Qualifying ended for local election races this past Friday, and there is a full slate of candidates vying for a variety of elected posts throughout the Metro Atlanta region. Races to keep an eye on include the Cobb County Commission and School Board elections, as well as the Fulton County Commission election.
Below is a list – courtesy of the Atlanta Journal Constitution – of all qualified candidates for local elections in the Metro Atlanta region.
Clayton County
County Commission
District 1:
Sonna Singleton (i), Joyce Baul, Richard Reagan, Jae Brown, Rosa Barbee, Walter W. Nix Sr.
District 4:
Michael Edmondson (i), Robbie Moore, Larry W. Bussey
School Board
District 1:
Pam Adamson (i), Angel McSwain
District 4:
Michael King (i), Kithya Kim
District 8:
Alieka Anderson (i), Jeffery Benoit
District 9:
Charlton Bivins (i)
Cobb County
County Commission
District 1:
Bill Byrne (R), Scott Tucker (R), Angela Barner (R), Bob Weatherford (R), Glenn Melson (R), Derrick Crump (D)
District 3:
JoAnn Birrell (R)(i), Joseph Pond (R), Michael Opitz (R)
School Board
Post 2:
Jeffery “Jeff” Abel (R), Tim Stultz (R)(i), Susan Thayer (R), Kenya T. Pierre (D)
Post 4:
David Chastain (R), William “Bill” Scott (R)
Post 6:
Kevin R. Nicholas (R), Scott Sweeney (R)(i)
Solicitor General
Barry Morgan (R)(i), Cindi Yeager (R)
Judges, State Court
Post 1:
Jason B. Fincher (i)
Post 3:
Henry R. Thompson (i)
Post 4:
Bridgette Campbell Glover (i)
Post 5:
David P. Darden (i)
DeKalb County
County Commission
District 2:
Jeff Rader (i)
District 3:
Larry Johnson (i)
District 7:
Gregory Adams, Stan Watson (i)
School Board
District 1:
Stan Jester
District 2:
Don McChesney, Marshall Orson (i)
District 3:
Jerrie D. Bason, Michael A. Erwin (i), Jarrod Jordan, Atticus LeBlanc, Willie R. Mosley, Jr.
District 4:
Karen Carter (i), Jim McMahan (i), John Oselette, Ella “Coach” Smith
District 5:
Pia “Chaz Afzal” Bhatti, Jesse “Jay” Cunningham, R. Alexander Fitzhugh, Thad Mayfield (i), Vickie B. Turner
District 6:
Bridgeman Bolger, Melvin Johnson (i)
District 7:
Kim Ault, Lee V. Dukes, Joyce Morley (i)
Judges, State Court
Johnny Panos (i)
Alvin T. Wong (i)
Sheriff (Special election)
Dale Bernard Collins, Ted Golden, R. “Tony” Hughes, Vernon Jones, Melody Maddox, Jeff Mann (i), Melvin Mitchell, LaSalle Smith Sr.
Soil and Water Commission
Jeff Bragg
H. Anthony Gobert
Fayette County
County Commission
District 3:
Stephen “Steve” Brown (R)(i), Harold K. Logsdon (R), Donnie Owen Haddix (R)
District 5:
Jessie Allen McCarty (R)(i), Pota Coston (D)
School Board
District 4:
Ogechi Oparah (D), Mindette “Mindy” Fredrickson (R), Diane Basham (R), Jane L. Owens (R), John Kimbell (R)
District 5:
Leonard Presberg (D)(i), Dean B. Dunton (R)
Fulton County
Judges, State Court
Fred C. Eady (i)
Eric A. Richardson (i)
Jay M. Roth (i)
County Commission
District 1:
Liz Hausmann (R) (i)
District 2:
Bob Ellis (R), Eric B. Broadwell (R)
District 3:
Bernard “Bernie” Tokarz (R), Everett Lee Morris III (R), Cory Ruth (R), Alexander Palacios (R)
District 4:
Joan P. Garner (D)(i), Eddie Lee Brewster (D)
District 5:
Brenda J. Muhammad (D), Johnnie Gordon (D), Advis Dell Wilkerson-Byrd (D), Kwame Thompson (D), Marvin S. Arrington Jr. (D)
District 6:
William “Bill” Edwards (D)(i), Emma I. Darnell (D)(i), Abraham Watson (R)
District 7:
John H. Eaves (D)(i), Robert L. “Robb” Pitts (D)(i), Earl L. Cooper (R)
School Board
District 2:
Katie Reeves (i)
District 5:
Linda F. McCain (i)
District 6:
Joel L. Joseph, Catherine E. Maddox (i), DeAndre S. Pickett
District 7:
Julia C. Bernath (i), Kathleen A. Wittschen
Special election, City of Roswell Municipal Court Judge
Brian Hansford
John Monroe
Melanie Ellwanger
Leslie Morris Donaho
Gwinnett County
County Commission
District 2:
Jay Trevari (D), Lynette Howard (R)(i)
District 4:
Alfie Meek (R), John Heard (R)(i)
Board of Education
District 2:
Leon Hobbs (R), Ileana McCaigue (R), Dan Seckinger (R)(i)
District 4:
Robert McClure (R)(i), Zachary Rushing (D)
State Court Judge
Pamela South (i), Joseph C. Iannazzone (i)
Solicitor
Gregory McKeithen (D), Rosanna Szabo (R)(i)
Henry County
County Commission
District 3:
Gary Barham (R)(i), I. Darryl Payton (D), William “Bill” Toney (R), Horace Brannan (R)
District 4:
Reid A. Bowman Sr.(R)(i), Blake Prince (R)
District 5:
Bruce Holmes (D)(i)
School Board
District 4:
Donna McBride, Virgil Brannon
District 5:
Erik Charles (i), Annette Edwards