Kathryn Green qualified to run as a Democrat for Post 5 on the Oconee County Board of Education on Wednesday, and incumbent Watkinsville Post 5 Council Member Jeff Campbell qualified to run for re-election in the nonpartisan Watkinsville race.
Green’s name will appear on the Democratic ballot on May 21 in the General Primary and Nonpartisan Election, while Campbell’s name will appear on the ballot on Nov. 5 in the Watkinsville races.
All three of the Watkinsville Council Members whose term is up at the end of the year now have qualified, and no one has filed to run against them.
All of the incumbent Constitutional Officers in the county also have qualified, so far without any opposition.
Incumbent members of the Board of Commissioners seeking re-election as well as the incumbent coroner also have qualified, and no other candidate has qualified for those offices.
No incumbent on the Oconee County Board of Education is seeking to stay in the Post currently held, and the only competition so far for the May 21 primary at the county level is for Post 4 on the Board of Education in the Republican Primary.
Green so far is the only Democrat to qualify in Oconee County.
On Wednesday, 224 Oconee County voters cast a ballot in early in-person voting for the March 12 Presidential Primary, down from 339 on Tuesday, the day of Super Tuesday voting.
Early Voting And Qualifying
Nikki Haley suspended her campaign on Wednesday morning, leaving former President Donald Trump as the only active candidate for the Republican Party nomination.
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While it is possible Haley's announcement may have led to the drop in voting on Wednesday from considerably higher turnout on Monday and Tuesday, early in-person voting also dropped on Wednesday of last week.
Early in-person voting continues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at the County Administrative Building, 7635 Macon Highway, north of Watkinsville.
Qualifying continues at that same location from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday.
To date, only 6.8 percent of the county’s 32,969 eligible voters have cast a ballot in-person or via a returned mail ballot in the Presidential Primary.
Voting on March 12 will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the polling place for each of the county’s eight precincts.
Summary Of County Qualifying
Constitutional Officers Sheriff James Albert Hale Jr., Clerk of Superior Court Angela Elder-Johnson, and Tax Commissioner Jennifer T. Riddle completed the paperwork on Monday to qualify in the Republican Primary.
The fourth county Constitutional Officer, Probate Court Judge Michael David Hunsinger, qualified on Monday to run on the nonpartisan judicial ballot on May 21.
Ed Carson, the incumbent Coroner, qualified to run as a Republican.
Board of Commissioners Chair John E. Daniell, Post 1 Commissioner Mark H. Thomas, and Post 4 Commissioner Mark T. Saxon also all qualified on Monday to run for re-election in the Republican Primary.
Incumbent Post 5 Board of Education Member Michael Ransom qualified for the Post 1 (Chair) position on the Board, Brock Toole qualified for Post 5 on the Board, and both Andrew Pippin and Russell Toms qualified for Post 4. All are running as Republicans.
Post 1, Post 4, and Post 5 have no incumbents, as Post 1 Board Chair Kim Argo and Post 4 Board Member Tim Burgess chose not to seek re-election, and Ransom switched from his Post 5 position to run for Post 1.
In the Watkinsville Council races, incumbent Post 3 Council Member Brett Thomas qualified on Tuesday, and Post 4 Council Member Christine Tucker qualified on Monday.
Democrat Board of Education Post 5 candidate Green lists her occupation as instructional coach and says she has lived in Oconee County for four years. Watkinsville Post 5 Council Member Campbell lists his occupation as business owner and says he has lived in Oconee County for 23 years and Watkinsville for 16.
Extra-County Races
Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez has qualified to run in the Democratic Primary, and Superior Court Judges H. Patrick Haggard and Lawton Evans Stephens have qualified to run in the non-partisan judicial election on May 21.
Oconee County is part of the Western Judicial Circuit.
Georgia House District 120 Rep. Houston Gaines has qualified to run in the Republican Primary on May 21, and Rep. Marcus Wiedower and John Michael Grigsby have qualified to run in the Republican Primary for House District 121.
Incumbent Georgia Sen. Bill Cowsert has qualified to run in the Republican Primary for Senate District 46.
Part of Oconee County is in House District 120, with the remaining part in House District 121.
All of Oconee County is in Senate District 46.
Democrat Jessica Fore of Clarke County has qualified to run in the Democratic Primary for Congressional District 10, which includes all of Oconee County, and incumbent Rep. Mike Collins of Butts County has qualified to run in the Republican Primary.
So far no one else has qualified in the Democratic or Republican primary for the 10th Congressional District.
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