Early voting for the May 5 primaries will begin on Wednesday, April 15, and will run until Thursday, April 30.

The early voting locations for Coffee County residents are the C.D. Stamps Community Center at 810 South Jackson St. in Tullahoma and the Coffee County Administrative Plaza at 1329 McArthur St., Suite 6, in Manchester. The hours for early voting for C.D. Stamps Community Center will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The hours for early voting for Coffee County Administrative Plaza will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

What races to watch

While the general election in August officially fills the position for the next term, in several races who will be on that ballot will be determined during the primary.

For the office of Coffee County Mayor, incumbent Dennis Hunt will meet Cheryl Swann in the Republican primary. For the Coffee County Sheriff’s race, incumbent Sheriff Chad Partin, Danny Ferrell and Kelly Wayne Smith will face off in the Republican primary.

In the County Commission Republican primary for District 4, incumbents Tim Brown and Joseph Hodge will meet Mark Brothers in the Republican primary. For District 5, incumbents Tim Morris and Missy Deford will meet Rodney Duncan in the Republican primary.

For the office of Circuit Court Clerk, incumbent Jenny Anthony and Kelsie M. Adams will meet in the Republican primary.

As for Coffee County Clerk, Donna Low Spaulding and Jenna Amacher will meet in the Republican primary. As for the Register of Deeds office, incumbent Donna Toney and Kara Wimberley will meet in the Republican primary, and Debbie Williams will be on the Democratic primary.

In the Coffee County School Board races, two seats for Seat 1-Districts 1, 3 and 4 will be up while one seat will be up for both Seat 2-Districts 2, 6 and 7 and Seat 3-Districts 5, 8 and 9.

Sitting candidate Thomas Ballard will meet Gary Nester and Brent Parsley in the Republican primary for the Coffee County School Board for Seat 1-Districts 1, 3 and 4.

For Coffee County School Board Seat 2-Districts 2, 6 and 7, sitting school board member Christopher Koon will meet Charles Lawson in the Republican primary. For the Coffee County School Board for Seat 3-Districts 5,8 and 9, sitting board member Jennifer Peacock Hodge will meet Dana Morris in the Republican primary.

The winners of the May primaries will move forward to the Aug. 6 ballot, which will also include the municipal elections for both Manchester and Tullahoma aldermanic and school board races, along with the August State Primaries for Governor, U. S. House of Representative (4th Congressional District), U.S. Senate, Tennessee House of Representatives (47th House District), and the State Executive Committeemen and Committeewomen. In addition, Tullahoma City Judge will be on August ballot.

For more information, contact the Coffee County Election Commission at 931723-5103, email the Election Commission at votecoffee@coffeecountytn.org or stop by the Election Commission at 1329 McArthur St., Suite 6, in Manchester. Residents can also visit the Election Commission’s website at www.coffeecountytn. gov/158/Election-Commission.