Oconee County Voters In Democratic Party Primary Runoff For Georgia Public Service Commission Select Atlanta Clean Energy Advocate

***County And State Agree On Peter Hubbard***

Oconee County Democratic voters joined with the majority in the state in naming Peter Hubbard as the Party’s nominee to challenge Republican incumbent Fitz Johnson in November for District 3 representative on the state Public Service Commission.

In Tuesday voting in the Democratic Party Special Election Primary runoff, 178 Oconee County voters joined the 192 county voters who had cast a ballot in the five days of Early Voting to give Hubbard 79.1 percent of the vote to 20.9 percent for Keisha Sean Waites.

Oconee County Board Of Education And Board Of Commissioners Roll Back Property Tax Millage Rates To Avoid Tax Increases

***Commissioners To Cut Tax Rate For Most Property Owners***

Both the Oconee County Board of Education and the Oconee County Board of Commissioners are poised to adopt property tax millage rates for the 2025 tax year and Fiscal Year 2026 that are rolled back sufficiently to avoid a state-defined tax increase.

The Board of Education plans to adopt a rate of 13.962 mills, which is calculated to produce $53.1 million in revenue, up from $51.2 million last year, or an increase in property tax revenue of 3.67 percent.