Former District 31 State Rep. Jim Cobb plans to try to regain the seat he lost in 2012 by 105 votes in the Republican primary.
He picked up papers on Friday in Rhea County to run against Rep. Ron Travis.
John L. McCullough of Dayton picked up papers to run for the District 4 Congress seat. Major McCullough is a former pilot in Vietnam. The highly-decorated major is a graduate of Chattanooga High School.
George Thacker, county executive for Rhea County, picked up papers. He was in the news in 2011 when he was charged in a prostitution sting in Knoxville. He was later placed on diversion on the misdemeanor count.
The latest list for Rhea County includes:
U.S. Congress, 4th District
John L. McCullough
Dayton
State Representative, District 31
Jim Cobb
Ron Travis (incumbent)
County Executive
George Thacker
Circuit Court Judge, Division III
Steve Blount (D), Franklin County
General Sessions Court Judge
J. Shannon Garrison (D)
Carol Barron (R)
Larry Roddy (I)
Sheriff
Mike Neal (D)
Jerry Lawrence (R)
County Clerk
Linda Shaver (D)
Circuit Court Clerk
Jamie Holloway (D)
Cheryl Cashman (D)
Pam Peavyhouse (R)
District Attorney General
Mike Taylor (D)
Trustee
Neva Webb (D)
Register of Deeds
Gladys Best (R)
County Commission
District 2
Jim Reed
District 3
Murrell England
District 5
Emmaly Fugate Fisher (Incumbent)
School Board
District 1
John Mincy
Spring City City Commission
Jeff “Bimbo” Rhear