More than 8,000 have voted in Coweta

Election day is around the corner and Coweta County voters on Nov. 4 will have their say on a number of statewide races.

County elections supervisor said nearly 8,000 voters had cast ballots during early voting by early Thursday afternoon.

Coweta voters in the southwest portion of the county will decide on the Ga. House Dist. 132 race featuring Gene King (R) and Bob Trammell (D).

Among the statewide races are the U.S. Senate race between David Perdue (R), Michelle Nunn (D) and Libertarian Amanda Swafford.

Also to be decided this year is the governor’s race that features incumbent Nathan Deal (R), Democratic challenger Jason Carter and Libertarian challenger Andrew Hunt.

A host of other races will be decided in statewide offices that include Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner for Insurance, State School Superintendent, Commissioner of Labor, two seats on the Public Service Commission.

The ballot will also contain two proposed constitutional amendments. Voters will decide if an increase in the state income tax rate should be prohibited and if reckless driving fees should be added to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund. Voters will also decide if property owned by the University System of Georgia and operated by providers of student housing and other facilities should be exempt from taxation.