Early voting starts July 17, election day is Aug. 6, meet the candidates here

Meet the 15 candidates, including both county mayoral candidates, that participated

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LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Early voting begins Friday, and WLAF is featuring its May “Meet the Candidates” forum today.

Here is how Tuesday evening’s WLAF “Meet the Candidates” forum unfolded. With the Tennessee County Services Association (TCSA) meeting this week at Gatlinburg, these candidates appeared by way of a pre-recorded video message, Dewayne Baird- 3rd District Commissioner, Beverly Stanfield Hall- 2nd District Commissioner, Zachary Marlow- 1st District Commissioner and Rusty Orick- 3rd District Commissioner. Dennis Powers- 36th District State Representative, who had a prior engagement, also shared comments by way of a pre-recorded message.

In alphabetical order, here is the list of those candidates seeking school board and commission posts that appeared in person on Tuesday.

Becky Aiken- Write in Candidate for first district school board

Jerry Brown- Second District County Commission

Ralph Davis- Fifth District County Commission

Chris Honeycutt- Second District School Board

Marvin Rutherford- Second District School Board

Dwight Osborne -Fifth District County Commission

Anthony Terry- Third District County Commission

Elsewhere during the evening,

Noah Smith- Candidate for State Representative for the 36th District

Candidates for county mayor appeared last, and they are

Jimmy Jeffries

Jack Lynch- County Mayor (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-05/21/2026-6AM-REPUBLISHED 07/15/2026-6AM)