Regional racesPartisan racesDistrict 1 State Representative: Republicans John Deffenbaugh (i), Robert Goff and Alan Painter; Democrat Thomas McMahanDistrict 53 State Senate: Republicans Jeff Mullis (i) and Thomas DooleyNonpartisan racesLookout Mountain Judicial District State Court Judge Ralph Van Pelt (i) and Jon Bolling “Bo” Wood (i)Catoosa CountyPartisan races• District 4 Commissioner: Republicans Dewayne Hill (i) and Ray Johnson• District 2 Commissioner: Republicans Bobby Winters (i) and Fred Loyd.Nonpartisan races• Board of Education, District 2, one seat open: Jack Sims• Board of Education, District 4, one seat open: David Moller (i)• Soil and Water Conservation District, two seats open: Keith Bonnell, James LylesChattooga CountyPartisan racesBoard of Education, Seat 2: Democrat Alma Lewis (i)Board of Education, Seat 3: Democrat Eddie Massey (i)Board of Education, Seat 4: Democrat Larry Weesner (i)Nonpartisan raceState Court Judge: Samuel Carroll Finster (i), John R. DennisDade County• District 1 Commissioner: Republicans Mitchell Smith, Terry Phillips, Lamar Lowery• District 2 Commissioner: Republicans Scottie Pittman (i), Nathan Baker• District 1 school board: Republican Cindy Shaw (i) Democrats Ronald Baldwin, Jane Dixon• District 2 school board: Republicans Summer Lawson Kelley, Jennifer Hartline, Larry G. WilliamsWalker CountyPartisan races• School Board District 2: Republican Charles Wilson• School Board District 3: Republican Mike Carruth (i)• State Court Solicitor Patrick Clements (i)Whitfield CountyPartisan races• County Commission District 1: Republicans Nicky Starling, Barry Robbins, Cody Holloway, Renee Davis• County Commission District 3: Roger Krossen• Whitfield County Schools Board District 2: Republicans Rodney Locke, Jamie Johnson• Whitfield County Schools Board District 4: Republican Louis Fordham (i)• Whitfield County Schools Board at-large: Republican Bill Worley (i), Brian Fossett
When Georgia’s primary election rolls around on May 20, Catoosa County residents can choose which Republican candidates they’d like to elect.
“No Democrats qualified locally,” county Custodian of Elections John Campbell said.
That’s becoming a trend, because no Democrats ran during the last primary when county-level seats were open in July 2012 – the first time in recent memory that Republicans completely dominated the ballot in Catoosa County.
Likewise, the primary ballots in Walker and Whitfield counties are solid red: Only Republicans are running for the county-level partisan slots that are open.