Joe Otto

Joe Otto was appointed Jasper County Recorder by the Board of Supervisors in January 2026, succeeding longtime recorder Denise Allan, and is now running to keep the seat, per the Newton Daily News. He previously worked at the Soil and Water Conservation Society as its first historian and a grant project manager, managed a Civil War historic site in North Carolina, and directed the Jasper County Historical Museum, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.