Eleven Candidates for Oconee County Offices Make it Official on First Day of Qualifying

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of qualifying for the July 31 primaries, the following candidates had visited the Oconee County Board of Elections and officially qualified for office:

Chairman of the Board of Commissioners

• (R)
• (R)(leaving Post 4)

Board of Commissioners Post 1

• * (R)
  

Board of Commissioners Post 4

• (R)
• (R)

Clerk of Superior Court

• Angela Watson* (R)
  

Probate Judge

• David Anglin* (non-partisan)
  

Sheriff

• * (R)

( (R) has said he'll qualify at 9 a.m. Thursday)

Tax Commissioner

None

Coroner

• Ed Carson* (R)
  

Board of Education Post 1 (Chair)

• (R)

Board of Education Post 4

None

Board of Education Post 5

• * (R)

These are the candidates who have qualified at the Georgia Secretary of State's Office as of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23:

U.S. Representative, District 10

• * (R)
• (R)

State Senator, District 46

• Bill Cowsert* (R)

State Representative, District 117

• Doug McKillip* (R)
• (R)

State Representative, District 119

(None. * has said he plans to qualify on Thursday, according to Oconee County GOP Chairman Jay Hansley)

District Attorney, Western Circuit

• Ken Mauldin* (D)

Superior Court Judge, Western Circuit

• H. Patrick Haggard* (non-partisan)

Superior Court Judge, Western Circuit

• Lawton E. Stephens* (non-partisan)

*Incumbent

Qualifying wraps up at noon on Friday. Primary elections will be held on July 31.  The General Election is Nov. 6.