Planning commissioner to seek Gwinnett County Commission seat
A Gwinnett County planning commissioner has filed to run for the District 3 Board of Commissioners seat.
Republican Tommy Hunter, a Buford-area resident who has for County Commission twice before, is an engineering consultant and businessman who serves on the Municipal-Gwinnett County Planning Commission.
Hunter is the fourth candidate to file for the seat, currently held by Republican incumbent Mike Beaudreau. Republicans Mike Korom, a Dacula businessman, and Jerry Oberholtzer, a former Snellville mayor, also have filed to run.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
