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by
JoBeth
Wampler
Staff
Reporter
Several
more
candidates
have
thrown
their
hats
into
the
ring
in
the
past
few
weeks,
announcing
their
formal
intent
to
seek
election
in
November.
A
total
of
31
candidates
have
now
announced
their
intent
to
seek
office
in
the
county's
November
election
and/or
have
filed
their
statements
of
organization
with
Buchanan
County
Voter
Registrar
Vickie
Clevinger.
All
seven
supervisors
seats,
as
well
as
the
constitutional
offices
of
sheriff,
Circuit
Court
Clerk,
commissioner
of
revenue,
treasurer
and
commonwealth
attorney
will
be
on
the
ballot.
Additionally
seven
non-partisan
posts
on
the
Buchanan
County
School
Board
will
be
up
for
election
and
two
director's
positions
for
the
Soil
and
Water
Conservation
District
board
will
also
be
on
the
November
6
ballot.
Democrats
will
hold
a
convention
June
2
to
name
their
candidates
for
the
fall
election,
while
Republicans
are
set
to
hold
a
mass
meeting
May
19
to
select
their
slate
of
candidates.
Candidates
seeking
to
be
elected
to
the
Buchanan
County
School
Board
must
file
with
the
Voter
Registrar's
office
by
no
later
than
June
12,
2007
at
7
p.m.
Persons
seeking
election
to
the
school
board
must
be
qualified
to
vote
and
hold
the
office
they
are
seeking;
must
have
been
a
resident
of
the
state
for
the
year
preceding
the
election;
must
reside
in
the
district
they
seek
to
represent;
and
submit
a
petition
signed
by
125
registered
voters
of
the
district
in
which
they
are
seeking
election
asking
for
them
to
be
named
a
candidate
on
the
November
ballot.
School
board
candidates
who
have
filed
their
statements
of
organization
or
declarations
of
candidacy
with
the
voter
registrar's
office
include
incumbents
Clarence
Brown
(Knox);
Don
Newberry
(North
Grundy);
Willie
Sullivan
(Hurricane);
and
David
Thornbury
(South
Grundy).
Phyllis
Sumrall,
who
was
the
first
school
board
candidate
to
file,
is
seeking
to
challenge
Brown
for
the
Knox
school
board
post.
Countywide,
interest
in
the
election
appears
high.
A
Democrat
candidate
filing
deadline
has
now
passed,
meaning
there
will
no
more
Democrat
candidates
in
the
races
up
for
election.
The
Republican
candidate
filing
deadline
is
five
days
before
a
planned
May
19
mass
meeting
at
which
the
Republican
party's
slate
of
candidates
will
be
chosen.
In
the
Circuit
Court
Clerk's
race,
four
Democrats
have
filed
to
seek
that
party's
nomination
for
the
post
including
incumbent
Beverly
(Bev)
Tiller,
who
was
appointed
to
the
post
earlier
this
year
to
fill
the
unexpired
term
of
Jim
Bevins,
who
resigned
due
to
health
reasons.
Additional
Democrat
candidates
who
filed
for
the
post
include
Chris
Horn,
Tony
Matney
and
Pat
Imel.
No
Republicans
have
formally
announced
their
intent
to
seek
election
to
the
clerk's
office.
A
race
for
the
sheriff's
nomination
is
shaping
up
in
the
Democrat
Party
with
Pat
Wolford,
Randy
Ashby
and
Tim
Potter
each
having
announced
their
intent
to
seek
the
post.
Incumbent
Republican
Ray
Foster,
who
is
seeking
his
second
term
as
sheriff,
is
the
only
announced
Republican
candidate
seeking
the
office
of
sheriff.
Grover
Allen
Dales,
who
first
announced
plans
to
seek
the
Democrat
nomination
and
later
announced
his
withdrawal
from
that
race
has
now
re-entered,
indicating
he
will
seek
the
sheriff's
post
as
an
independent
candidate.
In
the
Commonwealth
Attorney's
race,
incumbent
Democrat
Sheila
Tolliver
is
unopposed
for
the
Democrat
nomination
and
Tamara
Neo
has
announced
her
intent
to
seek
the
Republican
nomination.
James
(Jim)
Slone
has
entered
the
race
as
an
independent
candidate.
Incumbent
Treasurer
Bill
Keene
is
unopposed
in
his
bid
for
the
Democrat
Party
nomination
for
that
post.
There
is
no
announced
Republican
candidate.
Jay
Rife
is
unopposed
in
his
bid
for
the
Democrat
nomination
for
Commissioner
of
Revenue.
Rife,
who
originally
indicated
he
would
seek
the
clerk's
post,
decided
instead
to
seek
the
commissioner's
post
after
long-time
Buchanan
County
Commissioner
of
Revenue
Victor
Breeding
announced
he
will
retire
at
year's
end
and
that
he
will
not
seek
re-election.
There
is
no
announced
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