CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Aug. 28, 2017) – Small businessman and Republican State Representative Marc Gravitt has officially announced his finance committee and leadership team for his campaign to run in the May 1, 2018 GOP primary for Hamilton County Register of Deeds, which will be an open seat with the retirement of 6-term incumbent Pam Hurst.

“With an incredibly noisy election cycle involving so many other local and state races, our team understands that raising and managing a budget to effectively reach voters is an essential part of the process,” said Marc Gravitt, owner of Gravitt Auctions and Appraisals. “I am deeply grateful and extremely humbled for the support I am receiving and the commitment of these community and civic leaders to begin our work now.”

Tony Sanders, former chairman of the Hamilton County GOP Party, will serve as chairman of the campaign’s finance committee, which will also include the following people:

Joel Barnett                             Jay Bell                                                Dr. Keith Helton

Donnie Hutcherson                 Dr. Chris & Tracie LeSar         Dale Mabee

Mike Moon                             Robert Nodes                          Hal North

Barry Payne                            Claude Ramsey                       Geoff Ramsey

Emerson Russell                      Jeff Sykes                                 Roger Tuder

Greg Vital                                Nathan Walldorf                    

“Marc is a fantastic public servant, whom I have known for almost 30 years. He will continue serving the citizens of Hamilton County with integrity and effectiveness, as he has done in other positions,” stated Barry Watson, the campaign’s treasurer.

Watson continued, “This finance team includes doctors, CPAs, real estate developers, engineers, surveyors and Realtors who all interact with the Register’s Office as part of their operations. Their support demonstrates Marc is the right person to lead the Register of Deeds office going forward.”

In addition to naming his finance committee, Gravitt also announced Vince Butler will serve as his campaign manager and Robin Smith as his campaign consultant.  To learn more about Marc’s campaign for the Register of Deeds office, please follow his Facebook page @Gravitt4Register.

The primary for Hamilton County elections is set for Tuesday, May 1, with Early Voting starting April 11, 2018, just over seven months away.