The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama

October 4, 2008

A look at the names on the Nov. 4 ballot


Limestone County voters will go to the polls Nov. 4 to elect a U.S. president and vice-president, U.S. senator, U.S. representative, county commissioner and school board member, among others. Here are the candidates in the order they will appear on the Nov. 4 election ballot:



President and Vice-President of the United States

• Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Democrat

• John McCain and Sarah Palin, Republican

• Chuck Baldwin and Darrell L. Castle, Independent

• Bob Barr and Wayne Root, Independent

• Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez, Independent

U.S. Senator

• Vivian Davis Figures, Democrat

• Jeff Sessions, Republican



U.S. Representative, 5th District

• Parker Griffith, Democrat

• Wayne Parker, Republican



Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

• Deborah Bell Paseur, Democrat

• Greg Shaw, Republican



Court of Civil Appeals

• Kimberly Harbison Drake, Democrat

• Bill Thompson, Republican



Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place No. 1

• Clyde Jones, Democrat

• Beth Kellum, Republican



Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place No. 2

• Aimee Cobb Smith, Democrat

• Mary Windom, Republican



President, Public Service Commission

• Lucy Baxley, Democrat

• Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, Republican



Limestone County Commission, District 2

• Gerald Barksdale, Republican, unopposed



Limestone County Commission, District 4

• Bill Daws, Democrat, unopposed



Limestone County Board of Education, District 4

• Darin Russell, Democrat, unopposed



Limestone County Board of Education, District 5

• James B. Shannon, Democrat, unopposed