Qualifying for local candidates ended Friday with one longtime politician throwing his name into the ring for the Walker County Commission Chairman position.
Former state senator and agricultural commissioner Charles Bishop qualified Friday afternoon.
“I’ve dedicated my life to serving Walker County and making it a better place,” Bishop told The Community Journal. “I do not think the current chairman is leading our county in a positive direction, and that’s one of the reasons I decided to run for chairman.”
Bishop, who will turn 86 next week, said he wants to improve county government to have it in a place where a “younger generation will have an easier job taking over in the future.”
“I want one term to improve our county,” he said. “I want to get everyone on the same page, and I think that will get it ready for younger people to lead. I have the experience to be able do that.”
Here are local Republican candidates who qualified:
Chairman, Walker County Commission: Jordan Madison, Oakman, Charles Bishop, Jasper and Steve Miller, Jasper
Walker County Commission, District 1: Jason Akins, Jasper, John Dunagan, Jasper, Greg Barnes, Jasper and Keith Davis, Jasper
Walker County Commission, District 2, Jeff Burrough, Carbon Hill, and Adam Vickery, Carbon Hill
Walker County Commission, District 3: James (Jim) Borden, Cordova, Brian Bridges, Oakman, and Wayne Matthews, Jasper
Walker County Commission, District 4: Steven Aderholt, Sumiton
Walker County Circuit Clerk: Susan “Suzie” Odom
Walker County Probate Judge: A. Lee Tucker, Sumiton
Walker County Board of Education, District 1: Trent Kennedy, Jasper
Walker County Board of Education, District 3: Vonda Pate Beaty, Cordova and Jake Kilpatrick, Cordova
Circuit 14 Judge, Place 2: Doug Farris
Circuit 14 Judge, Place 3: Gregory M. Williams
Walker County District Judge, Place 2: Allison M. Jones
Constable, Beat 1: Terry D. Stripling, Jasper
Constable, Beat 2: Joe Thomas, Jasper
Constable, Beat 3: Tommy Allen Cleghorn, Jasper
Constable, Beat 4: Kris Nelson, Jasper and Don Frazier, Jasper
Constable, Beat 7: Jeff Guidry
Constable, Beat 8: Michael Blankenship, Jasper
Constable, Beat 12: James Wes Borden, Cordova
Constable, Beat 13: Josh Voss, DoraConstable, Beat 14: Alex Daniel, Cordova
Constable, Beat 21: Jerald Walls, Dora
Constable, Beat 25: Jerry S. Aultman, Eldridge
Constable, Beat 28: David Grace
Constable, Beat 31: Raymond Pugh, Jasper
Constable, Beat 32: Allen Estell, Nauvoo
Constable, Beat 40: Larry Myers, Oakman
Constable, Beat 44: Albert Steadman Jr., Jasper, and Larry C. Odom, Jasper
Constable, Beat 45: James H.E. Miller
Here are local Democratic candidates who have qualified:
Constable, Beat 26: Allen Hinds
Constable, Beat 37: Terry Pickett
