Who’s running for office in Athens, GA? What do the candidates stand for? Let’s review the coming local, state and federal elections:
(Qualifying is March 6. 2020 candidates are not official before this date.)
Presidential Primary: March 24, 2020
Analysis of the 2020 Presidential candidates
Local Election / State Primary: May 19, 2020
US Senate, Democratic Primary (seat 1)
Sarah Riggs Amico
Jon Ossoff
Ted Terry
Teresa Tomlinson
US Senate, Democratic Primary (seat 2)
Sheriff, Democratic Primary
Ira Edwards [incumbent] John Q Williams [challenger]
There are no Republican candidates running for Sheriff as of yet.
The next Sheriff faces a major challenge surrounding deputy recruitment, retention and morale.
District Attorney, Democratic Primary
Deborah Gonzalez [candidate] Brian Patterson [candidate]
There are no Republican candidates running for District Attorney as of yet.
The current DA, Ken Mauldin, is not seeking re-election.
Commission, District 2
Mariah Parker [incumbent]
Commission, District 4
Allison Wright [incumbent]
Commission, District 6
Jerry NeSmith [incumbent]
Commission, District 8
Andrea Farnham [candidate] Kamau Hull [candidate] Carol Myers [candidate]
Commission, District 10
Mike Hamby [incumbent] Devon Spiva [challenger]
Board of Education, District 2
Open seat
Board of Education, District 4
Patricia Yager [incumbent]
Board of Education, District 6
Charles Worthy [incumbent]
Board of Education, District 8
John Knox [incumbent]
General Election: Nov 3, 2020
President
Donald Trump (R) [incumbent] Democratic nominee [challenger]
US Senate, seat 1
David Perdue (R) [incumbent] Democratic nominee [challenger]
US Senate, seat 2
Republican nominee [candidate] Democratic nominee [candidate]
US House, district 9
Doug Collins (R) [incumbent]
US House, district 10
Jody Hice (R) [incumbent] Democratic nominee [challenger]
State Senate, district 46
Bill Cowsert (R) [incumbent]
State Senate, district 47
Frank Ginn (R) [incumbent]
State House, district 117
Houston Gaines (R) [incumbent] Mokah Jasmine-Johnson (D) [challenger]
State House, district 118
Spencer Frye (D) [incumbent]
State House, district 119
Marcus Wiedower (R) [incumbent]
Public Service Commission, district 1
H. Doug Everett (R) [incumbent]
Public Service Commission, district 4
Bubba McDonald (R) [incumbent] Daniel Blackman (D) [challenger]