Board members, state legislators won’t be challenged

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

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The school board will welcome a new member following the August elections as incumbent David Sneed has chosen not to seek re-election.

Taking his place in the 6th District will be John Luther Turner. Neither Turner nor the two incumbents up for election this year, Edd Cantrell of the 2nd District and Robert H. Young of the 4th District, will face opposition in the Aug. 5 elections. They were the only people in their respective districts to qualify for the races when the deadline passed Thursday at noon.

School board members are elected to four-year terms. The six-member school board terms are staggered so three positions come up for election every two years. School board members are paid $260 per month and $15 per meeting.

In addition to deadline passing on the school board races, deadline also fell on the state legislative races. Neither 43rd District state Rep. Charles Curtiss or 14th District state Sen. Jerry Cooper will face opposition for re-election.

However, 47th District state Rep. Judd Matheny will face opposition in the general election from one of two Democratic hopefuls. Matheny will be unopposed for the Republican nomination.

The Democratic candidates are David Nathan Cunningham of Manchester and Edward H. North of Tullahoma. They will square off in the Democratic Primary on Aug. 5 with the winner to challenge Matheny.

The 47th District includes Coffee and the western part of Warren County. All three candidates hail from Coffee County with Matheny being elected to his first term in the state House in 2002 by unseating incumbent Butch Lewis.