Two more people qualified at the county level for the upcoming races in Columbia County on Tuesday, March 5.
Helen Bratton qualified as a Democratic candidate for coroner. At the moment, the only other challenger for coroner is Terry Norman, who filed as a Republican on Monday.
In the non-partisan races, Katie Allen qualified for the Board of Education District 4 seat. Currently she’ll face incumbent Lee Ann Meyer, who qualified on Monday.
At the state level, Max Burns, incumbent, qualified as a Republican for the State Senate District 23 seat.
For the House of Representative District 123 seat, Republican incumbent Rob Leverett and Democratic challenger Hope Beard both filed on Tuesday.
Those who qualified on Monday, March 4 were Michael Carraway District 3 Commissioner. Several incumbents have filed as Republicans, including Wayne Bridges for tax commissioner, Cindy Mason for clerk of superior court, Alice Padgett for probate pudge, Jason Troiano as Chief magistrate and Clay Whittle as sheriff.
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Non-partisan candidates who have filed include David Dekle (incumbent) for the Board of Education chair, Phil Kent for the Board of Education District 1 seat and Meyer (incumbent) for the Board of Education District 4 seat.
The other local race that has not had any candidates file is County Commission District 2
The state level races saw some familiar names. For the House of Representatives District 125 race, both Gary Richardson and C.J. Pearson filed as Republicans.
The House of Representatives District 131 race saw David Byrne, Paul Abbott and Russell Wilder all file as Republicans. No Democrats filed on Monday.
Incumbent Sheryl B. Jolly-Turner (non-partisan) filed to run for the Columbia County Judicial Circuit Judge seat.
Republican incumbent Mark Newton filed for the House of Representatives District 127 race. For the State Senate District 24 race, incumbent Lee Anderson filed to run again as a Republican.
Republican Rick Allen qualified to run for another term as U.S. Representative for the 12th Congressional District. He faces challenger Daniel Jackson, who qualified as a Democrat.
Qualifying will continue through noon on Friday. For more information, visit sos.ga.gov and columbiacountyga.gov.
Stephanie Hill is the managing editor and covers Columbia County government for The Augusta Press. Reach her at stephanie@theaugustapress.com.
