Published Friday, May 02, 2008

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