With the qualifying period ending at noon on Friday, the following candidates have filed the paperwork to seek election in the July 21 General Primaries.
For Sheriff: Ramone Gilbert, Andy Garrison, Janis Mangum, Greg Vaughn, Ronnie Norris, Gerald E. Moon
For Tax Commissioner: Don Elrod, incumbent
For Clerk of Courts: Camie Thomas, incumbent
For Coroner, Keith Whitfield, incumbent; and Jim Keinard
For Solicitor: Don Moore, incumbent
For Board of Commissioners: Guy Spicer and Jim Hix, District 1; Chas Hardy, incumbent, Max Allen and Jody Thompson, District 2; Tom Crow and Hunter Bicknell, incumbent, chairman
For Jackson County Board of Education: Lynn Wheeler, District 4; Michael Cronic, incumbent, District 1
Non Partisan Qualified Candidates
For Judge of State Court: Rob Alexander, incumbent; Jeff Perry
For Judge of Magistrate Court: Billy Chandler, incumbent
For Judge of Probate Court: Donna Geiger, Tracy Brooks, Sherry Moore, Donna Sikes
For West Jackson Fire Board, Joel T. Keith, Tim Sweat
For South Jackson Fire Board Dean Stringer, R.H. Edwards Jr., Edwin A. Oldhame
For Arcade Fire Board: Travis Bennett, Frank Clark, Douglas Martin, Jesse Covington
For North Jackson Fire Board: Chip McEver, Robert McEver, Dennis Elrod
For Maysville Fire Board: Hubert Blalock, Paul Douglas Lunsford, Nolan Pritchett
For Plainview Fire Board: Dwight Langford, Charles Craig Sewell
For Harrisburg Fire Board: John Watson, Dean Love Jr., Heather Ann Hart, Don Sailors Jeffrey Jones
For East Jackson Fire Board: David McCoy
For Jackson Trail Fire Board: Michael Glover, Ted Bishop, Bobby Sayers, James Johnson
For Nicholson Fire Board: Marty Seagraves
For State Representative, District 31: Tommy Benton, incumbent
For State Senator, District 47: Frank Ginn (R), incumbent; Tim Riley (D), Danny Yearwood (R)
For U.S. Congress in the newly created 9th District: Doug Collins (R), Roger Fitzpatrick (R), Martha Zoller (R), Jody Cooley (D)
In addition, former Braselton mayor Pat Graham will be the next chairman of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners. She was the only candidate to qualify for the position currently held by Danny Yearwood, who qualified to run for the Senate District 47 seat now held by Frank Ginn.