Three more Democrats qualified on Thursday at the Oconee County Office of Elections and Registration to run for county offices in the May 21 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election.
Reginald Wade qualified to run for Sheriff, and Laura King qualified to run for Clerk of Superior Court.
Sheri Ward Long qualified to run for Post 4 on the Oconee County Board of Education.
At the Secretary of State Office in Atlanta, Courtney Frisch qualified to run as a Democrat for the State House Representative for District 121, joining Gareth Fenley, who qualified on Wednesday to run as a Democrat in the 46th Senate District.
Kathryn Green qualified to run as a Democrat for Post 5 on the Oconee County Board of Education on Wednesday. The result is at least six local races in which qualified Democrats and qualified Republicans will compete.
Incumbent Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez has qualified for the May 21 Primary Ballot as well, but no Republican has filed to run against her.
Republicans have qualified in every other local race on the May 21 primary ballot.
In early in-person voting on Thursday for the March 12 Presidential Preference Primary, 231 voters cast a ballot, up just slightly from the 224 who cast a ballot on Wednesday. Friday is the last day of early in-person voting and for qualifying.
Newly Qualified
Wade, running for the Democratic nomination for sheriff, listed his occupation as law enforcement and stated that he has been a legal resident of Oconee County for two consecutive years.
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King, seeking the Democratic nomination for the Clerk of Courts position, listed her occupation as teacher and said she has been a resident of Oconee County for 10 plus consecutive years.
Long, seeking the Democratic nomination for Post 4 on the Board of Education, said she is a support specialist at Michael’s and has lived in Oconee County for 29 years.
Two Republicans, Andrew Pippin and Russell Toms, have qualified for the Republican Party nomination for Post 4 on the Board of Education and will compete in the May 21 Republican Party primary.
Green has qualified to run for the Democratic Party nomination for Post 5 on the School Board, and Brock Toole has qualified for the Republican Party nomination for Post 5.
Michael Ransom, who currently holds Post 5, has qualified for the Post 1 (Chair) position on the Board on the Republican Party ballot.
Post 1, Post 4, and Post 5 have no incumbents, since 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.
Frisch, the Democratic candidate in House District 121, is from Clarke County and lists her occupation as transportation planning engineering consultant.
Fenley, the Democratic candidates in Senate District 46, is from Walton County. She lists her occupation as social worker.
Summary Of Other County Qualifying
Constitutional Officers Sheriff James Albert Hale Jr., Clerk of Superior Court Angela Elder-Johnson, and Tax Commissioner Jennifer T. Riddle have qualified in the Republican Primary.
The fourth county Constitutional Officer, Probate Court Judge Michael David Hunsinger, has qualified 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.
In the Watkinsville nonpartisan Council races, incumbent Post 3 Council Member Brett Thomas, Post 4 Council Member Christine Tucker, and Post 5 Council Member Jeff Campbell have all qualified, and no one has qualified to run against them.
Extra-County Races
Western Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judges H. Patrick Haggard and Lawton Evans Stephens have qualified to run in the non-partisan judicial election on May 21.
Kalki Yalamanchili qualified on Thursday at the Secretary of State Office to run as an Independent in the District Attorney race in the Western Judicial Circuit. Yalamanchili, an attorney from Oconee County, now must get voter signatures to have his name appear on the ballot.
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.
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