The following
candidates have qualified to run for office in their respective
counties. The qualifying period ends Friday. (A list of qualifiers
for state and congressional offices is available at www.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/QualifyingIndex.asp.)
Cherokee
County
Clerk of Superior Court
Patty Baker, Republican, Woodstock
Wesley Frye, Republican, Canton
Coroner
Earl Darby, Republican (i)
County Commission, Post 2
Jim Hubbard, Republican, Woodstock
Scott Forward, Republican, Canton
Bart Brannon, Republican, Canton
County Commission, Post 3
Karen Mahurin, Republican, Canton
Ilona Sanders, Republican (i)
District Attorney
Garry T. Moss, Republican, Ball Ground (i)
Magistrate Court Judge
Ben Abney, Republican, Canton
E. Benson Chambers, Republican, Canton
Probate Court Judge
Kip McVay, Republican, Waleska (i)
School Board, Post 2
Mike Chapman, Republican, Canton (i)
School Board, Post 4
Janet Read, Republican, Woodstock
School Board, Post 7
Janet Flint, Republican, Waleska (i)
Sheriff
Roger Garrison, Republican, Ball Ground (i)
State Court Judge
C.J. Gober Jr. (i)
Channing Ruskell
Superior Court Judge
Frank C. Mills III (i)
Surveyor
Ron Wikle, Republican, Canton
Tax Commissioner
David Fields, Republican, Canton (i)
Clayton
County
Clerk of Superior Court
Linda T. Miller, Democrat, Jonesboro
County Commission, Chairman
Wade Starr Jr., Democrat
Eldrin Bell, Democrat
Terry Bizzell, Democrat
Michael Chudebay Onyemenan, Republican
County Commission, District 2
Danny Hayes, Democrat
Virginia B. Gray, Democrat (i)
County Commission, District 3
Ronald Ringer, Democrat, Jonesboro
Cedric McCrary, Democrat, Riverdale
Wole Ralph, Democrat
Zannie Billingslea, Democrat
Charles Davis, Democrat
District Attorney
Robert Keller (i)
Michael King
Jewel Scott
Magistrate Court Judge
Daphne Walker, Democrat
Gloria Reed, Democrat
School Board, District 2
Nedra Ware, Democrat (i)
Lois Hunter, Democrat
Roosevelt Bailey, Democrat
School Board, District 3
Michelle Jackson , Democrat, Riverdale
Kelley Jackson, Democrat
Yolanda Everett, Democrat
School Board, District 5
Barbara Wells, Democrat (i)
Wendell "Red" Johnson, Democrat
Jermaine Dawson, Democrat
Norressee Haynes, Democrat
School Board, District 6
Eddie J. White, Democrat
Janice Scott, Democrat
Joel Diangello Dixon, Republican
School Board, District 7
Carol Kellam, Democrat (i)
Devadas Lynton, Democrat, Lake City
David Ashe, Democrat
Sheriff
Stanley Tuggle, Democrat (i)
Joe Mack Eckler, Democrat
Victor Hill, Democrat
Cliff Hall, Democrat
Solicitor
Keith Martin, Democrat (i)
Leslie Miller Terry, Democrat
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Morris Braswell
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Linda Cowen
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Harold Benefield (i)
Coatney Ellison
Superior Court Judge
Deborah Benefield (i)
Robert Mack
Superior Court Judge
Matthew Simmons (i)
Probate Court Judge
Pamela Ferguson, Democrat (i)
Bobby Simmons, Democrat
Tax Commissioner
Terry Baskin, Democrat
Cobb
County
Chief Deputy, Superior Court
Angie Davis, Republican, Powder Springs
Clerk of Superior Court
Jay C. Stephenson, Republican, Kennesaw
Jan-Michael Simpson, Democrat, Marietta
Clerk of State Court
Diane Graham, Republican, Powder Springs
County Commission, Chairman
Sam Olens, Republican, East Cobb (i)
Craig Harfoot, Republican, Marietta
County Commission, District 2
Joe Lee Thompson, Republican, Atlanta
Gordon O'Neill, Republican, Marietta
County Commission, District 4
Woody Thompson, Republican, Mableton (i)
Annette Kesting, Democrat, Powder Springs
David Wilkerson, Democrat, Marietta
Magistrate Court Judge
Frank Cox, Republican, Marietta
Probate Court Judge
David Dodd, Republican, Marietta
School Board, Post 1
Lindsey Tippins, Republican, Marietta
School Board, Post 3
Betty Gray, Democrat, Mableton
Nate Riley, Democrat, Austell
School Board, Post 5
Johnny Johnson, Republican, Marietta (i)
School Board, Post 7
Teresa Plenge, Republican, Marietta
Lawona Bodney, Democrat, Marietta
Preston Fletcher, Democrat, Smyrna
Sheriff
Neil Warren, Republican
Gregory B. Gilstrap, Democrat, Austell
Superior Court Judge
Adele L. Grubbs, Marietta (i)
Superior Court Judge
S. Lark Ingram (i)
Superior Court Judge
Ken Nix (i)
Superior Court Judge
William J. McKenney
Dorothy A. Robinson (i)
Superior Court Judge
Mary E. Staley (i)
Superior Court Judge
Joan Davis
J. Stephen Schuster
Surveyor
George McLaughlin, Republican, Kennesaw
Donald Perryman, Republican, Smyrna (i)
Tax Commissioner
Gail Downing, Republican, Marietta (i)
Turner Truitt, Republican, East Cobb
Shelia Clark, Republican, Acworth
Coweta
County
Clerk of Superior Court
Cindy Brown, Republican, Newnan (i)
Coroner
W.H. "Wimp" Pierce, Republican, Newnan (i)
Ray Yeager, Republican, Newnan
County Commission, Post 1
Ricky Ragan, Republican, Sharpsburg
Paul Poole, Republican, Sharpsburg
M.O. Ridenhour, Republican, Senoia
County Commission, Post 4
Lee Schlumper, Republican, Newnan (i)
County Commission, Post 5
Robert Wood, Democrat, Newnan (i)
Tim Higgins, Republican, Newnan
Magistrate Court Judge
James Stripling, Newnan (i)
Probate Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Mary Cranford, Newnan (i)
School Board, District 2, At Large (Non-partisan)
Willie H. Boyd, Newnan
Gary Kidd, Sharpsburg
Allen Payton, Newnan (i)
Jason G. Smith, Sharpsburg
Frank Farmer, Newnan
Gayle Whaley, Newnan
School Board, District 2 (Non-partisan)
Sue Brown, Newnan
Patricia L. Griffith, Grantville
Rick Melville, Newnan (i)
School Board, District 5 (Non-partisan)
Marihope Troutman, Newnan (i)
Thad Spates, Newnan
Ada B. Long, Newnan
Mitch Powell, Newnan
Sheriff
Mike Yeager, Republican, Moreland (i)
Scott Smith, Republican, Newnan
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
John Herbert Cranford, Newnan (i)
State Court Solicitor
Robert Stokely, Republican, Sharpsburg (i)
Surveyor
John Christopher, Republican, Newnan (i)
Tax Commissioner
Tommy Ferrell, Republican, Newnan (i)
DeKalb
County
Chief Executive Officer
Vernon Jones, Democrat, Conyers (i)
Joe Bembry, Democrat, Decatur
Teresa Greene-Johnson, Democrat, Lithonia
Ron Marshall, Democrat, Pine Lake
Calvin E. Sims Sr., Democrat, Stone Mountain
Doug Teper, Democrat, Atlanta
Judy A. Yates, Democrat, Atlanta
Chief Magistrate Judge
Winston P. Bethel, Democrat, Lithonia (i)
Clerk of Superior Court
Linda A. Carter, Democrat, Decatur (i)
Cynthia Demery, Democrat, Stone Mountain
Clyburn Halley Jr., Democrat, Stone Mountain
Mattie M. Reid, Democrat, Decatur
Jeanette Rozier, Democrat, Decatur
Frank Lee Swindle, Democrat, Lithonia
County Commission, District 1
Elaine Boyer, Republican, Stone Mountain (i)
Jarrett S. Gorlin, Republican, Atlanta
Theresa Spralling, Democrat, Stone Mountain
County Commission, District 4
Burrell Ellis, Democrat, Stone Mountain (i)
Viola Davis, Democrat, Stone Mountain
County Commission, District 5
Henry "Hank" Johnson Jr., Democrat, Lithonia (i)
Carleen Cumberbatch, Democrat, Lithonia
Angela Moore, Democrat, Lithonia
County Commission, District 6
Monica Alsobrook, Democrat, Ellenwood
Kathryn M. Gannon, Democrat, Atlanta
Ken Jones, Democrat, Atlanta
District Attorney
Keith Adams, Democrat
Gwen Keyes, Democrat
Antje Kingma, Democrat
Jeffrey Brickman, Republican
Probate Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Curtis W. Miller, Lithonia
Ronald Ramsey, Lithonia
Jeryl Debra Rosh, Chamblee
School Board, District 1 (Non-partisan)
Chip Franzoni, Dunwoody (i)
Jennifer Kovacich, Atlanta
School Board, District 2 (Non-partisan)
Lynn Cherry Grant, Decatur (i)
Joe Peragine, Atlanta
"Coach" Ella Smith, Decatur
School Board, District 4 (Non-partisan)
Bebe Joyner, Clarkston (i)
School Board, District 6 (Non-partisan)
Simone Manning-Moon, Stone Mountain (i)
School Board, District 8 (Non-partisan)
Cassandra M. Anderson, Lithonia
David S. Anderson, Stone Mountain
C.G. "Sonny" Jester, Dunwoody
Sheriff
Thomas E. Brown, Democrat, Decatur (i)
State Court Judge, Division 2 (Non-partisan)
J.A. DelCampo, Dunwoody (i)
State Court Judge, Division 3 (Non-partisan)
Wayne Miller Purdom, Decatur (i)
State Court Judge, Division 5 (Non-partisan)
Saundra Davis, Stone Mountain
Carl William McCalla, Stone Mountain
Barbara J. Mobley, Decatur
Robert Michael Rohr, Decatur
State Court Judge, Division 7
Janis C. Gordon, Decatur (i)
Superior Court Judge (Unopposed incumbents,
non-partisan)
Gail C. Flake (i)
Michael Hancock (i)
Linda W. Hunter (i)
Clarence F. Seeliger (i)
Anne Workman (i)
Superior Court Judge (for the seat held by Judge Cynthia
Becker, non-partisan)
Cynthia Jeanne "C.J." Becker (i)
Celeste Findlay Brewer
Superior Court Judge (for the seat held by retiring Judge
Robert P. Mallis, non-partisan)
Henry Hibbert
Frederick Jackson
Mark Scott
Rodney Zell
Superior Court Judge (for the seat held by retiring Judge
Hilton Fuller, non-partisan)
Greg Adams
Tax Commissioner
Thomas R. Scott, Democrat, Decatur (i)
Jack T. Lovelace, Democrat, Atlanta
Harold Roberts, Democrat, Lithonia
Fayette
County
Clerk of Superior Court
Shelia Studdard, Republican, Fayetteville (i)
Coroner
Carl Mowell, Republican, Fayetteville (i)
County Commissioner, Post 1
A.G. VanLandingham, Republican, Fayetteville (i)
County Commission, Post 2
Herb Frady, Republican, Peachtree City (i)
David Simmons, Republican, Fayetteville
County Commission, Post 3
Samuel Chapman, Republican, Senoia
Peter Pfeifer, Republican, Peachtree City (i)
Magistrate Judge, Post 1 (Non-partisan)
Joe Tinsley (i)
Magistrate Judge, Post 2 (Non-partisan)
Charles Floyd (i)
Kathy Brown Valencia
Magistrate Judge, Post 3 (Non-partisan)
Robert Ruppenthal (i)
Shelia S. Huddleston
Magistrate Judge, Post 4 (Non-partisan)
James White (i)
Probate Court Judge
Martha Stephenson, Republican, Fayetteville (i)
School Board, Post 1
Janet Smola, Republican, Tyrone (i)
School Board, Post 2
Terri Smith, Republican, Brooks (i)
School Board, Post 3
Marion Key, Republican, Fayetteville (i)
Connie Leary, Republican, Peachtree City
Sheriff
Randall Johnson, Republican, Fairburn (i)
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Fletcher Sams (i)
State Court Solicitor
Lura Landis, Republican, Fayetteville
James K. Inagawa, Republican, Peachtree City
Tax Commissioner
George Wingo, Republican, Fayetteville (i)
Forsyth
County
Chief Magistrate Judge
Melissa Banker, Republican, Cumming
John "Jerry" Adams, Republican, Cumming
Barbara Cole, Republican, Gainesville (i)
Clerk of Superior Court
Douglas Sorrells, Republican, Cumming (i)
County Commission, District 2
Michael Busse, Republican, Cumming
Brian Tam, Republican, Suwanee
Ernest Turner, Republican, Suwanee
County Commission, District 4
David Richard, Republican, Gainesville
Jim Custer, Republican, Cumming
Dennis Whittle, Republican, Cumming
County Commission, District 5
Linda K. Ledbetter, Republican, Cumming
Christopher Goldston, Republican, Cumming
Terence Sweeney, Republican, Cumming
Eddie Taylor (I) Republican, Cumming
Jim Callison, Republican, Cumming
Probate Court Judge
Lynwood Jordan, Republican, Cumming
School Board, Post 3
Sharon Kasica, Republican, Cumming
Tom Cleveland, Republican, Cumming
School Board, Post 4
Michael Schlabra, Republican, Gainesville
Ronnie Pinson, Republican, Gainesville
School Board, Post 5
Nancy Roche, Republican, Cumming (i)
Steven Carter, Republican, Cumming
Sheriff
Ted Paxton, Cumming (i)
Gary A. Beebe, Republican, Cumming
State Court Judge (Two positions, non-partisan)
Russ McClelland (i)
Philip Smith(i)
State Court Solicitor
Leslie Case Abernathy, Cumming (i)
Tax Commissioner
Wayne Plummer, Republican, Cumming
Matthew Maiorano, Republican, Cumming
Matthew Ledbetter, Republican, Cumming
Bill Jenkins, Republican, Cumming
Fulton
County
Clerk of Superior Court
Juanita Hicks, Democrat, College Park (i)
S. Angelic "Sam" Moore, Republican, Atlanta
Louis Pittman, Democrat, Atlanta
County Commission, District 3 (Non-partisan)
Lynnette Riley, Alpharetta
William Dean Alverson, Alpharetta
Clifford Martin, Alpharetta
Probate Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Pinkie Toomer (i)
School Board, District 1 (Non-partisan)
Ron Jackson, Roswell (i)
Linda Schultz
School Board, District 3 (Non-partisan)
Gail Dean, Atlanta (i)
School Board, District 4 (Non-partisan)
Linda Bryant, Atlanta (i)
Dahshi Anderson, Fairburn
Yao Seidu, College Park
Sheriff
Carter Hamilton, Democrat, College Park
J. Danny Stephens, Republican, Duluth
Daryll A. Triplett, Republican, Atlanta
Myron Freeman, Democrat, Atlanta
Michael "Mike" Rary, Republican, Atlanta
Patrick Labat, Democrat, Atlanta
Keith Greenwood, Democrat, Atlanta
Charles Rambo, Democrat, Atlanta
Neel Berry, Democrat, Atlanta
Solicitor
Carmen Smith, Democrat, Atlanta
Myrlin Earle, Democrat, Atlanta
State Court Judge (Eight positions, non-partisan)
Dianne Bessen, Atlanta (i)
Brenda Cole, Atlanta (i)
Myra Dixon, Atlanta (i)
John Richard Mather, Atlanta (i)
Henry Newkirk, Atlanta (i)
Patsy Porter, Atlanta (i)
Craig Schwall, Atlanta (i)
Albert Leroy Thompson Jr., Atlanta (i)
Surveyor
Bill Daniel, Republican, Alpharetta (i)
Tax Commissioner
Arthur Ferdinand, Democrat, Atlanta (i)
Gwinnett
County
County Commission, Chairman
Marcia Neaton, Republican, Duluth
Wayne Hill, Republican, Sugar Hill (i)
Charles Bannister, Republican, Lilburn
Jamil Imran, Democrat, Norcross
Bob Wood, Democrat, Duluth
County Commission, District 1
Lorraine Green, Republican, Duluth
George Thorndyke, Republican, Suwanee
County Commission, District 3
John Dunn, Republican, Lilburn (i)
Mike Beaudreau, Republican, Lawrenceville
Dwight Harrison, Republican, Snellville
Robin Roberts, Democrat, Snellville
Tommy Hunter, Republican, Dacula
District Attorney
Danny Porter, Republican, Lawrenceville (i)
School Board, District 1
Carole Boyce, Republican, Dacula
Charles Lollar, Republican, Lawrenceville
Tim Riley, Republican, Lawrenceville
Alfonso A. Cardenas, Democrat, Lawrenceville
School Board, District 3
Mary Kay Murphy, Republican, Duluth (i)
Norman L. Cranford Jr., Democrat, Duluth
School Board, District 5
Louise Radloff, Republican, Norcross (i)
Sheriff
Stan Hall, Republican, Snellville
Butch Conway
Brian Whiteside, Republican, Lilburn
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Mark Layng, Lilburn
Mark Lewis, Norcross
Randy Rich, Lawrenceville
Rodney Harris, Suwanee
Chung Lee, Norcross
John Melvin, Suwanee
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Carla Brown, Dacula (i)
Robert Mitchum, Duluth
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Robert Mock, Dacula (i)
Superior Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Ronnie Keith Batchelor, Lawrenceville
Janice "Jan" McKinney, Lawrenceville
Superior Court Judge (4 posts uncontested,
non-partisan)
Melodie Snell Conner, Loganville (i)
Dawson Jackson, Grayson (i)
Richard Winegarden, Lawrenceville (i)
Michael C. Clark, Lawrenceville (i)
Hall
County
Clerk of Superior and State Courts
Dwight S. Wood, Republican, Oakwood
Coroner
Ace Guevara, Republican, Gainesville
Marion Merck, Republican, Flowery Branch (i)
County Commissioner, At Large
Gary Gibbs, Republican, Gainesville
Tom Oliver, Republican, Flowery Branch
County Commissioner, Post 2
Augie DeAugustinis, Republican, Gainesville
Billy Powell, Republican, Gainesville
Virginia Pierce-Kelly, Democrat, Gainesville
County Commissioner, Post 2
Deborah Mack, Democrat, Gainesville
Magistrate Court Judge
Margaret S. Gregory, Republican, Gainesville
Probate Court Judge
Patti T. Cornett, Republican, Gainesville
School Board, Post 3
Craig Herrington, Republican, Gainesville
Mary A. Faulker, Democrat, Flowery Branch
School Board, Post 4
Nath Morris, Republican, Gainesville
Lynn Latham, Republican, Murrayville
Sheriff
Steve Cronic, Republican, Gainesville
State Court Judge (Two positions, non-partisan)
Gene Roberts, Gainesville
Charles Wynne (i)
State Court Solicitor
Larry A. Baldwin, Republican, Murrayville
Surveyor
Joe Savage, Republican, Chestnut Mountain
Christopher Patten, Republican, Gainesville
Tax Commissioner
Sandra Knight, Republican, Gainesville
Keith Echols, Republican, Gainesville (i)
Herb Harris, Democrat, Gainesville
Henry
County
Clerk of Superior Court
Judy Lewis, Republican, Locust Grove (i)
Coroner
Ronnie Stewart, Republican, McDonough (i)
Timothy Chambers, Democrat, Ellenwood
County Commission, Chairman
Sandra M. Vincent, Democrat, McDonough
Phil Crosby, Republican, Stockbridge
Lavon Dickey, Republican, Locust Grove
Gary Freedman, Republican, Jonesboro
Jason Harper, Republican, McDonough
Nita Spraggins, Republican, Stockbridge
Herman E. Talmadge III, Republican, Hampton
Richard Yarbrough, Republican, McDonough
County Commission, District 1
Warren Holder, Republican, Locust Grove (i)
County Commission, District 2
Phil Garner, Republican, Stockbridge
Eugene Lyle, Republican, McDonough
Elizabeth Mathis, Republican, Hampton
William "Bill" McLeer, Republican, McDonough
Melody Mena, Republican, Hampton
Ed Toney, Republican, Hampton
County Commission, District 3
Charles Mobley, Republican, McDonough
Lester "Butch" Oliver, Republican, McDonough
Randy Stamey, Republican, McDonough
District Attorney
Tommy Floyd, Republican, Locust Grove (i)
Probate Court Judge
Del Buttrill, Republican, McDonough (i)
Sheriff
Don Chaffin, Republican, Hampton (i)
James W. Cox Jr., Republican, Stockbridge
State Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Jim Chafin, McDonough (i)
Superior Court Judge (Non-partisan)
Arch McGarity, McDonough (i)
Tax Commissioner
Andy Pipkin, Republican, Stockbridge (i)