Thursday, August 07, 2008
Published Friday, May 02, 2008 in Local
The candidates
It's shaping up to be an exciting campaign season in Coweta, with contested races in both the partisan primaries and the general election. Several non-partisan seats will also be decided in November, with qualifying for those coming up in June.
Contested local races include:
* Coweta County Board of Commissioners:
District One -- Incumbent Republican Paul Poole, Republican Brent Benson and Democrat Bill Wood
District Four -- Republicans Gary DeGeorge and Rodney Brooks
District Five -- Republican Rob Brass and Democrat Alphonso Smith
* Coweta Solicitor General -- Incumbent Republican Robert Stokely and Republican Randy Coggin
* State Senate District 28 -- Incumbent Mitch Seabaugh, R-Sharpsburg, and Betty Aaron, D-Palmetto
* State House District 71 -- Incumbent Billy Horne, R-Sharpsburg, and Jason Smith, D-Newnan
* U.S. House of Representatives District Three -- Incumbent Lynn Westmoreland, R-Grantville, and Stephen Camp, D-Newnan
* Coweta Coroner - Republicans Ray Yeager Jr. and Mike Hutson
* The following incumbents, all Republicans, are running unopposed:
State Rep. Lynn Smith, R-Newnan
Coweta Sheriff Mike Yeager
Coweta Circuit District Attorney Pete Skandalakis
Superior Court Clerk Cindy Brown
Tax Commissioner Tommy Ferrell
Surveyor John Christopher
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