Qualifying for the May 20 and Nov. 4 elections continued Wednesday with state Sen. Jason Carter (D-Decatur) formally challenging Gov. Nathan Deal. Here’s a look at who’ll be on the Athens ballot so far:
ACC Mayor
Nancy Denson*
Tim Denson
Commission District 1
Doug Lowry*
Commission District 3
Rachel Watkins
Melissa Link
Dustin Kirby
Commission District 5
Dave Hudgins
Commission District 7
Diane F. Bell
Commission District 9
Kelly Girtz*
Board of Education District 3
Linda Davis*
BOE District 5
Sarah Ellis
BOE District 7
Carol S. Williams*
BOE District 9
Ovita Thornton*
Solicitor General
C.R. Chisholm
Governor
Nathan Deal (R)*
David Pennington (R)
Jason Carter (D)
Lieutenant governor
Connie Stokes (D)
Casey Cagle (R)*
Attorney General
Sam Olens (R)*
Secretary of State
Brian Kemp (R)*
Insurance commissioner
Liz Johnson (D)
Keith Heard (D)
Ralph Hudgens (R)*
Agriculture commissioner
Gary Black (R)*
Labor commissioner
Mark Butler (R)*
Robbin Shipp (D)
State school superintendent
Allen Fort (R)
T. Fitz Johnson (R)
Kira Willis (R)
Nancy Jester (R)
Richard L. Woods (R)
Sharyl Dawes (R)
Mary Kay Bacallao (R)
Denise Freeman (D)
State representative, District 117
Regina Quick (R)*
State representative, District 118
Spencer Frye (D)*
State representative, District 119
Chuck William (R)*
State senator, District 46
Bill Cowsert (R)*
State senator, District 47
Frank Ginn (R)*
Public Service Commissioner, District 1
Doug Everett (R)*
Public Service Commissioner, District 4
Lauren McDonald, (R)*
Douglas Kidd (R)
U.S. House, District 9
Doug Collins (R)*
U.S. House, District 10
Donna Sheldon (R)
Gary Gerrard (R)
Jody Hice (R)
Mike Collins (R)
S. Mitchell Swan (R)
Stephen Simpson (R)
Ken Dious (D)
U.S. Senate
Jack Kingston (R)
Phil Gingrey (R)
Karen Handel (R)
Paul Broun (R)
David Perdue (R)
Art Gardner (R)
Branko Radulovacki (D)
Todd Robinson (D)
*incumbent
“R” indicates that a candidate is Republican and “D” a Democrat. Candidates with no letter by their names are nonpartisan. Libertarians will nominate their candidates at a convention on Saturday.
Interested in other races? Look them up at the Georgia Secretary of State’s pretty but barely functional new website.
Qualifying runs through noon Friday. Check back every afternoon for updates.
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