Four candidates qualified Thursday for Bulloch County offices up for election in the May 24 general primary. Qualifying continues 9 a.m. until noon Friday in the Board of Elections area at the Bulloch County Annex, 113 N. Main St.
The candidates qualifying Thursday were Lonnie Ellis and Kevin Wadley for Bulloch County probate judge, H. Lee Jones for the Bulloch County Board of Education District 1 and Stuart Tedders for the Board of Education District 3, for which incumbent Dr. LeVon Wilson has announced he will not seek re-election.
The following are the official candidates who qualified as of Thursday, as reported by Bulloch County Elections Supervisor Patricia Lanier Jones:
State court judge - Gary Mikell (incumbent)
Magistrate judge - June Braswell (incumbent)
Solicitor general - Joseph Cushner
Sheriff - Jared Akins and Noel Brown
County Commission chairman - Roy Thompson
County Commission 1A - Ray Mosley (incumbent) and Hayward Fields
County Commission 2A - Jimmy Hayes, Curt Deal and Gerald Fleming
County Commission 2C - Jappy Stringer and Gail Dismuke
Surveyor - John Dotson (incumbent)
Tax commissioner - James Deal (incumbent)
Clerk of courts - Heather McNeal (incumbent)
Probate judge - Lorna DeLoach, Marty Waters, Charlie Aaron, Kevin Wadley and Lonnie Ellis
Coroner - Jake Futch (incumbent)
Board of Education District 1 - Shalah Hendrix, H. Lee Jones and Cheri Wagner (incumbent)
Board of Education District 3 - Stuart Tedders
Board of Education District 7 - Heather Mims and Josh Mattos
Board of Education District 8 - Maurice Hill (incumbent)