Early voting starts Wednesday for Hamilton County primary elections and voters will see contests in three countywide races – for county mayor, a Circuit Court judgeship, and the register of deeds office – and four county commission races.
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District 1
Incumbent Randy Fairbanks is seeking a second term, while challenger Steve Coker is hoping to upset him in the Republican primary.
Fairbanks, 61, won the seat in 2014 after toppling longtime commissioner Fred Skillern in the primary and besting a write-in campaign by school board member and Skillern ally Rhonda Thurman.