Field is set for May 24 primary elections

ALBANY — Qualifying for county, state and federal elected offices ended Friday and voters should be prepared to face a lengthy ballot during primary voting on May 24. Runoffs will be held on July 26.

In addition to local races, every seat in the General Assembly is up for grabs

Qualifiers for Baker County’s elections were not available from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office on Monday.

Below is the Secretary of State’s office of qualified candidates by county, state and federal qualifiers for the Metro Albany area (D, Democrat; R, Republican; NP, non-partisan; i, incumbent):

DOUGHERTY COUNTY

Board of Commissioners, District 1

Lamar Hudgins (R,i)

Board of Commissioners, District 3

Clinton Johnson (D,i)

Board of Commissioners, District 5

Harry James (D,i)

Gloria Gaines (D)

Clerk of Superior Court

Evonne S. Mull (NP,i)

Coroner

Michael L. Fowler (D,i)

Donchester “Pete” Johnson (D)

Judge of Probate Court

Nancy S. Stephenson (NP,i)

Sheriff

Kevin R. Sproul (D,i)

School Board, At-Large

Susie Ealum (D)

Geraldine West Hudley (D)

School Board, District 1

Robert Youngblood (D,i)

School Board, District 3

Velvet E. Riggins (D,i)

School Board, District 5

James C. Bush (D,i)

Judge of State Court

Victoria Darrisaw (D,i)

LEE COUNTY

County Commisioner, District 2

Luke Singletary (R,i)

County Commissioner, District 4

Rick Muggridge (R,i)

County Commissioner, District 5

Bill Williams (R)

Lee Johnston III (R)

Clerk of Superior Court

Sara Reeves Clark (R,i)

Coroner

Ronald E. Rowe (R,i)

Judge of Probate Court

Gail Drake (NP)

Jeffery Kirt (NP)

Melanie Gahring (NP)

Miles O’Quinn (NP)

Sheriff

Reggie Rachals (R,i)

NOTE: Sandra Pressley-Fordham has qualified to run as an independent, but must turn in the required 938 electors’ signatures by a July 12 deadline to be be placed on November’s general ballot.

Tax Commissioner

Susan Smith (R,i)

Tommy Goodwin (R)

Board of Education, District 2

Claire B. Lang (NP,i)

Board of Education, District 4

Sylvia S. Vann (NP,i)

Board of Education, District 5

Frank Griffin (NP,i)

Chief Magistrate

Jim Thurman (NP,i)

CALHOUN COUNTY

County Commissioner, District 2

Brenda Weathersby (D,i)

County Commissioner, District 4

Tommy Manry Jr. (D)

Clerk of Superior Court

Karen Taylor (D,i)

Coroner

Brandon Winns (D)

Darien Brown (D)

Dianna Carter (D)

Stephanie Kimbrel (D)

Judge of Probate/Magistrate Court

Annie Holder (NP,i)

Sheriff

Joshua Hilton (D,i)

Jason Wilkins (D)

Kenneth Zachary Jr. (D)

Tax Commissioner

Jackie Ray (D,i)

Board of Education, At-Large

Claud Buck (D)

Board of Education, District 1

David Barnes (D,i)

Board of Education, District 2

Bobby Paul (D,i)

Board of Education, District 3

John Severson (D,i)

Tonny Ingram (D)

Board of Education, District 4

Ronnie Williams (D)

Board of Education, District 5

Lester Hutchins (D,i)

Board of Education, At-Large 2

Julian Holder (D,i)

MITCHELL COUNTY

County Commissioner, District 2

B. Keith Jones (D,i)

County Commissioner, District 4

Julius C. Hatcher (R,i)

County Commissioner, District 5

David Sullivan (R,i)

Clerk of Superior Court

Adayna Broome (D,i)

Coroner

Stedderick Thomas (D,i)

Shaft Martin (D)

Sheriff

W. E. Bozeman (D,i)

Judge of Probate Court

Richard C. Richardson Jr. (NP,i)

Tax Commissioner

Jackie B. Batchelor (D,i)

Member, Board of Education, At Large

Norma Parker Gilpatrick (NP,i)

Member, Board of Education, District 1

Gregg Scott (NP,i)

Member, Board of Education, District 3

Tholen “Butch” Edwards (NP,i)

Member, Board of Education, District 5

Robert L. Scott (NP,i)

Judge of State Court

Rick Waters (NP,i)

Chief Magistrate

Randall E. Chew (D,i)

TERRELL COUNTY

Chairman, County Commission

Larry Kenneth Faust Sr. (D)

Clerk of Superior Court

Janice S. Bryant (D,i)

Coroner

James C. “Bo” Hamby (NP,i)

Judge of Probate Court

Carol M. Speir (NP,i)

Sheriff

James A. Driver Jr. (D)

John W. Bowens (D,i)

Wallace Price (D)

Tax Commissioner

Alice Countryman Carter (D)

Christie J. Cooper (D)

Darlene H. Paul (D)

Mary Ellen Harnage (D)

Treasurer

Phonso E. Donaldson (D,i)

Board of Education, Dist. 1

D.U. Pullum (NP)

John L. Gardner (NP,i)

Board of Education, Dist. 2

Michael Oxford (NP,i)

Board of Education, Dist. 3

Mellean Davis (NP,i)

Board of Education, Dist. 4

Ray C. Moses (NP,i)

Board of Education, Dist. 5

Albert Crumbley (NP,i)

Chief Magistrate

Linda Freeman (NP-i)

WORTH COUNTY

Chairman, County Commission

Mike Cosby (R,i)

Fred Dent (R)

Board of Commissioners, District 1

Joe Gaines (D,i)

Tony Hall (D)

Clerk of Superior Court

Brenda Hicks (D,i)

Coroner

Johnny Johnson (R,i)

Boyd Brown (R)

Jonathan Luke (D)

Judge of Probate Court

Virginia Acord (R,i)

Sheriff

Jeff Hobby (R,i)

Charlie Fortson (R)

County Surveyor

Roger A. Medders (R,i)

Tax Commissioner

Tabetha G. Dupriest (R,i)

Board of Education, District 2

Russell Beard (R)

Board of Education, District 3

Billy R. Oliver (R,i)

Judge of State Court

Ralph Powell (NP,i)

Jay Crowe (NP)

Chief Magistrate

Tony Strenth (R,i)

STATE LEGISLATURE

State Senator, District 12

Freddie Powell Sims (D,i)

State Senator, District 13

Greg Kirk (R,i)

Ruenett Melton (D)

State Representative, District 151

Gerald Greene (R,i)

James Williams (D)

State Representative, District 152

Ed Rynders (R,i)

Mary Egler (R)

State Representative, District 153

Darrel Ealum (D,i)

Muarlean Edwards (D)

Antonio D. Screen (D)

State Representative, District 154

Winfred Dukes (D,i)

State Representative, District 171

Jay Powell (R,i)

Judge of Superior Court, Dougherty

Denise Marshall (NP,i)

Judge of Superior Court, Dougherty

Willie E. Lockett (NP,i)

Judge of Superior Court, Dougherty

Steve Goss (NP,i)

Judge of Superior Court, Southwestern

Jimmie Brown (NP)

Lewis R. Lamb (NP)

Kevin Kwashnak (NP)

Judge of Superior Court, Southwestern

R. Rucker Smith (NP,i)

Judge of Superior Court, South Georgia

Heather Hendricks Lanier (NP)

Mike Bankston (NP)

Ryan Cleveland (NP)

Judge of Superior Court, South Georgia

J. Kevin Chason (NP,i)

District Attorney, Dougherty

Gregory Edwards (D,i)

District Attorney, South Georgia

Joe Mulholland (D,i)

District Attorney, Southwestern

Plez H. Hardin (R,i)

FEDERAL

U.S. Representative, District 2

Sanford Bishop (D,i)

Bobby Scott (R)

Diane Vann (R)

Greg Duke (R)

U.S. Representative, District 8

Austin Scott (R,i)

Angela Hicks (R)

James Neal Harris (D)

United State Senator, Isakson

Johnny Isakson (R,i)

Derrick Grayson (R)

Mary Kay Bacallao (R)

Cheryl Copeland (D)

James Knox (D)

Jim Barksdale (D)

John F. Coyne III (D)