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The Coffee County and Manchester City General Election and state primary elections are Thursday, Aug. 1. Polls are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.

On the ballot will the seat of Coffee County Mayor following the sudden death of Judd Matheny in April. Interim Mayor Dennis Hunt was selected as the Republican nominee following the GOP’s caucus in May. Hunt will meet challengers David Nipper and Roxanne Patton, both registered as independent candidates.

 For Manchester, the three candidates vying for the seat of mayor of Manchester include current aldermen Bob Bellamy, current aldermen and District 2 County Commissioner Joey Hobbs and Bill Nickels. Current Manchester Mayor Marilyn Howard announced her decision to not seek reelection for the seat.

 The Manchester aldermanic race will see eight candidates vying for three seats. The candidates for Manchester aldermen include current aldermen and incumbent Julie Anderson, Joe Pat Cope, John Revice Fletcher, Shannon Fletcher, current aldermen and incumbent Ryan French, Harold “Rocky” Jones, Wilma Thomas and James Threet. The third aldermanic seat up for election is Bellamy, who is running for Manchester Mayor.

 On the ballot for the August primaries, in the race for State House of Representative for District 47, incumbent Rush Bricken will go unopposed in the August Republican primary. Bricken will go against independent candidate Veronica Owen in the November election. As for State Senate for District 16, incumbent Janice Bowling will also be unopposed in the August Republican primary, while Wayne Steele will also go unopposed in the August Democratic primary. Also on the August primary will be the Democratic State Executive Committeewoman for District 16, which will see Rupa Blackwell running unopposed.