Miller County lists candidates for May 22 primary

Miller County’s voters will decide seven locally contested races in the May 22 primary.

The positions of judge, tax collector, tax assessor, sheriff, District 2 justice of the peace, District 9 justice of the peace and District 11 constable have two people from the same political party seeking the office.

One of the races, District 2 justice of the peace, has a contested Democratic race while the other six races have Republicans squaring off for the seat.

Filing closed at noon Thursday. Following is the complete list of local candidates filing for election in Miller County 2018 primary elections, according to information from the county elections division. CONTESTED

County Judge

Roy John McNatt (R), incumbent Cathy Hardin Harrison (R), Miller County tax collector County Tax Collector

Laura Bates (R), deputy Miller County tax collector

Tommy Crank (R), serving on Fouke City Council Ward 4 Place 1 County Assessor

Nancy Herron (R), chief deputy Miller County tax assessor Daniel Lewis (R)

County Sheriff

Jackie Runion (R) incumbent Ron Stovall (R), retired

Justice of the Peace District 2 Al Davis (D), KTEV-TV owner/ operator

Laney J. Harris (D), Ward 2 Texarkana, Ark., city director

Janet B. Green (R), business owner/operator

Justice of the Peace District 9 John Haltom (R), incumbent Robert “Howdy” Smith(R), self-employed

District 11 Constable

Hollis Rhoden (R), incumbent Faron Gladden (R), Miller County road department employee

UNCONTESTED County Clerk

Stephanie L. Harvin (R), incumbent

County Circuit Clerk

Mary Pankey (R), incumbent County Treasurer

Teresa Reed (R), incumbent County Coroner Dakota Bloyd (R), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 1 Eric Darden (I), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 3 Charles Nettles (D), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 4 Carl Standridge Jr. (R), incumbent

Justice of the Peace District 5 Lois Ann Toombs (R), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 6 Ernest Pender (R), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 7 Jimmy Hickey (R), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 8 Andy LaGrone (R), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 10 Jimmy Cowart (R), incumbent Justice of the Peace District 11 Rodney Watkins (R), incumbent Constable District 1 Joyce L. Adams (D), incumbent Constable District 3

Charles “Chuck” Wise (R), incumbent

Constable District 4

Art Parris (R), incumbent Constable District 5

Bobby Forte (D), incumbent Constable District 7

Robert Tibbit (R), incumbent Constable District 8

Bill Fuller (R), incumbent District 9 Constable

Thomas Harness (R), incumbent District 10 Constable

W. Michael Cornett (R), incumbent

Genoa Central School District Board of Education Place 4

Tracy Rogers