In the Republican primary race for Dickens County Sheriff last week, none of the contenders received a majority of the vote, so there will be a runoff May 28.
In the three-way race for county sheriff, according to county clerk Danay Carnes, candidate Jay Allen (246 votes) will face candidate Jerry Schmidt (297 votes) in a runoff May 28. Candidate Ramiro Rodriquez (96 votes) is out of the running.
There was no Democratic party candidate for sheriff.
The winner of the May 28 sheriff’s runoff will be the new Dickens County Sheriff, barring a successful challenge by a write-in candidate in the November general election. The deadline for write-in candidates to file is August 19 at 5:00 p.m.
No other Dickens County offices faced opposition in the primary. Running unopposed in Dickens County were: Dennis Wyatt, commissioner, precinct 1, and Chris Horn, commissioner, precinct 3, for the position previously held by Charlie Morris, who did not seek re-election.
Stella Carter, who was appointed justice of the peace earlier this year, is seeking election for her own term, as is Rhonda Brendle for tax assessorcollector after incumbent Rebecca Haney did not seek reelection. Dickens County Attorney Aaron Clements also ran unopposed.
Barring a successful challenge by a write-in candidate, all should be elected in November. There are no Democratic candidates for these Dickens County positions.
In Kent County, challenger Debbie Myers unseated incumbent Commissioner Daryl Ham in Precinct 1. According to county clerk Craig Harrison, Myers received 37 votes and Ham received 20.
Also in Kent County, incumbent sheriff William “Billy” Scogin was unopposed and was elected on the Democratic ballot, with 16 votes. On the Kent County Republican ballot, Turney Coulter was elected for precinct 1 commissioner after incumbent commissioner Roy Chisum chose not to seek reelection.
In the Kent County election for District Attorney of Judicial District 39, Democratic incumbent Mike Fouts of Haskell was unopposed and also did not have a Republican challenger on the Kent County ballot. He received 17 Kent County votes.
