First Day Of Qualifying Brings Out Oconee County Incumbents For General Assembly, Constitutional Offices

Oconee County’s three representatives in the Georgia General Assembly filed for reelection Monday, in the first day of qualifying for the May 24 primaries.

All four of the county’s constitutional officers also qualified, as did incumbent coroner Ed Carson and incumbent Board of Education Chair Tom Odom.

So far, only Sheriff Scott Berry has opposition, as Kevin "Chappy" Hynes, former chaplin to the University of Georgia football team, qualified to run against Berry in the May Republican primary.

No one filed Monday to run for the chairmanship of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners or for Post 1 and Post 4 on the Commission or for Post 4 or Post 5 on the Oconee County Board of Education.

That is likely to change, as qualifying continues through noon on Friday.

For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Quick and Williams.