Saturday, March 07, 2026

Oconee County May 19 Party Primary Ballots Will Have No Contested Elections for County Board of Commissioners, County School Board

***Watkinsville Has Once Contested Election

Only one candidate has qualified for each of the four Oconee County local races on the ballot on May 19, meaning the only wholly local question before voters is the referendum on renewal of the county’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

At the end of qualifying at noon on Friday, only incumbent Chuck Horton qualified for Post 2 on the Board of Commissioners, and only incumbent Amrey Harden qualified for Board of Commissioners Post 3.