The slate is now set and the campaign is officially underway.
Qualifying for Georgia’s May 19, 2020, General Primary and Non-Partisan/Special Election ended at noon on Friday, March 6. There was one last-minute surprise as former District 28 State Representative Dan Gasaway qualified to run in the District 50 State Senate race. Gasaway previously had not publicly announced his intentions.
Franklin Springs Mayor Lee Moore also added his name to the list of now- six candidates vying for the seat being vacated by incumbent District 50 State Senator John Wilkinson.
Habersham County Tax Commissioner June Black was the last local candidate to qualify to run for reelection. She’s among nine Habersham County incumbents who do not face opposition in the primary. The others are Board of Education members Doug Westmoreland and Robert Barron; Chief Magistrate Gerald Johnson; Clerk of Superior Court David Wall; Coroner Kasey McEntire; Solicitor General Bill Oliver; State Court Judge Steve Campbell; and Superior Court Judge Chan Caudell.
One Democrat qualified to run for Habersham County Commission. Mike Adams will face the winner of the District 5 Republican primary in the general election in November.
In all, 53 names will appear on the May 19th primary ballot in Habersham. The complete list is below.
If you want to vote in the May 19th primary you must register to vote by April 20, 2020. (Registration for the March 24th presidential primary ended on Feb. 24.)
HABERSHAM COUNTY RACES
Board of Education District 1
REPUBLICAN
Doug Westmoreland (Incumbent)
Board of Education District 2
REPUBLICAN
Robert Barron (Incumbent)
Chief Magistrate
REPUBLICAN
Gerald Johnson (Incumbent)
Clerk of Superior Court
REPUBLICAN
David Wall (Incumbent)
Coroner
REPUBLICAN
Kasey McEntire (Incumbent)
County Commissioner District 1
REPUBLICAN
Christopher Bruce Palmer
Benny Pate
Jeffrey Todd Lunsford
County Commissioner District 4
REPUBLICAN
Natalie Crawford (Incumbent)
Trent Davis
Bruce Harkness
County Commissioner District 5
DEMOCRAT
Michael “Mike” Adams
REPUBLICAN
Locke Arnold
Randy D. Miller
Tim Stamey (Incumbent)
Probate Judge
REPUBLICAN
Cindy Franklin Freeman (R)
Pam Wooley (R-Incumbent)
John W. Whitfield (R)
Sheriff
REPUBLICAN
Sam Jones (R)
Joey Terrell (R-Incumbent)
Solicitor General
REPUBLICAN
Bill Oliver (R-Incumbent)
State Court Judge
NON-PARTISAN
Steve Campbell (Incumbent)
Superior Court Judge
Non-Partisan
Chan Caudell (Incumbent)
Tax Commissioner
REPUBLICAN
June Black (Incumbent)
STATE RACES
District 10 State Representative
DEMOCRAT
Nick Mitchell
REPUBLICAN
Victor Anderson
Robert Crumley
Jimmy Dean
District 28 State Representative
REPUBLICAN
Chris Erwin
District 50 State Senate
DEMOCRAT
Dee Daley
REPUBLICAN
Andy Garrison
Dan Gasaway
Stacy Hall
Bo Hatchett
Tricia Hise
Lee Moore
FEDERAL RACES
9th District U.S. Congress
DEMOCRAT
Devin Pandy
Siskin
Dan Wilson
REPUBLICAN
Michael Boggus
Paul Brown
Andrew Clyde
Matt Gurtler
Maria Strickland
Kevin Tanner
Ethan Underwood
John Wilkinson
Georgia U.S. Senate
DEMOCRAT
Sarah Riggs Amico
Marckeith Dejesus
James Knox
Jon Ossoff
Teresa Tomlinson
REPUBLICAN
David Perdue (Incumbent)
