Candidate qualifying ends for May 19 election

DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Qualifying for the May 19 General Primary election ended today at noon. The following is a list of all who qualified.

COUNTY Qualifying

Board of Commissioners Chairman

Billy Thurmond (Incumbent – Republican)

Renee Duren (Republican)

County Commissioner District 2

Chris Gaines (Incumbent – Republican)

County Commissioner District 4

Emory Dooley (Republican)

David Pressley (Republican)

Sheriff

Jeff Johnson (Incumbent – Republican)

Marcus Sewell (Republican)

Jeff Perry (Republican)

Clerk of Superior Court

Justin Power (Incumbent – Republican)

Chief Magistrate Judge

Tony Tarnacki (Republican)

Probate Court Judge

Jennifer Burt (Incumbent – Republican)

Tax Commissioner

Nicole Stewart (Incumbent – Republican)

Board of Education District 1

Doris N. Cook (Incumbent – Republican)

Board of Education District 2

Elaine Wilson (Incumbent – Republican)

Board of Education District 4

Roger Slaton (Incumbent – Republican)

Surveyor

Donald Rex Jones (Incumbent -Republican)

STATE Qualifying

District 9 State Representative

Steve Liebel (Republican)

Doug Sherrill (Republican)

Clint Smith (Republican)

Tyler Tolin (Republican)

Zack Tumlin (Republican)

Will Wade (Republican)

Sharon Ravert (Democrat)

State Senator District 51

Steve Gooch (Incumbent – Republican)

June Krise (Democrat)

Public Service Commission District 4

Lauren “Bubba” McDonald, Jr. (Incumbent – Republican)

Nathan Wilson (Libertarian)

Daniel Blackman (Democrat)

John Noel (Democrat)

Judge of Superior Court Northeastern Circuit

Kathlene Gosselin (Incumbent – Non-partisan)

Judge of Superior Court Northeastern Circuit

Bonnie Chesser Oliver (Incumbent – Non-partisan)

Judge of Superior Court Northeastern Circuit

Clint Gary Bearden (Incumbent – Non-partisan)

FEDERAL Qualifying

Ninth District U.S. Congress

Michael Boggus (Republican)

Andrew Clyde (Republican)

Matt Gurtler (Republican)

Maria Strickland (Republican)

Kevin Tanner (Republican)

Ethan Underwood (Republican)

Devin Pandy (Democrat)

Paul Broun (Republican)

John Wilkinson (Republican)

Dan Wilson (Democrat)

Kellie Weeks (Republican)

Siskin (Democrat)

United States Senate – Perdue Seat

James Knox (Democrat)

Jon Ossoff (Democrat)

Teresa Pike Tomlinson (Democrat)

Tricia Carpenter McCracken (Democrat)

Sarah Riggs Amico (Democrat)

Shane Hazel (Libertarian)

Marc Keith DeJesus (Democrat)

Maya Dillard Smith (Democrat)

David Perdue (Incumbent – Republican)

United States Senate – Loeffler Seat (Special Election in November)

Kelly Loeffler (Incumbent – Republican)

Doug Collins (Republican)

A. Wayne Johnson (Republican)

Kandiss Taylor (Republican)

Tamara Johnson-Shealey (Democrat)

Matt Lieberman (Democrat)

Joy Felicia Shade (Democrat)

Ed Tarver (Democrat)

Richard Dien Winfield (Democrat)

Al Bartell (Independent)

Allen Buckley (Independent)

Brian Slowinski (Libertarian)

Derrick E. Grayson (Republican)

Rod Mack (Write-In)

Annette Jackson (Republican)

Deborah Jackson (Democrat)

Jamesia James (Democrat)

Raphael Warnock (Democrat)

Michael Todd Green (Independent)

Valencia Stovall (Independent)

John “Green” Fortuin (Green)

The Presidential Preference Primary takes place on March 24, 2020, and early voting opened on March 2. The mandatory Saturday voting will be held on March 14.

Here’s a list of all the federal and state races that are qualifying in 2020. If needed, a General Primary run-off will take place on July 21, 2020.

 

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