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Candidates for Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor For 2012 GSWCC SUPERVISOR ELECTIONS-BALLOT LIST Candidates for Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor for November 2012 Election GSWCC REGION COUNTY DISTRICT QUALIFIED CANDIDATE(S)* I Catoosa Catoosa County Frank Keith Bonnell (I) I Catoosa Catoosa County Roger O. Bowman, Jr. (I) I Chattooga Coosa River Robert "Greg" Hurley (I) I Cherokee Limestone Valley William Henry Grizzle I Coweta West Georgia Lisle R. Bowers (I) I Dade Coosa River Loyd C. Gass (I) I Douglas West Georgia Tommy E. Waldrop (I) I Gordon Coosa River Sam Payne (I) I Meriwether Roosevelt Ryan S. Johnson I Meriwether Roosevelt Joseph Carl Branch I Murray Limestone Valley James F. Petty (I) I Paulding Coosa River Charles E. Rutland, Sr. I Pickens Limestone Valley No qualified candidate I Rabun Blue Ridge Mountain Richard Augustus Godfrey I Towns Blue Ridge Mountain Virginia Dyer Palmer (I) I Troup Roosevelt Marcus Jones (I) I Whitfield Limestone Valley Wes Fogle II Banks Broad River Dennis T. Brown (I) II Barrow Oconee River No qualified candidate II Clarke Oconee River No qualified candidate II Columbia Columbia County Edward "Gene" Hair (I) II Columbia Columbia County Anna "Jeanie" Hill (I) II Columbia Columbia County Michael R. Rorick II Elbert Broad River No one qualified II Franklin Broad River No qualified candidate II Habersham Upper Chattahoochee River No qualified candidate II Hall Hall County Michael R. Haynes (I) II Hall Hall County Thomas Larry Nix (I) II Hart Broad River Bobby McLane (I) II Jackson Oconee River William Dewey Johnson (I) II Lincoln Lincoln County Stanton E. Tankersley (I) II Lincoln Lincoln County Inman Curry Hogan, Jr. (I) II McDuffie McDuffie County George Reeves (I) II McDuffie McDuffie County Frederick R. Vergeer (I) II McDuffie McDuffie County Larry D. Morris (I) II Stephens Stephens County Lakie Meeks III Clayton Clayton County Joseph C. Shelnutt (I) III Clayton Clayton County Kyrishia Reid Johnson III Cobb Cobb County Alice Champagne (I) III Cobb Cobb County Donald Ayres (I) III DeKalb DeKalb County Doug Denton (I) III DeKalb DeKalb County Dell MacGregor (I) III Fulton Fulton County Alan O. Toney (I) 2012 GSWCC SUPERVISOR ELECTIONS-BALLOT LIST GSWCC REGION COUNTY DISTRICT QUALIFIED CANDIDATE(S)* III Fulton Fulton County Preston D. Mason (I) III Gwinnett Gwinnett County No qualifid candidate III Gwinnett Gwinnett County Ellis R. Lamme (I) III Gwinnett Gwinnett County Larry Kaiser (I) IV Hancock Piedmont No qualified candidate IV Jones Piedmont Thomas Ricky Yarbrough IV Lamar Lamar County Lynn H. Parker (I) IV Lamar Lamar County Russ W. Walters IV Monroe Towaliga No qualified candidate IV Newton Upper Ocmulgee River No qualified candidate IV Pike Towaliga Thomas Michael Lacey, Sr. (I) IV Spalding Towaliga Danny C. Meadows IV Upson Towaliga Sidney L. Beach (I) IV Warren Warren County No one qualified IV Warren Warren County James H, McMichael (I) V Ben Hill Middle South Georgia No qualified candidate V Bibb Ocmulgee River Lindsay "Doc" Holliday V Brooks Middle South Georgia Dan Niewoehner (I) V Calhoun Flint River Martin L. McLendon (I) V Chattahoochee Pine Mountain Benjamin M. Miller (I) V Clay Lower Chattahoochee River No qualified candidate V Clinch Alapaha Talmadge Guess (I) V Colquitt Middle South Georgia No qualified candidate V Cook Alapaha Julian "Leroy" Howell (I) V Crawford Ocmulgee River Charlie F. Harris (I) V Crisp Middle South Georgia John Woodward (I) V Dougherty Flint River Richard R. Thomas (I) V Harris Pine Mountain Glen Bray V Houston Ocmulgee River Larry Samuel Morton V Irwin Middle South Georgia Walter Donald Register (I) V Lee Lower Chattahoochee River No qualified candidate V Macon Ocmulgee River No qualified candidate V Marion Pine Mountain No qualified candidate V Miller Flint River Max Louie Grimes (I) V Muscogee Pine Mountain Joshua Randall Weaver V Peach Ocmulgee River George W. Hancock (I) V Pulaski Ocmulgee River Timothy Allen (I) V Schley Lower Chattahoochee River No qualified candidate V Sumter Lower Chattahoochee River James Reid (I) V Terrell Lower Chattahoochee River Jack H. Hufstetler (I) V Thomas Middle South Georgia Donald L. Hall (I) V Turner Middle South Georgia Ross Kendrick V Webster Lower Chattahoochee River No one qualified VI Bryan Coastal William C. Tillman (I) VI Charlton Satilla River Ross A. Ferrell VI Chatham Coastal Horace B. Waller (I) 2012 GSWCC SUPERVISOR ELECTIONS-BALLOT LIST GSWCC REGION COUNTY DISTRICT QUALIFIED CANDIDATE(S)* VI Coffee Altamaha Orson Adams (I) VI Effingham Ogeechee River No qualified candidate Tabatha Wooten (I) VI Jeff Davis Altamaha Chase Hall VI Liberty Coastal Jerry Holcomb (I) Cecil Stafford (I) VI Long Coastal Raiford B. Benton III James R. "Bob" Monroe (I) VI McIntosh Coastal Sharita L. Armstrong VI Pierce Satilla River Jim Waters VI Richmond Brier Creek Johnny R. Stevens (I) VI Screven Ogeechee River Lamar Ernest Zipperer (I) VI Tattnall Ogeechee River Adair Branch (I) VI Telfair Altamaha Garry R. Spires (I) VI Ware Satilla River No qualified candidate VI Wayne Satilla River Kristy G. Arnold *In areas where no candidate qualified,an interested party can be elected as a write‐in candidate. Contact your local elections office for more information on the write‐in candidate process..
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