Lenoir City police officer, Dennis Dino Guider, announced that he was withdrawing from the sheriff's race.

This leaves Paul Curtis, Jimmy Davis and Marty Ward in the sheriff's race.

In another countywide election, Rick Arp has announced he will seek the office of Register Of Deeds.

Current Chief Deputy of the Register Of Deeds office, Tammy Gallaher, had already announced that she would be running for that office. 

First District Commissioner, Kelly Brewster has announced that she will not be seeking re-election and is endorsing Loudon County School Board member, Brian Brown for her seat.

To my First District Constituents, Friends, and Family;

Serving as your County Commissioner for the past 7 years has been a challenging and fulfilling job. I will forever be grateful for the support and kind words I have received as your commissioner.

My decision comes after much prayer and thought, I will not be seeking re-election as your First District County Commissioner Seat A. I am blessed and grateful to have served district 1 and to have achieved many goals for my constituents, but it is time for a new chapter of public service.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask all my constituents to support a man with experience, Brian Brown, for District 1 seat A Loudon County Commissioner. He has the acquired job knowledge of budgets and community needs from his past service as a Loudon County School Board member.

Brian is by far the most qualified and experienced person for the job. Brian is the one candidate who has the knowledge and skill to keep Loudon County moving in the right direction, while still being protective of tax payers dollars.

I ask you to vote for Brian Brown as your District 1 Seat A Loudon County Commissioner.

Thank you,

Kelly Littleton-Brewster

District 1 Seat A County Commissioner

Brian Brown who will vacate his school board seat at the end of the year due to the fact he is moving from the fifth district to the first district, announced that he will be running for commissioner Brewster's commission seat.

Hello Friends,
 

As you may remember when I concluded the post regarding my school board resignation, I said as one door closes, in due time, another will open….Well, much sooner than I had expected, that door has opened.

Incumbent Commissioner, Kelly Brewster, has decided not to run for re-election and asked if I would consider running. So at this time, I would like to announce my candidacy for 1st District County Commission Seat A.

I am humbled to have the opportunity to pursue this opportunity to continue serving my community and ask for your support and most importantly, your vote!

Brian Brown

The only other candidate who has announce for that seat is Chase Randalph.

Lastly, Based on his participation in the Lenoir City Christmas parade, former highway superintendent, Sean Giles, intends to run for highway superintendent again.

Current assistant highway superintendent, Billy Pickle, had already announced that he intends to seek the office.

Qualifying petitions for all the May primary positions will be available later this month. After the first of the year, I'll post a complete list of all things about next years election.