Starting at the top:

County Mayor

• Incumbent county mayor, Buddy Bradshaw
• Loudon businessman, Ken Brewster and Tellico Village resident Susan Gingrich have picked up petitions to challenge Bradshaw. Apparently, Gingrich isn't sure if she's a republican or an independent. She picked up petitions for both. And that's allowed. A candidate can pick up multiple petitions but ultimately, they can only qualify for one.

All ten commission seats will be on the ballot:

In District 1:

• Seat "A" incumbent Kelly Brewster will not seek re-election
• Incumbent David Meers Currently Meers has picked up petitions for both seats, but will ultimately have to pick one or the other.
• Tellico Village resident, Kevin Meyer
• Loudon resident Chase Randolph has picked up for seat "A"
• Loudon resident William Geames has picked up for seat "B".

In District 2:

• Seat "A", Julia Hurley
• No one has yet picked up for seat "B" currently held by Matthey Tinker.

In District 4:

• 4th district incumbent, Gary Whitfield

In District 5:

• Incumbent Harold Duff has picked up to seek re-election to 5th district seat "A"
• I have picked up my petition for re-election to 5th district seat "B"
• Lenoir City councilman, Eddie Simpson, has qualified to run against me. Given his long record of voting for tax and spend policies and his unwavering support of tax breaks for developers, I was surprised to see he's running as a republican.

In District 6:

• 6th district incumbent, Adam Waller

In district 7:

• 7th district incumbent, Henry Cullen

Trustee:

• Chip Miller

General Sessions Judges

• Rex Dale
• Hank Sledge

 Sheriff:

• Paul Curtis
• Jimmy Davis
• Marty Ward

Circuit Court Clerk:

• Steve Harrelson 

Court Clerk candidates:

• Amy Langley
• Riley Wampler

Register of Deeds:

• Rick Arp
• Tammy Gallaher

Three incumbent school board members:

• Bobby Johnson Jr.
• Zach Cusick
• Kim Bridges
• Melissa Browder has picked up for the vacant 5th district school board seat.

All this after just two days. I'll update as the list changes.

After the first of the year, I'll have much more information on the election.