KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Look for a full and fat slate of candidates running for local and state offices next year, starting with the March 2024 primary.
More than 30 candidates have picked up petitions - with many already turning them in - for seats on Knox County Commission, Knox County Board of Education and several individual county offices. Other East Tennessee counties likewise are expected to have crowded ballots.
The deadline for candidates to qualify is noon Dec. 14.
Early voting starts Feb. 14.
The county primary is Tuesday, March 5. That's also Super Tuesday, when Tennessee voters across the state will go to the polls to pick their favorite candidate in the presidential primary.
With presidential candidates on the March 5 ballot, turnout is expected to be strong.
The county general race and the primary for state-level and congressional races are Thursday, Aug. 1. All state House seats and the District 6 state Senate seat are up for election next year locally.
State and federal elections, including congressional seats, a U.S. Senate seat from Tennessee and the presidential race, will be Tuesday, Nov. 5.
You'll find more dates for upcoming elections here.
Here's a list of the offices and candidates who have picked up a petition:
*Knox County Criminal Court judge: Republican Hector I. Sanchez, seeking to keep a seat to which he was appointed in 2022.
*County Commission, District 1: Republican Charles Frazier; Democrats Evelyn Gill and Damon Rawls.
*County Commission, District 2: Democrat Courtney Durrett; Independent Ethan Grantham.
*County Commission, District 4: Republican Garrett Holt; Democrat Shane Jackson.
*County Commission, District 5: Republicans Brad Hall, Angela Russell, Dale Skidmore and Brian Walker; Democrat S. Arthur Moore.
*County Commission, District 6: Republicans Terry Hill (incumbent) and Julie McBee-Fritts; Democrat Daniel Edward Greene.
*County Commission, District 8: Republican D.J. Corcoran; Democrat Charles V. Chandler.
*County Commission, District 9: Republicans Andy Fox, Barry Neal and Stacey Bryan Smith; Democrat Matthew Park; Independent Stacey Bryan Smith.
*Property assessor: Republicans Phil Ballard and Jackie Raley.
*Law director: Republicans David Buuck (incumbent) and Daniel Herrera; Democrat Jackson Fenner.
*School Board, District 2: Independent Jennifer Owen (incumbent).
*School Board, District 3: Republican Angie Goethert; Independent Patricia Fontenot-Ridley.
*School Board, District 5: Republicans Renee Jackson and Lauren Morgan; Democrat Terrye Whitaker.
*School Board, District 8: Republicans Tommy Lakins and Travis Wright.
