Qualifying for the May 24th General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election is over and eight incumbents face opposition in county-only races Habersham.
In all, 24 candidates qualified to run for countywide office — two non-partisan and 22 Republicans. One Democrat, Ted Childs, attempted to qualify for the District 1 Board of Education race but was deemed ineligible because, according to party officials, his residence is in District 5.
Incumbents face opposition in the race for Sheriff, Clerk of Superior Court, Chief Magistrate, Probate Judge, County Commission Districts 1 and 5, Board of Education District 1 and State Court Judge. Here’s the slate of candidates:
Sheriff
Tonya Elrod
Chad Mealor
Joey Terrell (I)
Chief Magistrate
Gerald Johnson (I)
Souvanh P. Touralack
Solicitor
Bill Oliver (I)
Tax Commissioner
June Black (I)
Clerk of Superior Court
Joan Jones
David Wall (I)
Probate Judge
Lorne Cragg
William J McFarlin
Pam Wooley (I)
County Commissioner District 1
Stacy Hall
Sonny James (I)
County Commissioner District 4
Natalie Crawford (I)
County Commissioner District 5
George Locke Arnold
Dale Green
Ed Nichols (I)
Board of Education District 1
Don Corbett (I)
Doug Westmoreland
Board of Education District 2
Robert Barron (I)
Coroner
Kasey McEntire
State Court Judge (Nonpartisan)
Steven Campbell (I)
Cadman Robb Kiker
Habersham County voters will also cast ballots in several regional, state and federal races. For more on those, click here.
