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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