Jim Barksdale, the Democratic Party’s nominee challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, will be one of two featured speakers Friday at the annual Democratic Party of Bulloch County Gala. The other will be Dr. Sid Chapman, executive director of the Georgia Association of Educators. With these two speakers, and in this presidential election year, the local party has sold a record number of eight-seat reserved tables for $225 each, said Dr. John Howard Brown, Bulloch Democratic Party chairman.