Dekalb County Republican Party
For Immediate Release
The Qualifying period for the 2022 Republican Primary ended on January 28th at 5:00 pm.
The list of county offices/positions of the qualified candidates is below. I will also include the candidates from the county that qualified with the State Party office.
Office/Position – (incumbents are listed first)
Dekalb County Sheriff
- Nick Welden (I)
- Craig White
- Terry Wadsworth
President of Dekalb County Commission
- Ricky Harcrow (I)
Dekalb County Coroner
- Tom Wilson (I)
Commissioner District 3
- Chris Kuykendall (I)
- Ron Saferite
Commissioner District 4
- Lester Black (I)
- Derek Rosson
Board of Education District 5
- Robert Elliot (I)
- Joseph Lee
Executive Committee District 1 Place 6
- Royce Lader (I)
- Jeff McCurdy
- Terry Wootten
Executive Committee District 4 Place 2
- D L Stiefel (I)
- Chris Graben
Executive Committee District 4 Place 3
- Marshall Stiefel (I)
- Brook Debter
Executive Committee District 4 Place 4
- Lacie Fricks (I)
- Boyd Graben
The following candidates below are in the same format and qualified with the State Party.
9th Circuit Court Judge
- Jeremy Taylor(I)
9th Circuit District Attorney (Open Seat)
- Nick Jones
- Summer McWhorter Summerford
State Executive Committee Place 1
- D L Stiefel (I)
- Chris Graben
State Executive Committee Place 3
- Rodney L Ivey(I)
- Royce L Lader
- Ben West
House District 24
- Nathaniel Ledbetter (I)
- Don Stout
House District 39
- Ginny Shaver (I)
- Brent Rhodes
Senate District 8
- Steve Livingston(I)
Senate District 10
- Andrew Jones (I)
- Teresa Rhea
The Qualifying Committee will be meeting with the first time candidates and submit its’ report to the Executive Committee at our meeting on March 1st.
All of the candidates that qualify with the county party must be certified to the Probate Judge by no later than 5:00pm on March 3rd for his ballot certification process to the Secretary of State.
David Gulledge
Dekalb County Republican Party Chairman
