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.