Hall county candidates qualify

GAINESVILLE -There were no last minute candidates trying to beat the noon deadline at the Hall County Elections Office Friday.

Linda Martinez was the last to qualify.

Martinez is running for County Commission Post (3) and paid her fee around 11:00 a.m.

Elections Director Anne Phillips said 13 candidates qualified by party this week including nine Republicans and four Democrats.

Two candidates qualified in the non-partisan race to fill the unexpired term of the late
Frances Meadows in Commission District Post (4).

The voter registration deadline for the August 20th primary is July 22nd.

A large number of Hall County voters will go to a new location to cast ballots this year, according to Phillips.

Voters may look for voter registration cards in the mail with important information.

"The card that you get will tell you where you go to vote," said Phillips.

"It will also give you all those districts for your new districts."

Of the 64 thousand people registered to vote 53 thousand are active and the remainder are not.

"These are the people who have not voted for the last three years or they changed their address without giving us a change of address,"
Phillips said.

Phillips added that those voters need to file their new address with the Elections office before August 20th.

Here is a complete list of the candidates for Hall Couny posts who qualified for this year's elections:

U.S. House, District 10
Democrat: None.
Republican: Nathan Deal (I), 59, Clermont.

State Senate, District 45
Democrat: None.
Republican: Joyce Stevens, 56, Good Hope, businesswoman; Maria R. Strollo, 38, Buford, business consultant; Renee Stovall Unterman, 48, Loganville, nurse; Nathan Warnock.

State Senate, District 47
Democrat: Robert D. Banks, 31, Canon, airport manager.
Republican: Ralph T. Hudgens, 59, Comer, investor.

State Senate, District 49
Democrat: Suellen Simmons, 53, Jefferson, unemployed.
Republican: Casey Cagle (I), 35, Gainesville, businessman.

State Senate, District 50
Democrat: Carol Jackson (I), 59, Cleveland, transportation.
Republican: John Callaham.

State House, District 9
Democrat: None.
Republican: Amos Amerson (I), 67, Dahlonega, retired; Clint Smith (I), 41, Gainesville, staffing services/writer; Stephen Black.

State House, District 20
Democrat: Carl Rogers (I), 53, Gainesville, insurance agent.
Republican: None.

State House, District 21
Democrat: Fred Pounds, 76, Gainesville, retired lawyer; Tom Hoyt.
Republican: Stacey Reece, 38, Gainesville, businessman; Ty Talley, 39, Gainesville, registered representative.

State House, District 67: Post 1
Democrat: None.
Republican: James Mills (I), 39, Chestnut Mountain, businessman; Michael T. Coan (I); Ralph Taylor.

Board of Commissioners Post 1:
Democrat: Stephen White
Republican: Thomas Bowen; Brenda Branch (I); Deborah Lynn.

Board of Commissioners Post 3:
Democrat: Jaerrard Kenneth Barrett; Jim Syfan.
Republican: Steve Gailey; Linda Reynolds Martinez.

Board of Commissioners Post 4 (special election; candidates qualify "non-partisan")
Deborah Mack; Don Whitmire.

County Board of Education At-Large Post:
Democrat: None
Republican: Richard Higgins (I)

County Board of Education Post One:
Democrat: Dwayne Carpenter
Republican: Doug Calvert (I); Duane Jones.

County Board of Education Post Two:
Democrat: None
Republican: Lori Thompson.

District Attorney
Democrat: None.
Republican: Jason Deal (I), 34, Clermont.

Superior Court Judgeship: John Girardeau (I), 57, Gainesville.

Superior Court Judgeship: C. Andrew Fuller (I), 47, Gainesville.