The following list represents the candidates who have qualified to run for political offices that will impact the voters of North Central and Northeast Georgia.
Each county list is based on information supplied to AccessNorthGA.com by elections offices in the desingated counties.
State office information was procured through the Secretary of State's office.
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 7:
David Hancock (R)
Suwanee, GA
Rob Woodall, incumbent (R)
Lawrenceville
Steve Reilly (D)
Lawrenceville
District 9:
Doug Collins (R)
Gainesville
Roger Fitzpatrick (R)
Cleveland
Martha Zoller (R)
Gainesville
Jody Cooley (D)
Gainesville
District 10:
Paul Broun, incumbent (R)
Athens
Stephen K. Simpson (R)
Milledgeville
District 14:
Tom Graves, incumbent (R)
Ranger
Daniel "Danny" Grant (D)
Fort Oglethorpe
HALL COUNTY
County Surveyor:
Jason Lourie (R)
State Court Judge:
Gene Roberts, incumbent (Non-partisan)
Charlie Wynne, incumbent (Non-partisan)
Clerk of Court:
Charles Baker, incumbent (R)
Coroner:
Marion Merck, incumbent (R)
Sheriff:
Gerald Couch (R)
Chuck Hewett (R)
John Sisk (R)
Jeff Strickland (R)
Jon P. Strickland (R)
Magistrate Judge:
Margaret Gregory, incumbent (R)
Board of Education Post 3
Craig Herrington, incumbent (R)
Paul Wayne Godfrey (R)
Board of Education Post 4
Nath Morris, incumbent (R)
Tax Commissioner:
Brad Dunagan (R)
Darla Eden (R)
Kent Henderson (R)
Charles Lewis (R)
Probate Judge:
Susan Brown (R)
Brook Davidson (R)
Patty Walters Laine (R)
Lisa Maniscalco (R)
County Commission Chair:
Steve Gailey (R)
Dick Mecum (R)
Tom Oliver, incumbent (R)
County Commission Post 2:
Eugene Moon (R)
Billy Powell, incumbent (R)
County Commission Post 4:
Ashley Bell, incumbent (R)
Jeff Stowe (R)
BANKS COUNTY
Clerk of Superior Court:
Timothy A. Harper, incumbent (R)
Sheriff:
S. Richard Darby (R)
Robert Clinton McCoy (R)
Billy Carlton Speed (R)
Tax Commissioner:
Becky Carlan (R)
Jackie Forrester (R)
Sheryl S. Hall (R)
Rebecca S. Taylor (R)
County Surveyor:
Andrew R. Jordan (R)
Tim S. Lewallen, incumbent (R)
County Coroner:
Bobby E. Eubanks, incumbent (R)
County Commission Chairman
Jimmy T. Hooper (R)
Jerry D. Loftice (R)
Ernest W. Rogers (R)
County Commissioner District 2:
David Duckett (R)
County Commissioner District 4:
Charles H. Turk, incumbent (R)
Board of Education District 1:
Brandon Brown (R)
Anthony Seabolt (R)
Board of Education District 2:
Wes Whitfield (R)
Board of Education District 4:
Atha Dalton(R)
Probate Court Judge:
Keith Gardiner (non-partisan)
Betty Thomas, incumbent (non-partisan)
Chief Magistrate:
Ivan Mote, incumbent (non-partisan)
BARROW COUNTY (List may not be complete)
Probate Judge:
Tammy Brown, incumbent (R)
Clerk of Superior Court:
Regina McIntyre, incumbent (R)
Coroner:
David Crosby, incumbent (R)
County Commission Chairman:
Pat Graham (R)
County Commission District 1:
Joe Goodman (R)
Jerry Lampp (R)
County Commission District 2:
William J. Brown (R)
Kenny Shook (R)
County Commission District 3:
Steve Worley, incumbent (R)
Scott Vickery (R)
Johnny C. Smith (D)
Tax Commissioner:
Melinda Williams, incumbent (R)
Sheriff:
Jud Smith, incumbent (R)
James Vernard Scott, Sr (D)
Chief Magistrate:
June Davis, incumbent (R)
School Board District 2:
Garey Huff, Sr. (R)
School Board District 5:
Lynn Stevens, incumbent (R)
School Board District 6:
Rickey Bailey, incumbent (R)
School Board District 8 (At-Large)
Mitch Churchill, incumbent (R)
DAWSON COUNTY (List may not be complete)
Magistrate Court Judge:
Lisa Thurmond, incumbent (R)
Probate Court Judge:
Jennifer Burt, incumbent (R)
Clerk of Courts:
Justin Power, incumbent (R)
Board of Education Post 2
Elaine Wilson, incumbent (R)
Board of Education Post 4
Roger Slaton, incumbent (R)
County Surveyor:
Ben Trail (R)
Tax Commissioner:
Karen McKee (R)
County Commission Post 2:
James Swafford, incumbent (R)
Sheriff:
Billy Carlisle, incumbent (R)
Johnny Glass (R)
Kevin Ellis (R)
FORSYTH COUNTY
County Commission Post 2:
Dennis T. Brown (R)
Samual Padis (R)
Brian R. Tam, incumbent (R)
County Commission Post 4:
Patrick Bell, incumbent (R)
Timothy Lee Hubbard (R)
Charles H Meagher (R)
Cindy Jones Mills (R)
William C. Mulrooney (R)
County Commission Post 5:
Jim Boff, incumbent (R)
John Derucki (R)
Board of Eduction Post 3:
Thomas Cleveland, incumbent(R)
Board of Education Post 4:
Darla Sexton Light, incumbent(R)
Board of Education Post 5:
Nancy L. Roche, incumbent (R)
Chief Magistrate:
Walker Bramblett, incumbent(non-partisan)
Barbara Cole (non-partisan)
Clerk of Superior Court:
Greg Allen, incumbent(R)
Coroner:
Harold Bennett(R)
Mark David Musselwhite (R)
Mary Beth Pais (R)
Probate Judge:
Lynwood Jordan, Jr., incumbent(R)
Sheriff:
Lauren W. McDonald III (R)
Ted Paxton, incumbent (R)
Duane Piper (R)
Solicitor General:
Leslie Abernathy, incumbent (R)
State Court Judge:
Troy McClelland, incumbent (non-partisan)
Philip Smith, incumbent (non-partisan)
Tax Commissioner:
Matthew Ledbetter, incumbent (R)
HABERSHAM COUNTY
County Coroner:
Kasey McEntire, incumbent (R)
Richard "Don" Pitts (R)
Sheriff:
Paul Chesebro (R)
Donald Lane Ford (R)
Fred Franklin Pitts (R)
Joseph Michael Terrell, incumbent (R)
County Commission District 1:
"Sonny" Garnett Lamer James, incumbent (R)
"BettyLee" Elizabeth Martin (D)
County Commission District 4
Natalie Crawford (R)
Lee Mulkey, incumbent (R)
County Commission District 5
George Arnold (R)
Jimmy Kratz, Jr. (R)
Ed Nichols (R)
Magistrate Judge:
James N. Butterworth, incumbent (R)
Probate Judge:
Pam Wooley, incumbent (R)
State Court Judge:
Steven M. Campbell, incumbent (non partisan)
Solicitor General:
William "Bill" Oliver, incumbent (R)
Tax Commissioner:
June Black, incumbent (R)
Clerk of Court:
David Wall, incumbent (R)
Board of Education District 1:
Richard B. Billingslea (R)
Donald L. Corbett (R)
Board of Education District 2:
Robert H. Barron, incumbent (R)
Donald A. Higgins, Jr. (R)
Cornelia City Ward 2 (Special Election):
Janice E. Griggs
Audrey Maria Davenport
Jason R. Lewallen
JACKSON COUNTY (List may not be complete)
Sheriff
Ramone Gilbert (R)
Andry Garrison (R)
Janis Mangum (R)
Tax Commissioner
Don Elrod, incumbent
Clerk of Court
Camie Thomas, incumbent
Coroner
Keith Whitfield, incumbent
Jim Keinard (R)
Solicitor
Don Moore, incumbent
Board of Commissioners
Chairman
Hunter Bicknell, incumbent (R)
Tom Crow (R)
District 1
Guy Spicer (R)
District 2
Chas Hardy (Incumbent)
Max Allen (R)
Jody Thompson (R)
District 4
Lynn Wheeler (R)
State Court Judge
Rob Alexander (Incumbent)
Magistrate Court Judge
Billy Chandler (Incumbent)
Probate Court Judge
Donna Geiger (I)
Tracy Brooks (I)
WHITE COUNTY
Coroner:
Ricky Barrett, incumbent (R)
Board of Education:
Charlie Thomas, incumbent (R)
Board of Education Post 1
Johnathan Craig Estes
Jay Westmoreland
Board of Education Chair:
Kendyl Brock-Hunter, incumbent
Terrie Robin Churchwell
County Commission Post 1
Carol E. Powel
Terry Goodger, incumbent (R)
County Commission Post 4:
Craig Bryant, incumbent
Chris Nonnemaker
Commission Chairman:
Travis Turner, incumbent (R)
Probate Judge:
Garrison Baker, incumbent (R)
Sheriff:
Neal Walden, incumbent (R)
Tax Commissioner:
Cindy Cannon, incumbent (R)
Clerk of Courts:
Dena Adams, incumbent (R)
Magistrate Judge:
Joy Parks, incumbent (non-partisan)
Tax Commissioner:
Cindy Cannon
County Surveyor:
Eddie Hood
STATE OF GEORGIA
Senate District 27:
Jack Murphy, incumbent (R)
Cumming
Steve Voshall (R)
Cumming
Senate District 45:
Renee S. Untermann, incumbent (R)
Buford
Senate District 47:
Frank Ginn, incumbent (R)
Danielsville
Tim Riley (D)
Athens
Senate District 49:
Butch Miller, incumbent (R)
Chesnut Mountain
Senate District 50:
John K. Wilkinson, incumbent (R)
Toccoa
Senate District 51:
Steve Gooch, incumbent (R)
Dahlonega
State House District 7:
David Ralston, incumbent (R)
Blue Ridge
State House District 8:
Stephen Allison, incumbent (R)
Blairsville
Jana Hill (D)
Clayton
State House District 9:
Clint Smith (R)
Dawsonville
Kevin K. Tanner (R)
Dawsonville
State House District 10:
Terry Rogers, incumbent (R)
Clarkesville
State House District 24:
Mark Hamilton, incumbent (R)
Cumming
State House District 26:
Geoff L. Duncan (R)
Cumming
Tom Knox (R)
Cumming
State House District 27:
Lee Hawkins (R)
Gainesville
State House District 28:
Dan Gasaway (R)
Homer
Bill Grant (R)
Toccoa
Jon Heffer (R)
Toccoa
Ken Payne (R)
Toccoa
Keith Segars (R)
Lula
State House District 29:
Carl Rogers, incumbent (R)
Gainesville
State House District 30:
Emory Dunahoo, Jr. (R)
Gainesville
State House District 31:
Tommy Benton, incumbent (R)
Jefferson
State House District 32:
Alan Powell, incumbent (R)
Hartwell
State House District 33:
Tom McCall, incumbent (R)
Elberton
State House District 98:
Josh Clark, incumbent (R)
Buford
State House District 104:
Donna Sheldon, incumbent (R)
Dacula
State House District 116:
Terry England, incumbent (R)
Auburn
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