Hello REALTORS®,
In this Watchdog Report, I will continue to cover the fall elections by wrapping up the list of candidates for nonpartisan races like school board. Nonpartisan means that political parties do not nominate the candidates.
The remaining offices are the school boards in Anderson County and two special purpose tax district boards that tend to function like a city council for their service area.
Anderson County Board of Education
In addition to five school boards, Anderson County has a countywide board of education that oversees countywide education programs, like vocational education, and administers certain financial programs like the education penny sales tax.
District 2:
- Mike S. Upton (incumbent, chairman)
District 7:
- W. Mark Williamson
District 8:
- Vaughn D. Parfitt (incumbent)
District 9:
- David E. Blanding
Anderson County 1 School Board
Area 2:
- Michael S. Wilson (incumbent)
Area 3:
- John JC Neel
- David (Moochie) Merritt Jr. (incumbent, Secretary)
District 6:
- Brenda Ellison (incumbent, Vice Chair)
Anderson County 2 School Board
Area 2 (2 seats)
- Mason Gary (incumbent)
- Phil Ashley (incumbent, Vice Chair)
- DuPre Keys
Anderson County 3 School Board
Area 2
- Michael R. (Mike) Callahan
- Tripp Bouknight (incumbent)
Area 3
- Justin Burdette
Anderson County 4 School Board
Area 1
- Waylon H. Priester
Area 3
- Dr. Charles D. Privette (incumbent, Chair)
Anderson County 5 School Board
Area 1
- Troy L. Haguewood
- Julie Usherwood (incumbent)
Area 3
- Eddie D. Mattison
- Tommy Price (incumbent, Chair)
Area 4
- Paul Zugg (incumbent)
Area 7
- William (Tripp) Dukes
- John P. Griffith (incumbent, Secretary)
At-Large
- Ernest E. Mackins
- Kristy Harrell Husky
- Bill Thompson
- Andy Patrick (incumbent)
Piedmont Fire District (2 seats)
- Beth Owen Dickson
- Jackson P. Lollis
- Rudy F. Rhodes (incumbent)
- Tracy Stephens
- Charlene E. Spelts (incumbent)
Homeland Park Water and Sewer District (2 seats)
- Jerry M. Richey (incumbent)
- Jackie Harrell
- Larry E. Harrell
- James Robert (Jimmy) Smith (incumbent)
- Dakota Wicker
We will provide a detailed Voter Guide for these and other races in October.
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Elections are an important way that your association represents you and helps make a strong market for real estate. Elections are also an important way that you participate in your government. Your association’s objective is to help elect pro-business candidates who share the Realtor position that a vibrant and healthy real estate market is vital to a vibrant and healthy economy. Of course, you must balance your personal and business interests when you vote.
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Michael Dey, Director of Government Affairs