With Harris qualifying as challenger, a race is on for Statesboro mayor's office

Signed up Monday afternoon, after incumbent Mayor McCollar did so that morning; window open till Friday

Raymond Harris, right, asks a question of City Clerk Leah Harden as he completes paperwork and pays the $560 fee to become a candidate for mayor of Statesboro on Monday, Aug. 18. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Harris qualifies for Statesboro mayoral race — Raymond Harris, right, asks a question of City Clerk Leah Harden as he completes paperwork and pays the $560 fee to become a candidate for mayor of Statesboro on Monday, Aug. 18. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Statesboro has a mayoral race for the Nov. 4 city ballot, since Raymond L. Harris Sr., a U.S. Army veteran with civilian experience in information technology, signed up as a challenger candidate and paid the qualifying fee Monday afternoon. Incumbent Mayor Johnathan McCollar, now in his eighth year in office, had qualiﬁed that morning.

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