UPDATED: 3:23 p.m. May 05, 2008
Commissioner Gray enters race for chairman

Published on: 04/28/08

Veteran Clayton County Commissioner Virgina Burton Gray joined the race for county chairman Wednesday. Gray, who has represented District 2 since 1997, will be running against incumbent and former Atlanta Police Chief Eldrin Bell ans former Clayton assistant district attorney's chief of staff Earl Randall.

Incumbent school board member David Ashe qualified to run for re-election in District 7 Tuesday, but his filing was not reported on AJC.com. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the following people had qualified to run for election in Clayton.

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The following candidates qualified:

Board of Education

District 2

Lois Baines-Hunter (Incumbent, D)

Della Ashley (R)

Lindsey McDaniel III (D)

Andre Glover (D)

Wanda Smith (D)

Latacher Levette Prayor (D)

Colette Larkins (D)

District 3

Charles H. Davis (D)

Blondie Perry-Christian (D)

Jessie Goree (D)

Tammie Hardy (D)

Marty Holder (D)

District 4 (Vacant-nonpartisan special election)

Milton Macks

Michael Bernard King

Deverick Williams

District 5

Diana Nicholson (R)

Basil Lue (D)

Phyllis Moore (D)

Trena Morris (D)

Ophelia Burroughs (D)

Jennifer Talley (D)

District 6 (Vacant)

Vernetta Reeves (D)

Mary Baker (D)

Glenn Dowell (D)

Mable Swaby (D)

William Hill (D)

John Askew (D)

Robert Green (D)

James Stanley (D)

District 7

David Ashe (Incumbent, D)

Cartrelia Denese Sampson (D)

Trinia Garrett (D)

District 8 (Vacant-nonpartisan special election)

Alieka Anderson

Edward Rigdon

Sheriff

Victor Hill (Incumbent, D)

Kemuel "Kem" Kimbrough (D)

Garland Watkins (D)

Ernest Strozier (D)

Sherman Lemon (D)

Jack Rainwater (R)

County

Commission

Chairman

Eldrin Bell (Incumbent, D)

Virginia Burton Gray (D)

Lee Scott (D)

Earl Randall (D)

Phaedra Graham (D)

District 2

Lawrence Ethridge (D)

Gail Hambrick (D)

Danny Hayes (D)

C. Wesley Meadows (D)

District 3

Wole Ralph (Incumbent, D)

Angela Redding (D)

Ronald Ringer (D)

Michael Bryant (D)

Magistrate Judge

Daphne Walker (Incumbent, D)

Solicitor General

Tasha Mosley (D)

Leslie Miller-Terry (Incumbent, D)

Probate Judge

Pam Ferguson (Incumbent, D)

Tax Commissioner

Terry Baskin (Incumbent, D)

Clerk of Court

Linda Miller (Incumbent, D)

Tony Antoine (D)

Michelle Thomas (D)

— Kathy Jefcoats, Megan Matteucci

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