Local political races are heating up. The deadline to qualify to run in a City of Murfreesboro race was January 16th at noon and at this point, that time frame has come and gone. We are now left with a list of names of persons running. Out of that list of 18-names, only 2 are running for the seat of Mayor. You may recall, Mayor Tommy Bragg announced several months ago that he would not seek reelection.
Murfreesboro Mayor Seat (voters select one)
- Vice Mayor Ron Washington
- Councilman Shane McFarland
Murfreesboro City Council Seats (voters select three)
- Councilwoman Madelyn Scales Harris, Incumbent
- Candy Roberts Joyce
- Councilman Doug Young, Incumbent
- Axl David, When WGNS interviewed David in 2013 he stated he was a member of The Rutherford County Libertarians
- Brian Patterson
- Rick LaLance
- Stephen A. Shirley
- Jeff Rainwater
- Jonathon Fagan, former Rutherford County Democratic Party chairman
Murfreesboro School board races (voters select three)
- Novonda Lilly
- School board member Nancy Rainier, Incumbent
- School board member Collier Smith, Incumbent
- Kevin N. Fisher
- Wesley Ballard
- Geoffrey Robert Burns Herring
- Phil King