When the dust

settles after the November 5 election, Coweta County residents will see

a changing of the guard on the County Commission and Board of Education.

Last week,

County Commission Chairman Jim McGuffey announced he would not seek reelection

to his 2nd District post.

"I have

had to think long and hard about not running again. Deciding not to seek

reelection was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make. However,

I have come to the conclusion that it is time for me to do other things,

including serving my family full-time," he said.

Three candidates

seeking McGuffey's post are Democrat John Houston of Grantville and Republicans

Jeffery Estep of Newnan, Richard Hodges of Newnan and Gregory Tarbutton

of Newnan.

In the 3rd

District commission race, incumbent Lawrence Nelms faces opposition from

Democrat Willie Pritchett Jr. of Newnan and Republicans Larry DeMoss of

Newnan and former Commissioner Charlie Jones of Newnan.

The school

board will also see a changing of the guard, since earlier this year,

Chairman Bill Covington announced he would not be seeking reelection.

Two candidates

are vying for Sumner's 4th District post Brian Roy of Newnan and Blair

Walker of Sharpsburg.

Incumbents

Mike Sumner and Smith Pass face no opposition in their races, while incumbent

Steve Bedrosian faces off against Ted Bateman Sr. of Haralson. All the

school board races are nonpartisan.

Coweta County

will be represented by four different house districts after the election.

In House District,

86, Lynn Westmoreland faces no opposition. Newnan's Lynn Smith also faces

no opposition for her District 87 post. In District 88, Post 1 incumbent

Tracey Stallings faces opposition from Mark Butler of Carrollton. In new

House District 88, Post 2, Democrat Fred O'Neal of Carrollton faces off

against fellow Democrat Tom Parmer of Carrolton and Republican Chuck Harper

of Carrolton. Republican Jeff Brown faces no opposition in his District

89 post.

In the State

Senate, Republican Mitch Seabaugh of Sharpsburg faces no opposition for

his District 28 post. In District 29, incumbent Democrat Dan Lee of LaGrange

faces opposition from Democrat Evelyn Thompson of Grantville. Incumbent

Republican Bill Hamrick of Carrollton faces no opposition for his District

30 post.

In the races

for Congressional seats, incumbent Republican Mac Collins of Jackson faces

off against Angelos Petrakopoulous of Duluth for the new District 8 seat.

A portion of

Coweta will also be represented in the new 11th District. Democrats Buddy

Darden of Marietta and Roger Kahn of Rydal will face-off in the Aug. 20

primary and the winner will face one of three Republicans in November.

Republicans seeking the position are Phil Gingrey of Marietta, Bob Herriott

of Marietta and Cecil Stanton of Rome.

The primary

election is set for Aug. 20 and the general election is Nov. 5.