Politics & Government
Qualifying Closes In Paulding County: See Who's On The May Primary Ballot
The candidate qualifying period for the May 24 primaries closed Friday, and most races in Paulding County will have opposition.
PAULDING COUNTY, GA β Qualifying for the May 24 primary and nonpartisan elections in Georgia closed Friday, and most Paulding County legislators and representatives will have opposition this year.
Ballots for Paulding County voters will include county commissioners in posts 2, 3 and 4; school board members in districts 2, 5 and 6; state Senate districts 30 and 31; state House districts 17, 19, 18, 19, and 64; U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives district 14.
The ballots will also include statewide elections, such as governor, secretary of state, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner, state school superintendent and labor commissioner.
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Take a look at who's on the ballot for Paulding County:
Paulding County Board of Commissioners (Primary)
Post 2
Republican
- David Dial
- Sandy Kaecher (Incumbent)
Democrat
- Ida L. Gardner
Post 3
Republican
- Glen Albright
- Virginia Galloway
- Dennis Laws
- Frankie Willingham Jr.
Democrat
- Taurus Morris
- Cynthia Starke-Jones
Post 4
Republican
- Brian Stover
Democrat
- Sheila Alexander
Paulding County Board of Education
District 2
Republican
- Nick Chester Sr.
No Democrats qualified for this race.
District 5
Republican
- John B. Dean (Incumbent)
- John Grant
No Democrats qualified for this race.
District 6
Republican
- Daniel "Dan" Nolan III (Incumbent)
Democrat
- Selena Jackson Guines
State Senate
District 30
Republican
- Mike Dugan (Incumbent)
No Democrats qualified for this race.
District 31
Republican
- Jason Anavitarte (Incumbent)
No Democrats qualified for this race.
State House
An earlier version of the article incorrectly identified state House districts representing Paulding County due to statewide redistricting. This section has been updated to reflect the changes.
District 17
Republican
- Martin Momtahan (Incumbent)
- Neil Wolin
Democrat
- Sunshine Marshall
District 18
Republican
- Tyler Paul Smith (Incumbent)
Democrat
- Pat Rhudy
District 19
Republican
- Joseph Gullett (Incumbent)
Democrat
- R.J. Coyle
District 64
Republican
- Shane Miller
- Kimberly R. New
- Preston Parra
Democrat
- Montenia Edwards
- Christopher R. Thornton
- Mignon Willis
U.S. Senate (Warnock)
Republican
- Gary W. Black
- Josh Clark
- Kelvin King
- Jonathan "Jon" McColumn
- Latham Saddler
- Herschel Walker
Democrat
- Tamara Johnson-Shealey
- Raphael Warnock
U.S. House of Representatives
District 14
Republican
- Eric Cunningham
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Incumbent)
- James Haygood
- Charles Lutin
- Jennifer Strahan
- Seth Synstelien
Democrat
- Wendy Davis
- Marcus Flowers
- Holly McCormack
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