IW, Surry candidates make their case
Published 3:30 pm Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- Poll worker Eddie Drake, in the foreground, sanitizes a voting booth at the Smithfield Center while voters fill out their ballots in the background. (2020 file photo by Nate Delesline III/The Smithfield Times)
The following candidates are running in contested local elections in Isle of Wight and Surry counties. The Smithfield Times sent questionnaires to each. Click each candidate’s name to read his or her submitted responses.
Uncontested races and write-in candidates are not listed.
A roundup of questionnaire responses for state House of Delegates and Senate candidates will follow next week.
* denotes incumbent
Isle of Wight County
Board of Supervisors – District 2
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/mccarty-hendrix.jpg?w=300)
Left: McCarty; right: Hendrix
- William McCarty*
- Tracy Hendrix
Editor’s note: Hendrix declined to participate in The Smithfield Times’ questionnaire.
School Board – District 1
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/tynes-perkins.jpg?w=300)
Left: Tynes; right: Perkins
- Denise Tynes*
- Brandi Perkins
Editor’s note: Tynes did not respond to multiple contact attempts.
School Board – District 2
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/mallory-wooster.jpg?w=300)
Left: Mallory; Right: Wooster
School Board – District 4
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/hunter-maresh.jpg?w=300)
Laequinla Hunter, left; Jason Maresh, right
Clerk of Circuit Court
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/culpepper-smith.jpg?w=300)
Left: Culpepper; right: Smith
Treasurer
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/atkins-slye.jpg?w=300)
Left: Atkins; right: Slye
Surry County
Board of Supervisors – Bacon’s Castle District
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/hardy-chandler.jpg?w=300)
Left: Hardy; right: Chandler
Board of Supervisors – Surry District
Board of Supervisors – Dendron District
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/byrd-drewry.jpg?w=300)
Left: Byrd; right: Drewry
Board of Supervisors – Claremont District
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/elliott-corvello.jpg?w=300)
Left: Elliott; right: Corvello
School Board – Carsley District
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/fibish-marr-shears.jpg?w=300)
Left: Fibish; right: Marr-Shears
Sheriff
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/turner-barbee.jpg?w=300)
Left: Turner; Right: Barbee
Clerk of Circuit Court
![](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/surry-clerk-candidates2.jpg?w=300)
From left are Hunt, Jackson, Mayes and Newby