Early voting ends Tuesday, February 27

Early voting for the Tuesday, March 5 election in the Presidential Preference Primary, County Primary, Berry Hill Municipal Election ends Tuesday, February 27. Below are the presidential candidates running for election and those for the Democratic Primary who are running against opposition. The sample ballot can be found at <www.nashville.gov/departments/elections>.

Republican Presidential Preference Primary candidates of Republican Party for President of the United States 

I declare my preference for candidate for the office of president of the United States to be: 

Vote for one 

   Ryan Binkley

   Chris Christie 

   Ron Desantis 

   Nikki Haley 

   Asa Hutchinson

   Vivek Ramaswamy

   David Stuckenberg 

   Donald J. Trump

   Uncommitted 

   Write-in

Democratic Presidential Preference Primary candidates of the Democratic Party for president of the United States 

I declare my preference for candidate for the office of president of the United States to be: 

Vote for one 

   Joseph R. Biden

   Uncommitted

   Write-in  

Democratic County Primary   

Circuit Court Judge Division IV

20th Judicial District

Unexpired term

Vote for one

   Tusca Alexis 

   Audrey Anderson

   Stanley ‘Stan’ Kweller 

   Stephanie J. Williams 

   Write-in 

Assessor of Property

Vote for one 

   Tomesia Day 

   Vivian Wilhoite 

   Write-in  

School Board Representative

District 1

Vote for one 

   Dominique McCord-Cotton       

   Robert Taylor

   Latonya Winfrey 

   Write-in

Democratic Executive Committeeman

District 14

Vote for one

   R. J. Mamula

   David Swanson, Jr.  

   Write-in

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