Judge rules Dougherty County should disqualify candidate in House District 154 race
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ALBANY – A candidate for Georgia House District 154, which includes a portion of Dougherty County as well as other southwest Georgia counties, may be disqualified from running in the fall election.
An administrative law judge ruled on Tuesday that Democrat Othellious Cato was disqualified after the candidate reportedly failed to appear for a Tuesday session of the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings.
The Georgia Secretary of State’s office received the initial decision on Tuesday, the office said in an email response. The office has not issued a final decision in the case and is reviewing the administrative law judge’s initial decision.
The complaint in the case was related to a challenge over the question of whether Cato lives within the district.
Gerald Greene of Cuthbert is the Republican incumbent in the district.
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