QUALIFYING
The following is a list of candidates who qualified for local races by the Friday afternoon deadline, as well as hopefuls who are running in contested primary races for the Legislature, the Public Service Commission and Congress. This information was compiled from reports generated by local election offices and may not be complete. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will update this list as merits.
Clayton County
State Court
Morris Braswell (incumbent)
Linda S. Cowen (incumbent)
Aaron Mason (incumbent)
Five school board seats are open in Clayton, but qualifying was halted Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr.
Cobb County
Board of Education Post 1
Randy Scamihorn
Board of Education Post 3
Bobby Allen
Karyn Harrison
David Morgan (incumbent )
Board of Education Post 5
David Banks (incumbent)
Lisa Hanson
Stephanie Henry
Board of Education Post 7
Alison Bartlett (incumbent)
Larry Darnell
Heather Ryan
Brad Wheeler
Sheriff
Neil Warren
Board of Commissioners, chairman
Mike Boyce
Bill Byrne
Tim Lee (incumbent)
Larry Savage
District 2
Bob Ott
Tax commissioner
Gail Downing
Surveyor
Donald Perryman
Chief magistrate judge
Frank Cox
State Court judge Post 1
Melodie Clayton (incumbent)
State Court judge Post 2
Maria Golick (incumbent)
State Court judge Post 3
Irma B. Glover (incumbent)
State Court judge Post 4
Kathryn J. Tanksley (incumbent)
State Court judge Post 6
Toby Prodgers (incumbent)
State Court judge Post 7
Carl W. Bower (incumbent)
State Court Judge Division II Post 2
Larry Burke
Gene Clark
Joyette Holmes
Marsha Lake
State Court Judge Division II Post 3
Rob Leonard (incumbent)
State Court Judge Division II Post 5
Eric Brewton (incumbent)
Judge of Probate Court
Kellie Wolk
Clerk of Superior Court
Joan Davis
Rebecca Keaton
John Skelton
State Court clerk
Dianne Webb
Marietta City Council Ward 4
Andy Morris
Patti Pearlberg
Marietta Board of Education Ward 1
Brett C. Bitner
DeKalb County
Chief executive officer
Gregory Adams
Burrell Ellis (incumbent)
Jerome Edmondson
County Commission District 1
Elaine Boyer (incumbent)
Larry Danese
County Commission District 4
Sharon Barnes Sutton (incumbent)
Steve Bradshaw
Clyburn Halley
County Commission District 5
Gina Mangham
Lee May (incumbent)
Kenneth Samuel
Andre White
County Commission District 6
Kathie Gannon (incumbent)
Edmond Richardson
Chief magistrate
Berryl Anderson (incumbent)
Clerk of Superior Court
John Carter
Debra Deberry (incumbent)
Oretha Brown Johnson
Frank W. Swindle
Cheryl Vortice
Sheriff
Tom Brown (incumbent)
Tax commissioner
Claudia Lawson (incumbent)
Melvin Allen Tukes
Solicitor
Sherry Boston (incumbent)
Probate judge
Jeryl Debra Rosh (incumbent)
State Court judge (five seats)
Janis C. Gordon (incumbent)
Stacey Hydrick (incumbent)
Dax Lopez (incumbent)
Dionne McGee
Wayne Purdom (incumbent)
Eleanor Ross (incumbent)
Board of Education District 2
Don E. McChesney (incumbent)
Marshall Orson
Board of Education District 4
James T. "Tom" Gilbert
James P. Kinney, III
James L. McMahan
H. Paul Womack Jr. (incumbent)
Board of Education District 6
Melvin Johnson
Denise Etienne McGill
Terrilyn C. Rivers-Cannon
Latasha Walker
Board of Education District 8
Michelle Jenkins-Clark
Pamela Speaks (incumbent)
Fayette County
Board of Education Post 1
Scott Hollowell (Republican)
Dr. Barry Marchman (Republican)
Board of Education Post 2
Mary Kay Bacallao (Republican)
Gary W. Griffin (Republican)
Terri Smith (incumbent, Democrat)
Board of Education Post 3
Marion Key (incumbent, Republican)
Clerk of Superior Court
Sheila Studdard (incumbent, Republican)
Coroner
C.J. Mowell Jr. (incumbent, Republican)
Probate Court judge
Ann S. Jackson (incumbent, Republican)
Sheriff
Barry Babb (Republican)
Wayne Hannah (incumbent, Republican)
State Court solicitor
Jamie Inagawa (incumbent, Republican)
Tax commissioner
Lee Ann Bartlett (Republican)
George Wingo (incumbent, Republican)
Board of Education Post 1
Scott Hollowell
Magistrate Court judge Post 1
Catherine Sanderson
Jason B. Thompson
Magistrate Court judge Post 1
Kathy Brown Valencia (incumbent)
Magistrate judge Post 3
Bob Ruppenthal (incumbent)
Magistrate Court judge Post 4
James A. White (incumbent)
State Court judge
Carla McMillian (incumbent)
Stephen D. Ott
Forsyth County
Board of Commissioners District 2
Dennis T. Brown
Samuel Padis
Brian Tam (incumbent)
Board of Commissioners District 4
Patrick B. Bell (incumbent)
Timothy Lee Hubbard
Charles H. Meagher
Cindy Jones Mills
William C. Mulrooney
Board of Commissioners District 5
Jim Boff (incumbent)
John S. Derucki
Board of Education District 3
Thomas W. Cleveland (incumbent)
Board of Education District 4
Darla Sexton Light (incumbent)
Nancy L. Roche (incumbent)
Sheriff
Lauren W. McDonald III
Ted Paxton (incumbent)
Duane K. Piper
Chief magistrate
Walker H. Bramblett
Barbara Cole
Clerk of Superior Court
Greg G. Allen (incumbent)
Coroner
Harold L. Bennett
Mark David Musselwhite
Mary Beth Pais
Probate judge
Lynwood D. Jordan Jr. (incumbent)
Solicitor general
Leslie Abernathy (incumbent)
State Court judge
Troy R. McClelland (incumbent)
Phillip C. Smith (incumbent)
Tax commissioner
Matthew C. Ledbetter
Fulton County
Board of Education District 1
Robert Goodman
Linda G. Schultz (incumbent)
Board of Education District 3
Gail Dean (incumbent)
Board of Education District 4
Linda Bryant (incumbent)
Retina Burton
Anna Croley
Paula J. Ward
Sheriff
Frank L. Brown (Democrat)
Curtis S. Farmer (Democrat)
Ted Jackson (incumbent, Democrat)
Richard Lankford (Democrat)
Charles Shelton (Democrat)
District attorney
Paul Howard (incumbent)
Solicitor general
Carmen Smith (incumbent)
Teri Walker (Democrat)
Surveyor
Bill Daniel (Republican)
Tax commissioner
Arthur Ferdinand (incumbent)
John Jamont (Democrat)
R.J. Morris (Democrat)
Clerk of Superior Court
Boyd C. Chisholm (Democrat)
Rodney J. Fowler (Democrat)
Lewis L. Pittman (Democrat)
Cathelene “Tina” Robinson (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Kimberly Esmond Adams (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
T. Jackson Bedford Jr. (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Alford J. Dempsey Jr. (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Doris L. "Dee" Downs (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Ural Glanville (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
John J. Goger (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Clarence R. Johnson Jr.
Todd Markle (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Shawn LaGrua (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Bensonetta Tipton Lane (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Henry M. Newkirk (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Constance C. Russell (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Wendy L. Shoob (incumbent)
Superior Court judge
Gail S. Tusan (incumbent)
State Court judge
Diane E. Bessen (incumbent)
State Court judge
Myra H. Dixon (incumbent)
State Court judge
Susan Edlein (incumbent)
State Court judge
Melynee Leftridge
Jane Morrison
State Court judge
Patsy Y. Porter (incumbent)
State Court judge
John R. Mather (incumbent)
State Court judge
Wesley B. Tailor (incumbent)
Probate Court judge
Pinkie T. Toomer (incumbent)
Gwinnett County
Board of Commissioners chairman
Charlotte Nash (incumbent)
Board of Commissioners District 1
Jace Brooks
Laurie L. McClain
Board of Commissioners District 3
Mike Beaudreau (incumbent)
Tommy Hunter
Mike Korom
Jerry Oberholtzer
Board of Education District 1
Carole C. Boyce (incumbent)
Jennah Es-Sudan
Board of Education District 3
Mary Kay Murphy (incumbent)
Jennifer Falk
Board of Education District 5
Louise Radloff (incumbent)
H.K. Dido
Clerk of Superior Court
Richard T. Alexander Jr. (incumbent)
Brian Whiteside
State Court judge
Emily Brantley
Pam Britt
Norman Cuadra
Greg Lundy
Richard Winegarden
State Court judge
Randy Rich
State Court judge
Carla E. Brown (incumbent)
State Court judge
John F. Doran (incumbent)
Judge of Probate Court
Chris Ballar
Marlene Duwell
Chief magistrate
George F. Hutchinson III (incumbent)
Tax commissioner
Richard Steele (incumbent)
Sheriff
R.L. “Butch” Conway (incumbent)
Henry County
County Commission chairman
Carlotta Harrell (Democrat)
Elizabeth J. Mathis (Republican)
Jane Askew Rutledge (Republican)
Tommy N. Smith (Republican)
County Commission District 1
Warren Emory Holder (Republican)
James C. Mays (Democrat)
William J Moss (Republican)
County Commission District 2
Jacqueline Anderson-Woods (Democrat)
Vincent Anthony Lotti (Republican)
John Brian Preston (Republican)
County Commission District 3
Gary W. Barham (Republican)
Laura Elizabeth Jeffares (Republican)
Kenneth David Sherman (Republican)
William L. Toney, Jr (Republican)
Sandra Vincent (Democrat)
Board of Education District 1 (NP)
John H. Dewberry Jr.
Pam Nutt
Board of Education District 2 (NP)
Josh R. Hinton
Reginald D. Ponder
Thomas B. Sosby
Larry R. Stanley
Taqua Thrasher
Board of Education District 3 (NP)
Michael “Mike” Griffin
Nichelle Wiggins
Charles Vickery
Coroner
Donald W. Cleveland (Republican)
Probate judge (NP)
Kelley S. Powell
Sheriff
Robert Keith McBrayer (Republican)
State Court judge (NP)
Ernest D. Blount
James T. Chafin III
Superior Court clerk
Barbara A. Harrison
Tax commissioner
David M. Curry
Legislative races
State Senate
District 6 (Republican)
Josh Belinfante
Drew Ellenburg
Hunter Hill
District 7(Republican)
Tyler Harper
Mark Hatfield
Rodney Vickers
District 9(Republican)
Don Balfour
Travis Bowden
Steve Ramey
District 15(Democratic)
Ed Harbison
Reginald Pugh
District 18(Republican)
Spencer Price
Cecil Staton
District 21(Republican)
Brandon Beach
Chip Rogers
District 25(Republican)
Johnny Grant
Burt Jones
Robert Kent
District 26(Democratic)
David Lucas
Irvin Martinez
Miriam Paris
District 27 (Republican)
Jack Murphy
Steve Voshall
District 31(Republican)
Bill Carruth
Bill Heath
J.K. Rogers
District 35(Democratic)
Donzella James
Detrius Hill Jones
District 38(Democratic)
Reginald Crossley
Horacena Tate
District 44 (Democratic)
Gail Buckner
Gail Davenport
Marcus Davis
District 47 (Republican)
Frank Ginn
Danny Yearwood
District 52 (Republican)
Hayden Collins
David Doss
Chuck Hufstetler
District 55 (Democratic)
Gloria Butler
Mark Williams
State House of Representatives
District 1 (Republican)
Gene King
Mike Nowlin
Alan Painter
District 2 (Republican)
Jay Neal
Steve Tarvin
District 4 (Republican)
Bruce Broadrick
Dennis Mock
David Renz
District 9 (Republican)
Clint Smith
Kevin Tanner
District 16 (Republican)
Jennifer Julsey
Trey Kelley
District 19 (Republican)
Paulette Braddock
Michael Ray James
Melissa Morrison
District 20 (Republican)
Charlice Byrd
Michael Caldwell
District 23 (Republican)
Mandi Ballinger
Dean Sheridan
Alan Shinall
Odis Welchel
District 21 (Republican)
Sean Jerguson
Scot Turner
District 26 (Republican)
Geoff Duncan
Tom Knox
District 28 (Republican)
Bill Grant
Dan Gasaway
Jon Heffer
Ken Payne
Keith Segars
District 34 (Republican)
Charles Gregory
Judy Manning
District 39 (Democratic)
Alisha Thomas Morgan
Anne Taylor
District 41 (Democratic)
Diana Eckles
Justin O'Dell
Michael Smith
District 44 (Republican)
Don Parsons
JoEllen Smith
District 45 (Republican)
Matt Dollar
Nick Johnson
Cynthia Rozzo
District 46 (Republican)
John Carson
Martin Hawley
District 53 (Democratic)
Jason Esteves
Sheila Jones
Robert Patillo
District 56 (Democratic)
Kenneth Britt
Mable Thomas
District 57 (Democratic)
Pat Gardner
Rashad Taylor
District 58 (Democratic)
Simone Bell
Ralph Long
District 59 (Democratic)
Margaret Kaiser
William Phelps
District 60 (Democratic)
Gary Davis
William Fisher
Antonio Lewis
LaTrenka Riley
Keisha Waites
District 62 (Democratic)
Marvin Arrington
Kip Carr
Benny Crane
Ladawn Blackett Jones
District 63 (Democratic)
T.J. Copeland
Ronald Mabra
Linda Pritchett
District 65 (Democratic)
Sharon Beasley-Teague
Charles McGillis Jr.
District 66 (Republican)
Michael Miller
Bob Snelling
Mickey Thompson
District 69 (Democratic)
Herbert Giles
Mike Smith
District 71 (Republican)
Darryl Marmon
Robert Stokely
District 74 (Democratic)
Charles Davis
Valencia Stovall
District 75 (Democratic)
Mike Glanton
Yasmin Neal
District 76 (Democratic)
Jeffery Benoit
Kim Cox Owens
Sandra Scott
District 77 (Democratic)
Darryl Jordan
Kevin Thomas
District 78 (Democratic)
Glenn Baker
Demetrius Douglas
District 81 (Republican)
Chris Boedeker
Carla Roberts
District 90 (Democratic)
Scott Hughes
Pam Stephenson
District 92 (Democratic)
Tonya Anderson
Doreen Carter
Kathy Harvey
Sherri Len Washington
Doreen Williams
District 93 (Democratic)
Dexter Dawston
Dar'shun Kendrick
Glen Williams
District 94 (Democratic)
Karen Bennett
Patricia Bourdeau
Vernon Jones
Tony Lentini
Jaye Peabody
District 96 (Republican)
Mark Gorman
Mark Williams
District 97 (Republican)
Brooks Coleman
Robert McClure
District 103 (Republican)
Timothy Barr
Ken Russell
District 105 (Democratic)
Renita Hamilton
Rashid Malik
District 105 (Republican)
Joyce Chandler
Damon Ladd-Thomas
District 109 (Republican)
Steve Davis
Dale Rutledge
District 111 (Republican)
Trea Pipkin
Brian Strickland
District 113 (Democratic)
Toney Collins
Pam Dickerson
Sharon Sawyer
District 114 (Republican)
Tom Kirby
Rodney Upton
District 117 (Republican)
Doug McKillip
Regina Quick
District 118 (Democratic)
Spencer Frye
Keith Heard
District 118 (Republican)
Carter Kessler
Christopher Perlera
District 121 (Republican)
Barry Fleming
Mike Popplewell
District 131 (Republican)
Johnnie Caldwell Jr.
Ryan Christopher
District 133 (Republican)
John Pezold
Kip Smith
District 137 (Democratic)
Debbie Buckner
Travis Chambers
Kuwonna Ingram
District 139 (Democratic)
Patty Bentley
Thomas Coogle
Michael Dinkins
District 142 (Democratic)
Gerald Harvey
Nikki Randall
District 149 (Republican)
John Clements
Jimmy Pruett
District 153 (Democratic)
Muarlean Cain Edwards
Carol Fullerton
District 161 (Republican)
Bill Hitchens
Kristopher Moutray
District 167 (Republican)
Jeff Chapman
John Tuten
District 169 (Republican)
Darwin Carter
Chuck Sims
District 180 (Republican)
Adam Jacobson
Jason Spencer
Public Service Commission 3 (Republican)
Chuck Eaton (incumbent)
Matt Reid
Public Service Commission5(Republican)
Pam Davidson
Stan Wise(incumbent)
Congressional races
1st District (Democratic)
Lesli Rae Messinger
Nathan Russo
2nd District (Republican)
Rick Allen
Ken DeLoach
John House
3rd District (Republican)
Chip Flanegan
Kent Kingsley
Lynn Westmoreland
4th District (Democratic)
Courtney Dillard Sr.
Hank Johnson
Lincoln Nunnally
4th District (Republican)
Greg Pallen
J. Chris Vaughn
5th District (Democratic)
Michael Johnson
John Lewis
6th District (Democratic)
Jeff Kazanow
Robert Montigel
7th District (Republican)
David Hancock
Rob Woodall
9th District (Republican)
Doug Collins
Roger Fitzpatrick
Martha Zoller
10th District (Republican)
Paul Broun
Stephen K. Simpson
11th District (Republican)
Phil Gingrey
William Llop
Michael Opitz
12th District (Republican)
Rick Allen
Lee Anderson
Wright McLeod
Maria Sheffield
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