August 1, 2024
Primary/County General Election
November 5, 2024
State/Federal General Election
Declared Democratic Candidates
State and Local Candidates
Candidates for State Senate, State Representative, U.S. House and U.S. Senate will be chosen in the August 4, 2024 primary. Candidates must file by noon on April 4, 2024.
Local candidates will be chosen by either primary or caucus. The filing deadline depends on whether a primary is called, and could fall as early as December 2023 or as late as April 2024.
Please follow us for more information. Additional information can be found in the Information About Running for Office section below.
Presidential Candidates
Candidates must file to appear on the March 5, 2024 primary in Tennessee by December 5, 2023.
Filing begins in September 2023. See here for more details.
These people will ostensibly seek to be appear on the March 2024 ballot:
- President Joe Biden
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- Marianne Williamson
DNC Delegates
The Democratic National Committee will be held in Chicago starting on August 19, 2024.
Tennessee will have 70 delegates. Five of these (two men and three women) will be chosen from Congressional District 5 to represent us, based on the results of the March 5 primary. There will also be at-large delegates selected by the Tennessee Democratic Party’s state executive committee.
To be a delegate, you will need to apply (in January 2024), vote in the March primary, and be selected by the county and congressional district conventions which will be held on March 16 and April 6, respectively. Please see the TNDP’s Delegate Selection Plan for more information.
We will post the list of candidates for CD5 DNC delegates in early 2024 when these are announced by the TNDP.
Sample Ballot
Also the Go Vote TN App can provide you a customized sample ballot showing the candidates in your district/precinct.
Election Dates and Deadlines
Presidential Primary Election
This date is subject to change.
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Election to elect school board members as well as choose party nominees for state legislature and U.S. Congress.
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Election for federal and statewide offices.
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The following seats will be up for election in August 2024:
- School Board (one each from even-numbered districts, and any unexpired terms)
- County Property Assessor
- County Supervisor of Roads
- State Democratic Executive Committee members from SD28 (one male, one female)
- Vacant seats on the County Commission or School Board.
- Judicial retention elections for Tennessee Supreme Court and appellate courts.
The following seats will be up for election in November 2024:
- President and Vice-President of the United States
- State Representatives
- State Senate (SD28)
- United States Representative
- United States Senator
- City of Columbia Council Members (non-partisan)
Other offices may appear on the ballot to fill unexpired terms.
Candidates must file a petition and campaign finance reports. Write-in candidates are allowed but must file ahead of the election. Note that some offices require special training. Please see the Maury County Election Commission for more information.
Information About Voting
You can register to vote online or request an absentee ballot through the Tennessee Secretary of State’s voting website (govotetn.com). You must register to vote at least 30 days before an election.
Elections in Maury County are administered by the Maury County Election Commission. Their voter information page is a good resource for additional information.
Information For Poll Workers
We need good Democrats to serve as poll workers in all of our voting precincts on Election Day.
This is a paid job (up to $200 per day, depending on job role).
If you would like to serve as a poll worker, please download, print, and fill out this form and then get in touch with us so that we can deliver it to the Election Commission for you.
Redistricting
County Commission Districts
County reapportionment was completed in November 2021, changing the boundaries for County Commission and School Board.
An interactive map of the new county districts is located here. Our analysis is here. The official maps of districts and precincts is on the Maury County Election Commission website.
State House and Senate Districts
Tennessee State House maps were proposed in December 2021 and were passed by the Tennessee Senate and Tennessee House in January 2022. This created two Tennessee House districts whuch include parts of Maury County:
- District 64, including the eastern part of the county (most of Columbia and Spring Hill); and,
- District 71, including the western part of the county, as well as parts of Lawrence, Wayne and Hardin counties.
The official map book for State House Districts is here. An interactive map of these districts in Maury County is here. Our analysis of the State House map is here.
All of Maury County was placed in Tennessee Senate District 28, and U.S. House District 5.
These maps are subject to litigation, and the Tennessee Democratic Party has threatened to sue. We will provide additional information on litigation as it develops.
Interactive maps are also available on the General Assembly website HERE.
City of Columbia Wards
CIty of Columbia Wards have also been redrawn for the 2024 election. Please see these maps:
Note that if your garbage pickup date recently changed you may have changed wards.