The race for supervisor in District 1 gained another entrant Friday, as county permitting inspector Reed Birdsong filed to run as an independent.

Birdsong, 50, said improving roads and drainage in the northeast Warren County district is the aims of his first candidacy for public office.

“It’s just about holding people accountable for work being done, and not done, in the 1st district,” Birdsong said.

Incumbent David McDonald, a Republican, and fellow GOP challenger Joe Channell have entered the Aug. 2 primary. The general election is Nov. 8, when independents will face the primary winners.

Birdsong worked for 14 years in the Warren County Road Department before being hired in 2006 to be a roving inspector on residential developments. Two years earlier, the county enacted guidelines for new subdivisions so roads could be brought up to public maintenance standards. Most sections deal with drainage and road construction, and sets a process for having plats approved.

Three of five county supervisors have drawn challengers in this year’s elections, which will decide eight statewide races and 24 district-level and countywide offices.

District 2 Supervisor William Banks, a Democrat, has picked up a primary opponent in city zoning board member Tommie Rawlings, who lost to Banks four years ago.

District 5 Supervisor Richard George has two opponents, J.W. Carroll and Ellis Tillotson. All three are independents.

Supervisors Charles Selmon in District 3 and Bill Lauderdale in District 4 have qualified and had drawn no challengers through Wednesday.

Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace, an independent, faces opposition from former deputy Bubba Comans, who filed as a Democrat.