The Shadow
Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to qualify for the ballot in the Nov. 5 elections.
In Alleghany County, three members of the board of supervisors will be running without opposition in November.
Shannon Cox (Boiling Springs), Cletus Nicely (Sharon) and Matt Garten (Falling Spring) were the only candidates who qualified for the ballot in their respective districts.
Alleghany County Commissioner of the Revenue Valerie Bruffey also qualified for the ballot, and she will be running unopposed.
There will be a two-way race for county treasurer. Teresa Brown and Charlie Rusmisel will be vying for the office to replace retiring Treasurer Wanda Simpson.
Sheriff Kevin Hall will be facing opposition in his re-election bid, however. Hall and David Williams both qualified for the November ballot. Williams is a former investigator with the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff is elected by voters in Alleghany County and Covington.
The city and county share a commonwealth’s attorney, as well. Ann Gardner, who is serving as interim commonwealth’s attorney, will be the only candidate on the ballot.
Gardner became interim commonwealth’s attorney after Ed Stein was appointed as a circuit court judge earlier this year.
Christine Hodges will be running unopposed for re-election to the Mountain Soil and Water Conservation District. No candidate qualified to be placed on the ballot for a second seat on the board.
Del. Terry Austin, a Botetourt County Republican who represents Alleghany County and Covington, is running unopposed for his 19th District seat.
Austin has served in the House of Delegates since 2014.
In Bath County, incumbent Democrat R. Creigh Deeds is running unopposed for the Virginia Senate’s 25th District seat. Deeds has served in the Senate since 2001.
In the House of Delegates, incumbent Republican Ronnie Campbell of Rockbridge County is facing opposition for his 24th District seat from Democrat Christian Worth and Eli Fishpaw.
All four constitutional officers in Bath County are seeking re-election and all are running unopposed in November.
They include Commonwealth’s Attorney John C. Singleton, Sheriff Robert Plecker, Commissioner of the Revenue Angel Grimm and Treasurer Pam Webb.
Two current members of the Bath County Board of Supervisors are running unopposed. They include Ron Shifflett in the Cedar Creek District and Eddy Hicklin in the Millboro District.
Richard Byrd, the current supervisors chairman, is facing opposition from H. Lee Fry Jr. in the Valley Springs District, while Thomas S. Burns and former sheriff Charles T. “Tommy”?Black are vying for the Williamsville District seat currently held by Stuart Hall.
In 2017, Hall was taken to court over accusations that he was not a full-time resident of Bath County. In an agreement reached with the court, Hall is not allowed to seek public office in Bath County.
Bath County School Board member Roy Burns is running unopposed for the Warm Springs District seat on the board of supervisors. Current Supervisor Bart Perdue decided that he would not seek another term on the board.
Candidates will appear on the ballot for all five seats on the Bath County School Board.
Incumbent Eddie Ryder is facing opposition from Karen W. Hise in Cedar Creek, while current school board member Jessica Forbes is challenged by Jeff Grimm in the Millboro District.
Earlier this year, Forbes was appointed to the school board to fill the unexpired term of Bryan Secoy. Grimm was also a candidate to fill that vacancy.
In the Valley Springs District newcomers Austin L. Burns and James L. “Jimmy” Hooker are vying for the seat currently held by Cathy Lowry.
Zachery T. Burns is seeking the Warm Springs District seat, while Lee Ann Bowling-Angle and Clara Cauley Tennant are seeking the Williamsville seat currently held by chairwoman Rhonda Grimm.
Lowry and Grimm have decided that they will not seek re-election in the fall.
Floyd C. McCoy Jr. is seeking a seat on the board of the Mountain Soil and Water Conservation District.
The Mountain Soil and Water Conservation District, headquartered at the Bath County Courthouse in Warm Springs, serves Bath County, Alleghany County, Highland County and the city of Covington.
