LIST OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY ELECTION CANDIDATES
May 5, 2026 – Cumberland County Primary Election
– County Mayor
Michael Findley (Republican)
(Incumbent) Allen Foster (Republican)
– County Commission (2 seats per district)
1st District
(Incumbent) Wiley Potter (Republican)
(Incumbent) Sue Ann York (Republican)
2nd District
(Incumbent) Tom Isham (Republican)
3rd District
Craig Clark (Republican)
(Incumbent) Karen B. Shanks (Republican)
4th District
Gary Adams (Republican)
(Incumbent) David H. Gibson (Republican)
Cam Wyatt (Republican)
5th District
Rich Dabkowski (Republican)
(Incumbent) Jack Davis (Republican)
(Incumbent) Terry Lowe (Republican)
6th District
(Incumbent) Joe Sherrill (Republican)
(Incumbent) Wendell Wilson (Republican)
John Womack (Republican)
7th District
(Incumbent) Jerry Cooper (Republican)
Ralph Randall Reagan (Republican)
8th District
Keith Burgess Jr. (Republican)
(Incumbent) Greg Maxwell (Republican)
(Incumbent) Deborah Holbrook (Democrat)
9th District
(Incumbent) Colleen Mall (Republican)
(Incumbent) John L. Patterson Jr. (Republican)
John Wedgworth (Republican)
James Janecek (Democrat)
– Board of Education (1 seat per district)
1st District — None (no Republican candidate qualified)
3rd District
(Incumbent) Sheryl L. Nichols (Republican)
5th District
Chris Seals (Republican)
7th District
Blair Woodcock (Republican)
9th District
Dan Schlafer (Republican)
– County Trustee
Jill Ritzman (Republican)
(Incumbent) Kim Tollett Wyatt (Republican)
– Sheriff
(Incumbent) Casey D. Cox (Republican)
– Circuit Court Clerk
(Incumbent) Jessica R. Burgess (Republican)
– County Clerk
(Incumbent) Jule Bryson (Republican)
– Register of Deeds
(Incumbent) Trey Kerley (Republican)
Steve Powell (Republican)
– Road Superintendent
Kevin Music (Republican)
(Incumbent) Stanley Hall (Independant)
August 6, 2026 – Cumberland County General Election (independents) and State Primary
– County Commission (2 seats per district, independent candidates)
2nd District
(Incumbent) Nancy Hyder (independent)
3rd District
Wendell Houston (independent)
(Incumbent) Darrell Threet (independent)
4th District
Jonathan Miller (independent)
7th District
Tyler Sisco (independent)
– Board of Education (1 seat per district, independent candidates)
1st District
Kevin J. Dean (independent)
Rolf Weeks (independent)
3rd District
Michael Dibiccaro (independent)
5th District
(Incumbent) Nicholas J. Davis (independent)
7th District
(Incumbent) Jon Matthews (independent)
– State Primary Offices (candidates who picked up papers; qualifying deadline March 10, 2026)
U.S. House of Representatives – 6th Congressional District
Lore Bergman (Democrat)
Mike Croley (Democrat, not filed yet)
Tennessee Senate – 15th District
(Incumbent) Paul Bailey (Republican)
Tennessee House of Representatives – 25th District
(Incumbent) Cameron Sexton (Republican, not filed yet)
Monica Mowdy (Democrat)
Democratic State Executive Committeeman – 15th District
None
Democratic State Executive Committeewoman – 15th District
Sara Kruszka
(Incumbent) Anne Ferrell Quillen
Republican State Executive Committeeman – 15th District
(Incumbent) Mike Callahan
Republican State Executive Committeewoman – 15th District
(Incumbent) Linda Clark
– Road Superintendent
(Incumbent) Stanley Hall (Independant)
