•Randy Moore
When qualifying ended, races were also set for several board of commissioners and board of education seats, including the following:
JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CHAIRMAN
•Hunter Bicknell (incumbent)
•Tom Crow
JACKSON COUNTY BOC DISTRICT 1
•Guy Spicer
•Jim Hix
JACKSON COUNTY BOC DISTRICT 2
•Chas Hardy (incumbent)
•Jody Thompson
•Max Allen
JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 1
•Michael Cronic (incumbent)
JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 4
•Lynne Wheeler (incumbent)
•Lance McMurray
JACKSON COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER
•Don Elrod (incumbent)
JACKSON COUNTY CLERK OF COURT
•Camie Thomas (incumbent)
JACKSON COUNTY CORONER
•Keith Whitfield (incumbent)
•Jim Keinard
JACKSON COUNTY SOLICITOR
•Don Moore (incumbent)
JACKSON COUNTY SURVEYOR
Joseph Kyle Wood
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR PIEDMONT CIRCUIT (serves Jackson, Barrow and Banks counties)
•Brad Smith (Republican, incumbent)
NON-PARTISIAN QUALIFIED CANDIDATES
STATE COURT JUDGE
•Rob Alexander (incumbent)
•Jeff Perry
MAGISTRATE COURT JUDGE
•Billy Chandler (incumbent)
PROBATE COURT JUDGE
•Donna Geiger
•Tracy Brooks
•Sherry Moore
•Donna Sikes
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES
•Joe Booth (incumbent)
•David Motes (incumbent)
•Currie Mingledorff (incumbent)
FIRE BOARDS
•Joel T. Keith, West Jackson
•Tim Sweat, West Jackson
•Dean Stringer, South Jackson
•RH Edwards Jr., South Jackson
•Edwin Oldhame, South Jackson
•Travis Bennett, Arcade
•Frank Clark, Arcade
•Douglas Martin, Arcade
•Jesse “Buster” Covington, Arcade
•Chip McEver, North Jackson
•Robert McEver, North Jackson
•Dennis Elrod, North Jackson
•Hubert Blalock, Maysville
•Paul Douglas Lunsford, Maysville
•Nolan Pritchett, Maysville
•Dwight Langford, Plainview
•Charles Craig Sewell
•John Watson, Harrisburg
•Dean Love Jr., Harrisburg
•Heather Ann Hart, Harrisburg
•Dan Sailors, Harrisburg
•Jeffrey Jones, Harrisburg
•David McCoy, East Jackson
•Michael Glover, East Jackson
•Ted Bishop, Jackson Trail
•Bobby Saylors, Jackson Trail
•Jams Johnson, Jackson Trail
•Marty Seagraves, Nicholson
OTHER RACES
U.S. Congress
Those who have qualified for the newly-drawn 9th Congressional District are:
•Doug Collins (Republican)
•Roger Fitzpatrick (Republican)
•Martha Zoller (Republican)
•Jody Cooley (Democrat)
STATE SENATE
Jackson County will be served by District 50 and District 47 in the State Senate.
Those who have qualified for the District 50 state senate seat are:
•John Wilkinson (Republican, incumbent)
Those who have qualified for District 47 are:
•Frank Ginn (Republican, incumbent)
•Danny Yearwood (Republican)
•Tim Riley (Democrat)
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Jackson County will be served by District 31 and District 117 in the State House of Representatives.
Those who have qualified for the District 31 state House seat are:
•Tommy Benton (Republican, incumbent)
Those who have qualified for District 117 are:
•Doug McKillip (Republican, incumbent)
•Regina Quick (Republican)