May 6, 2014 primary election, Putnam County

On May 6, 2014, Putnam County will join the other counties of the Upper Cumberland in holding primary elections for a number of local offices, on behalf of the Democratic and Republican parties. The victors in these contests will go on to face each other, along with independent and write-in candidates, in the general election to be held August 7, 2014.
Potential candidates were required to file petitions containing at least 25 eligible voter signatures with the Putnam County Election Commission by February 20. 31 Republicans and 27 Democrats filed petitions by the deadline. In addition to the local offices up for grabs, the seats of the 13th Judicial District will be contested for the first time in eight years.
==List of Republican candidates==
===13th Judicial District===
====Circuit Court Judge, Part I====
No Republicans filed.
====Circuit Court Judge, Part II====
*Jonathan Young
====Chancellor====
*Jerry Lee Burgess
====Criminal Court Judge, Part I====
*Wesley Bray
*Gary McKenzie
====Criminal Court Judge, Part II====
*David A. Patterson (incumbent)
====Attorney General====
*Shawn C. Fry
*Bryant C. Dunaway
====Public Defender====
*Craig P. Fickling
*Edwin G. Sadler
*John Milton Meadows (duplicate petition)
===Local offices===
====County Executive====
*Randy Porter
*Leisa Carlile
====Trustee====
*Betty Tommaso
====General Sessions Judge, Part I====
*Steve Qualls
====General Sessions Judge, Part II====
No Republicans filed.
====Sheriff====
*Eddie Farris
*Jimmy Patterson
====Circuit Court Clerk====
No Republicans filed.
====County Clerk====
*Wayne Nabors (incumbent)
*Harvey R. McNeal
====Register of Deeds====
*Lewis A. Tommaso
====Road Supervisor====
No Republicans filed.
===County Commission===
====District 1====
*Scott B. Ebersole (incumbent)
*Tom Short (incumbent)
====District 2====
*Scott Stevens
====District 3====
*Jordan M. Iwanyszyn
====District 4====
*Joe Elder
*Larry D. Bennett
====District 5====
*Cindy Adams
*Ben Shannon
*Robert "Bobby" Williams
====District 6====
No Republicans filed.
====District 7====
*Larry Redwine
====District 8====
No Republicans filed.
====District 9====
No Republicans filed.
====District 10====
No Republicans filed.
====District 11====
No Republicans filed.
====District 12====
*Curtis A. Shinsky
*L.D. Herron
==List of Democratic candidates==
===13th Judicial District===
====Circuit Court Judge, Part I====
*Amy Hollars (incumbent) (duplicate petition)
====Circuit Court Judge, Part II====
*Randall A. York (duplicate petition)
====Chancellor====
*Ronald Thurman (incumbent)
====Criminal Court Judge, Part I====
*William Fred Roberson, Jr.
====Criminal Court Judge, Part II====
No Democrats filed.
====Attorney General====
*Tony Craighead
====Public Defender====
*David N. Brady (incumbent)
===Local offices===
====County Executive====
*Kim Blaylock (incumbent)
====Trustee====
*Freddie G. Nelson (incumbent)
====General Sessions Judge, Part I====
*Nolan Goolsby (incumbent)
====General Sessions Judge, Part II====
*John Hudson (incumbent)
====Sheriff====
*Brian K. Maxwell
====Circuit Court Clerk====
*Marcia Borys (incumbent)
====County Clerk====
*Nancy Ellen Bryant
*Keith Marie Farley
====Register of Deeds====
*Harold L. Burris (incumbent)
====Road Supervisor====
*Randy Jones (incumbent)
===County Commission===
District 1
*David (Crock) Randolph
====District 2====
No Democrats filed.
====District 3====
No Democrats filed.
====District 4====
*Greg "Red" Ray
====District 5====
*Anna Ruth Burroughs (incumbent)
*Johnnie Wheeler
====District 6====
*Reggie Shanks (incumbent)
====District 7====
*Mike Medley (incumbent)
*Joe A. Trobaugh (incumbent)
====District 8====
*Danny Holmes
====District 9====
No Democrats filed.
====District 10====
*Kevin Maynard (incumbent)
====District 11====
*Marsha K. Bowman (incumbent)
====District 12====
No Democrats filed.
==References==
*"Deadline passes, petitions are in for May primary. " Cookeville Herald-Citizen. 23 February 2014. Web. Accessed 23 February 2014.
Category:2014 elections
Category:Putnam County elections