Qualifying

was brisk in the first two days at the Fayette

County Board of Elections and with local

political parties, with most incumbents signing

to run for reelection.

Eighteen

local posts will be filled in the General

Election this November, and 13 incumbents had

qualified as of noon Tuesday.

Qualifying

runs through noon Friday.

Incumbents

qualifying thus far include Sheriff Randall

Johnson, Superior Court clerk Bud Ballard,

magistrate judges Joe Tinsley, Kenneth Melear,

Grady Huddleston and James White, State Court

Judge Fletcher Sams,

State Court solicitor Steve Harris, Board of

Education Post 3 member Connie Hale, coroner C.J.

Mowell, Post 3 county Commissioner Harold Bost,

Post 2 Commissioner Herb Frady, Probate Judge

Martha Stephenson and tax Commissioner George

Wingo.

Incumbents

who have announced that they will not run include

Post 1 county Commissioner Glen Gosa and Post 2

school board member Woody Shelnutt.

Also

qualifying for school board are Don Apking, Kevin

Demmitt and Terri Smith, all for Post 2, and

Janet Smola, for Post 1. Board Chairman Debbie

Condon of Post 1 had not qualified as of Tuesday

and has not announced her intentions.

For

County Commission, A.G. VanLandingham and Frank

Oakley have qualified for Post 1.

In

addition to the local races, Fayette residents

will help elect four representatives to the state

House and Senate, plus three judges and the

district attorney in the Griffin Judicial

Circuit.

As

of mid-day Tuesday, three of the four incumbents

in the county's legislative delegation had

qualified for reelection: 105th District Rep.

Kathy Cox, 104 District Rep. Lynn Westmoreland

and 28th District Sen. Rick Price. All three are

Republicans.

Greg

Hecht, Democratic state senator from the 34th

District, had not qualified as of Tuesday.

Republican Bryan Hilton of Lithia Springs has

qualified for the 34th District post.

The

Griffin Superior Court Circuit's three judges all

have qualified: Paschal A. English Jr., Ben J.

Miller and Johnnie Caldwell. English and Miller

thus far have no opposition, but Fayette lawyer

John Mrosek has qualified to run for Caldwell's

seat.

District

attorney Bill McBroom has qualified, thus far

without opposition.

Mac

Collins, who represents Fayette and several other

counties in the U.S. Congress, also has

qualified, thus far without opposition.

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