NOON, FEBRUARY 19, 2026
  PETITION FILING DEADLINE CANDIDATES

THIS IS THE FINAL UPDATE PENDING CANDIDATES WHO

WITHDRAW OR ARE DISQUALIFED BY THE POLITICAL PARTY

          DEADLINE TO WITHDRAW AS A CANDIDATE IS NOON, FEBRUARY 26, 2026

OFFICE	REPUBLICAN PRIMARY	DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY	INDEPENDENT
COUNTY MAYOR	Angie Stanley Zane Vanover
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 1 (ELECT 1)	Don Thompson	Terry Marek	Hunter Woodall
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 2 (ELECT 3)	David Akard III Jeff Broyles Kim Harvey Mark A. Vance
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 3 (ELECT 1)	Andrew K Cross
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 4 (ELECT 3)	Michael B. Cole Joyce Neal Crosswhite Tracy Haraz Josh Hayes Richard L. Hicks   Tony Leonard
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 5 (ELECT 2)	Ty Boomershine Hershel Glover Dwight King
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 6 (ELECT 3)	Bob Harshbarger Jr. Matthew Jerry Johnson Tim L. Pullon		Ken Osborne Jason Walden
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 7 (ELECT 2)	Jimmy Bowser Samuel "Sam" Jones Stacy Vaughan Travis Ward
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 8 (ELECT 2)	Darlene Calton Stanley Hodges Mark Ireson   Bill Sumner		Larry Mullinex
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 9 (ELECT 2)	Joe Carr Todd Golden Joseph Ward McMurray
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 10 (ELECT 2)	Linda D. Buckles Larry Crawford Lakie Derrick Dominick Kasmauskas
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 11 (ELECT 3)	John Gardner Hunter Michael Locke Phillip Marshall Zaiden G. Page Archie Pierce		Joshua W. French Travis Sampson Zac Thomas
TRUSTEE	Angela "Angel" Taylor
SHERIFF	Jeff Cassidy		Jamie C. Free
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK	Bobby L. Russell
COUNTY CLERK	Teresa Jacobs
REGISTER OF DEEDS	Sheena Ramsey Tinsley
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS	Craig Ramey
COUNTY ATTORNEY	Josh Rose		C. Christopher Raines III
SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2	Paul Robinson
SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 4	Todd Broughton Michael W Hughes
SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 6	Matthew L Price
CITY OF KINGSPORT SCHOOL BOARD (ELECT 2)	Sara Cassidy Brandon S. Fletcher Melissa B Woods		Derrick Browder