Qualifying ends for May 21 primaries, elections

Terry Richards, The Valdosta Daily Times, Ga.
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Mar. 8—VALDOSTA — Qualifying ended at noon Friday for candidates in primary races and nonpartisan elections on May 21.

According to the Georgia Secretary of State's website, the following candidates qualified for Lowndes County races:

Clerk of Superior Court (R)

— Beth Greene

Commission Chair (D)

— Kelley Saxon

Commission Chair (R)

— Bill Slaughter

Coroner (D)

— John "Big John" Hogan

— LaTonya S. Gordon.

Coroner (R)

— Austin Fiveash

Judge, Chief Magistrate

— Joni B. Parker

Judge, Probate Court

— Burke Sherwood

Sheriff, Lowndes County (D)

— Ashley Paulk

Solicitor General (R)

— Justin Cabral

State Court Judge

— John Kent Edwards Jr.

State Court Judge

— Ellen S. Golden

Tax Commissioner (R)

— Clay Guess

— Rodney V. Cain

Lowndes County Commission, District 1 (D)

— Joyce Evans

Lowndes County Commission, District 5 (D)

— Ron J. Bythwood

Lowndes County Commission, District 5 (R)

— David Sims

— James Gerard Puckett

— Michael Smith

— Savannah Baker

— Tommy Willis

Lowndes School Board, District 4

— Jason Wisenbaker

Lowndes School Board, District 5

— Chelsea Carter

— Tessa Grene Carder

— Robert McGeehan

Lowndes School Board, District 6

— Melanie Hasty

Lowndes School Board District 7

— Chris Buescher

— G. Edward "Eddie" Smith

— Larry Godwin

Terry Richards is the senior reporter for The Valdosta Daily Times.