July 5 is Last Day to Register to Vote in August Election

The City of Manchester will be electing its mayor, three aldermen and two school board members, all too four-year terms in August.
Incumbent Mayor Lonnie Norman and Coffee County Commissioner Steven Jones have filed petitions to run for mayor along with Attorney James Threet.
Russell Bryan, Ryan French and Tim Pauley are the current aldermen whose terms end in August. French is the only one running for re-election. Others competing for the positions are Terence Hillsman, Sam Miller, Bob Bellamy, Chris Elam, Mark Messick, Donny Parsley, Claude Morse, Brent Bates, Missy Deford, Wilma Thomas and Joshua Grouch.
For Manchester City School board four people are running for two slots; Current members, Chairman Mike Lewis and Susan Parsley along with Dana Douglas and James Lemmons.
Coffee County School Board Seats 1, 5 and 7 will be on the August ballot. Current member Shannon Duncan will run against Robert Wiser for Seat 5. Incumbents Gary Nester, Seat 1 and Esther J. Sims Seat 7 have both qualified for re-election.
Renee Keene and Jackie Duncan are running unopposed for the two alderman positions in Tullahoma. Three candidates are running unopposed for the Tullahoma School board; Kim Uselton, J Patrick Welch and Gigi Robison.
Three republicans have qualified for 47th District State Representative Incumbent Judd Matheny along with Republicans William Lockhart and Tullahoma City School board member Steve Lynn.
For District 16 State Senate Incumbent Janice Bowling a republican will face Michael Wilcher and Democrat Mike Winton will face Alice Demetreon. Winners will face each other in November.
In the 6th District Congress race Incumbent Republican Diane Black is facing competition from Joe Carr, Timothy Hay and Donald Strong. On the democratic side, David West and Flo Matheson are running with the winner to challenge the republican winner.
The deadline to register to vote for the Aug. 4 election is today, July 5.
Early voting will run from July 15 to July 30.
The election commission is located at 1329 McArthur St., Suite 6 in Manchester. Call 723-5103 or visit coffeecountyelectioncommission.com for more information.
A political forum will take place at the Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center on July 14 at 6pm. WMSR and the Manchester Times are hosting the event.