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2008 Local Elections

Re-posted by request. Originally posted on May 5, 2008.

I've complied a list of candidates running for office in Clayton, Newton and Henry. The list is based upon information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Covington News and the Henry Daily Herald and it is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

I am still looking for websites for most of the candidates. If you know of one that I am missing, please let me know.

You can view the lists directly by clicking on the name of the county you want. Candidates in italics are incumbents.
- Clayton County
- Henry County
- Newton County



Clayton County
County Commission Chairman
- Eldrin Bell (D)
- Virginia Burton Gray (D)
- Lee Scott (D)
- Earl Randall (D)
- Phaedra Graham (D)

Board of Commissioners District 2
- Lawrence Ethridge (D)
- Gail Hambrick (D)
- Danny Hayes (D)
- C. Wesley Meadows (D)

Board of Commissioners District 3
- Wole Ralph (D)
- Angela Redding (D)
- Ronald Ringer (D)
- Michael Bryant (D)

Sheriff
- Victor Hill (D)
- Kem Kimbrough (D)
- Garland Watkins (D)
- Ernest Strozier (D)
- Sherman Lemon (D)

Magistrate Judge
- Daphne Walker (D)

Solicitor General
- Tasha Mosley (D)
- Leslie Miller-Terry (D)

Probate Judge
- Pam Ferguson (D)

Tax Commissioner>
- Terry Baskin (D)

Clerk of Court
- Tony Antoine (D)
- Linda Miller (D)
- Michelle Thomas (D)

Board of Education District 2
- Lois Baines-Hunter (D)
- Lindsey McDaniel, III (D)
- Andre Glover (D)
- Wanda Smith (D)
- Latacher Levette Prayor (D)
- Colette Larkins (D)
- Della Ashley (R)

Board of Education District 3
- Charles H. Davis (D)
- Blondie Perry-Christian (D)
- Jessie Goree (D)
- Tammie Hardy (D)
- Marty Holder Sr. (D)

Board of Education District 4 (non-partisan special election)
- Michael Bernard King
- Milton Macks
- Deverick Williams

Board of Education District 5
- Diana Nicholson (R)
- Basil Lue (D)
- Phyllis Moore (D)
- Trena Morris (D)
- Ophelia Burroughs (D)
- Jennifer Talley (D)

Board of Education District 6 (Vacant)
- Vernetta Reeves (D)
- Mary Baker (D)
- Glenn Dowell (D)
- Mable Swaby (D)
- William Hill (D)
- John Askew (D)
- Robert Green (D)
- James Stanley (D)

Board of Education District 7
- David Ashe (D)
- Trinia Garrett (D)
- Denese Sampson (D)

Board of Education District 8 (non-partisan special election)
- Alieka Anderson
- Edward Rigdon



Henry County
County Commission Chairman
- Fred Auletta (R)
- Mike Eddy (R)
- Jim Joyner (R)
- BJ Mathis (R)
- Charles Mobley (R)
- Chuck Tanner (R)

Board of Commissioners District 1
- Warren Holder (R)

Board of Commissioners District 2
- Rick Jeffares (R)
- Cindy Steele-Klein (R)

Board of Commissioners District 3
- John Ditzler (R)
- Randy Stamey (R)

Tax Commissioner
- David Curry (R)
- Tommy Smith (R)

District Attorney
- Tommy Floyd (R)

Sheriff
- Joe Mack Eckler (D)
- Jim Cox (R)
- Keith McBrayer (R)
- William "Bo" Moss (R)

Judge of Probate Court
- Kelley Powell (R)

Clerk of Superior Court
- Barbara Ann Harrison (R)
- Johnny Mitchell (R)

Coroner
- Charles "Greg" Cannon (R)
- Joel Harris (R)

Board of Education
Qualifying for Districts 1, 2 and 3 is from June 23rd to June 27th.



Newton County
County Commission Chairman
- Emmett Denby (D)
- Kathryn Morgan (D)
- Hubert White (D)
- Aaron Varner (R)
- Susette Monk (R)
- Ed Hutter (R)

Board of Commissioners District 1
- Mark Patrick (D)
- Willie Smith (D)
- Mort Ewing (R)
- Ann Wilson (R)

Board of Commissioners District 3
- Jimmy Clark (D)
- Andre Cooper (D)
- Victor Etefia (D)
- Nancy Schulz (D)
- Gabrial White (D)
- Matthew Eason (R)
- Keith Mitcham (R)

Board of Commissioners District 5
- Randy Vinson (D)
- Tim Fleming (R)
- John Travis (R)

Board of Education District 2
- Eddie Johnson (D)
- Rickie Corley (R)

Board of Education District 4
- Almond Turner (D)

Sheriff
- Ezell Brown (D)
- Gwen Hightower (D)
- Martin Roberts (R)
- Stacey Cotton (R)
- Christopher Cowan (R)
- Bill Watterson (R)

Tax Commissioner
- Nicholas Day (D)
- Barbara Dingler (R)
- Doris Strickland (R)

Probate Judge
- Henry Baker (D)

Clerk of Superior Court
- Linda Hays (R)

Coroner
- Tommy Davis (R)

Alcovy Circuit District Attorney
- Ken Wynne (R)

Comments

I'm one candidate for Clayton Co. School Board District 8. The other, Alieka Anderson, has a MySpace page at:
http://www.myspace.com/votealieka

--Ed Rigdon

Website for Diana Nicholson, Clayton BOE district 5:
http://www.nicholsonforboe.com/

Thank you.

Jason - Thanks for doing what none of the local papers or media seem to be able to do: keep us updated.

For Clayton Sheriff, here is one of the candidate's websites: http://www.strozierforsheriff.org/

Though I hear electing him will be much like another Victor Hill, only taller.

Hey the website for Diana Nicholson is http://www.nicholsonforboe.org

Hi Jason,

I wanted to provide my web site. Keep up the hard work.

Sincerely,

Joe Mack Eckler

The website for Keith Mitcham is http://electkeithmitcham.com/
Newton County Board of Commissioners District 3

Clayton County School Board Candidate District 7.

Thank you for your concern Jason! We also have a Facebook account, and a website being constructed, which I will let you know when this is completed.

myspace.com/votedenese08

denese_sampson4schoolboard08@comcast.net

I'll be voting for Joel. It is nice to see someone actually campaigning for this office. He is giving it his effort, he will get my vote.

Ophelia Burroughs' website is www.myspace.com/opheliaforclaytoncounty

She is a retired teacher of Clayton County's Jonesboro High School & has lived in Riverdale for over 30 years. She is truly the best candidate, and I wish her luck.

Thanks!

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