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October 30, 2005
Hamilton County Election Updates
Here are some recent changes to the Hamilton County Candidates page:
County Commission, District 4
I have added my friend Brian Caldwell's name to the Potential section. I feel fairly confident that he'll run, but I am waiting for the official word. Also, note that I haven't taken Commissioner Cotton's name out of that section. Even though any measure of common sense would say that an incumbent who's been indicted on federal conspiracy/extortion charges wouldn't run for re-election, I just don't know that we can apply that measure to Cotton's thinking, so we'll just have to see.
County Mayor
Since incumbent Claude Ramsey announced that he'll be running again, I moved him up to Declared and moved Bill Bennett, Doug Fisher and David Fowler into the Inactive section, as they all indicated that they would not oppose him. All four are Republicans, so now we're waiting on other parties to name someone.
UPDATE: Sunday's Times Free Press indicates that Andrew Berke, whom I had initially forgotten to include as a potential Democratic candidate, has decided that he won't run after all. I'm going to add him to the Inactive list simply because I'm becoming one of those list-making people who likes to add completed items just for the joy of crossing them off; i.e., the wife is rubbing off on me.
Sheriff
David Alverson has a website up, so I linked it to his name. I still haven't heard whether or not Sheriff Cupp plans to run. Alverson, Derryberry and Hammond are not only all former Chief Deputies, I believe they're all running as Republicans in the May 2006 primary. This may suggest that they know more than I about Cupp's plans.
Peruse the page and let me know what I'm missing. It feels like that with only about six months to go before the County Primary I should have a lot more Declared and Potential names listed. I sincerely hope to see an uptick in participation next year, from candidates as well as voters.
Elections | By joe lance | 12:37 PM