Shelby County&8217;s political deck of cards is about to get shuffled.

As the Friday deadline for qualifying to run for a local or state elected position came and went Friday, a number of local incumbents found themselves facing opposition.

With the June 6 primary less than two months away, local political races have begun to heat up.

Circuit clerk incumbent Mary Harris of Alabaster faces a challenge from Stephanie Freeman Roulier of Wilsonville while incumbent Sheriff Chris Curry will face opposition from Jim Walters, also of Wilsonville.

Place one and two on the Shelby County Board of Education are being challenged this year, with incumbents Lee Doebler of Alabaster and Steve Martin of north Shelby County facing Frank May of north Shelby County and Bragan Baldwin Patterson of the same area.

Probate Judge Patricia Fuhrmeister will run unopposed for her third term while Circuit Judge (Place 2) H.L. &8220;Sonny&8221; Conwill of Vincent also has no challenger.

However, a number of current officials have decided not to run for office again. These officials include Shelby County coroner Doug Ballard and Shelby County schools superintendent Evan Major.

Diane Steele Hawkins of Columbiana and Sherwood Florence of Pelham are vying for the vacancy that will be left by Ballard while three Shelby County school system administrators will try to follow in Major&8217;s footsteps as superintendents. Assistant Shclby County schools superintendent Tom Ferguson will be joined by Vincent High School principal Garry Minnick and Oak Mountain High School principal Randy Fuller in the race for the superintendent seat.

Qualified candidate list for June 6 elections

SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER

Candidates for state office

(Democrats)

Governor

Lucy Baxley, Joe Copeland, Harry Lyon, Katherine Mack, Nathan Mathis, James Potts, Don Siegelman

Lieutenant Governor

Jim Folsom

Attorney General

Larry Darby, John Tyson Jr.

Secretary of State

Ed Packard, Nancy L. Worley (I)

State Treasurer

Steve Segrest,Keith Douglas Williams

State Auditor

Charley Baker, Janie Baker Clarke, Wayne Sowell

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries

Ron Sparks (I)

Chief Justice

Sue Bell Cobb

Supreme Court Place 2

Gwendolyn Thomas Kennedy

Supreme Court Place 3

Albert L. &8220;Al&8221; Johnson

Supreme Court Place 4

John H. England Jr.

Court of Civil Appeals Place 1

Ray Vaughan

Court of Civil Appeals Place 2

Kimberly Drake

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 1

Aubrey Ford Jr

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2

Jamie Durham, Claude E. Patton

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3

Deborah Bell Paseur

Public Service Commission Place 1

Jan Cook (I)

Public Service Commission Place 2

Debbie Murphree, Susan Parker

State Board of Education Place 2

Charlotte Kirkland Williams

State Board of Education Place 4

Ethel Hall (I)

State Board of Education Place 8

Mary Jane Caylor (I)

U.S. Representative District 1

Vivian Beckerle

U.S. Representative District 2

Charles &8220;Chuck&8221; Dean James, John Morykwas

U.S. Representative District 3

Greg A. Pierce

U.S. Representative District 4

Barbara Bobo

U.S. Representative District 5

Bud Cramer (I)

U.S. Representative District 7

Artur Davis (I), Eddison T. Walters

Candidates for state office

(Republicans)

Governor

Roy Moore, Bob Riley (I).

Lieutenant Governor

Hilbun Adams, Mo Brooks, Luther Strange, George C. Wallace Jr.

Attorney General

Troy King (I), Mark Montiel

Secretary of State

Beth Chapman

State Treasurer

Kay Ivey (I)

State Auditor

Wes Allen, Chess Bedsole, S. Samantha &8220;Sam&8221; Shaw, Tripp Skipper

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industry

Albert Lipscomb

Chief Justice

Drayton Nabors Jr. (I), Tom Parker

Supreme Court Place 1

Ben C. Hand, Champ Lyons Jr. (I)

Supreme Court Place 2

Hank Fowler, Tom Woodall (I)

Supreme Court Place 3

Lyn Stuart (I), Alan Zeigler

Supreme Court Place 4

Jean Brown, Tracy Gwyn Birdsong, Glenn Murdock

Court of Civil Appeals Place 1

Mark Anderson, Terry Moore

Court of Civil Appeals Place 2

Craig Pittman (I)

Court of Civil Appeals Place 3

Bill Shashy, Terri Willingham Thomas, Phillip W. Wood

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 1

Greg Shaw (I)

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2

Kelli Wise (I)

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3

Clay Crenshaw, Beth Kellum, Alva Lambert, Sam Welch

Public Service Commission Place 1

John Rice

Public Service Commission Place 2

John Amari, Perry O. Hooper Jr., Jack Hornady

State Board of Education District 2

Frank Moore, Betty Peters (I)

State Board of Education District 6

David Byers (I), Jonathan C. Putnam

State Board of Education District 8

Marrell Dixon

U.S. House of Representatives District 1

Jo Bonner (I)

U.S. House of Representatives District 2

Terry Everett (I)

U.S. House of Representatives District 3

Mike Rogers (I)

U.S. House of Representatives District 4

Robert B. Aderholt (I)

U.S. House of Representatives District 6

Spencer Bachus (I)

Candidates for state

LEGISLATURE (Democrats)

State Senate

District 16: Russ Parker

District 42: James M. &8220;Jimmy&8221; Martin

Candidates for state

LEGISLATURE (REPUBLICANS)

State Senate

District 14: Hank Irwin (I), George Oldroyd and Jon Parker

District 15: Steve French

District 16: J.T. &8220;Jabo&8221; Waggoner (I)

District 41: Mike Hill (I)

District 42: Allen Canton

District 43: Benny Bliss and Mary Sue McClurkin (I)

District 48: J. Gregory &8220;Greg&8221; Canfield, Hugh Cort, Tom Davis, Della Fancher and Terry Reagin

District 49: Cam Ward (I)

District 50: Jim McClendon (I