Politics & Government
Qualifying Ends With Contested Races in Cherokee
All county commission and school board seats will have contested races for the May 20 primary.
The May 20 primary will give Cherokee County residents the chance to vote out incumbents or keep their current batch of elected officials.
Qualifying for local and statewide races ended today at noon, and all but two local races are contested. At the state level, all incumbent Cherokee state representatives and senators qualified to run for re-election.
The only contested race for the Republican nomination in the May 20 primary will be in State House District 22, which covers portions of Cherokee, north Fulton and Forsyth County.
State Senator John Albers, who represents Senate District 56, which covers Roswell and a sliver of extreme southeast Cherokee County, will face Democratic challenger Akhtar Sadiq of Roswell in the Nov. 4 general election.
Candidates who've qualified for local and state races include:
County Commission Chairman
L.B. "Buzz" Ahrens (incumbent), Republican
Jacqueline "Jackie" Archer, Republican
County Commission - District 1
Harry B. Johnston (incumbent), Republican
Steven "Steve" B. West, Republican
County Commission - District 4
Kenneth Scott Gordon, Republican
Joseph J. Robert, Republican
Larry Garner Singleton Jr., Republican
Board of Education - District 3
John Arlen Harmon, Republican
Brett Ladd, Republican
Board of Education - District 4
Robert "Rick Steiner" Rechsteiner (incumbent), Republican
Robert H. Strozier, Republican
Board of Education - District 5
Clark Menard, Republican
Erica Williams, Republican
Board of Education - District 6
Mike Chapman, Republican
Susan Tlacil, Republican
Solicitor General
Jessica K. Moss (incumbent), Republican
State Court Judge
Alan Jordan (incumbent), non-partisan
State Representative - District 20
Michael Caldwell (incumbent), Republican
State Representative - District 21
Scot Turner (incumbent), Republian
State Representative - District 22
Sam Moore (incumbent), Republican
Meagan Biello, Republican
Wes Cantrell, Republican
State Representative - District 23
Mandi Ballinger (incubment), Republican
State Representative - District 46
John Carson (incumbent), Republican
State Senate - District 14
Bruce Thompson (incumbent), Republican
State Senate - District 21
Brandon Beach (incumbent), Republican
State Senate - District 56
John Albers* (incumbent), Republican
*Albers will face Democratic challenger Akhtar Sadiq in the Nov. 4 general election.
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