Politics & Government
Candidate Forum For Board Of Commissioners Races Announced
The two candidates for Commission Chair and the three candidates for Post 3 will participate in a virtual forum via Zoom.
All five candidates competing for positions on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners on the Nov. 3 ballot have agreed to participate in a virtual candidates forum over Zoom from 8 to 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 12.
The candidates will introduce themselves and then respond to questions submitted in advance and during the session itself.
The first 45 minutes of the session will be devoted to candidates in the non-primaried special election to fill the unexpired term of Post 3 Commissioner William “Bubber” Wilkes, who passed away earlier this year.
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Those candidates are Jacob Douylliez, Amrey Harden, and Aaron Nowak. Douylliez is running as a Democrat, while Harden and Nowak are running as Republicans.
The second part of the forum will feature the two candidates for the Chair of the Board of Commissioners.
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Incumbent John Daniell is running as the Republican Party nominee, and Eric Gisler is running as the Democratic Party nominee.
Michael Prochaska, editor of The Oconee Enterprise, has organized a forum for the three candidates in the District Attorney race that will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 1. The forum will be live streamed on the newspaper’s Facebook page.
For more on the forum, where to send questions in advance, and login procedures, please go to Oconee County Observations.