Constable seeks comeback after district lines shift 

Clark County Constable David Puckett recent­ly said he will run again in a dif­fer­ent dis­trict after los­ing his seat due to redistricting. 

Puckett, 67, who is serv­ing his sec­ond term as 4^th District con­sta­ble, isn’t eli­gi­ble to run for re-elec­tion in that dis­trict because his res­i­dence is no longer in the 4^th. When the Clark County Fiscal Court redis­trict­ed the coun­ty in 2023, as it was required to do after the 2020 cen­sus, the lines shift­ed so that Puckett’s home became part of the 5^th District. 

Puckett, a Republican, said he will file as a write-in can­di­date for the 5^th District clos­er to the August 11 dead­line. Unless anoth­er can­di­date also files as a write-in, Puckett will be unop­posed, as the oth­er con­sta­ble can­di­dates are on the ballot. 

Constable Jerry Edwards, who had rep­re­sent­ed the 5^th District for sev­er­al years, died last November, cre­at­ing the vacan­cy in the district. 

Jerry Tackett has filed as a write-in can­di­date for the 4^th District. 

Puckett filed on January 5 for the 4^th District as a Republican, but with­drew soon after­ward after learn­ing that his res­i­dence was no longer in the district. 

Three oth­er Republicans are also run­ning unop­posed: Travis Jay McIntosh for District 2, Shelby Lynn Toler II for District 3, and William Frank Kennon for District 6. 

Kennon’s dis­trict had pre­vi­ous­ly been rep­re­sent­ed by Constable Doug Rose, who is now a reserve deputy sher­iff for the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. 

District 1 remains vacant. It was rep­re­sent­ed by Doug Woodall until his death in December 2023. 

Constables are peace offi­cers who are elect­ed by mag­is­te­r­i­al dis­trict but serve coun­ty­wide. Their duties vary by state law depend­ing on their law enforce­ment train­ing and certification.