Sarah Bell Files To Run For Post 4 On Oconee County Board of Commissioners

Sarah Bell Thursday filed to run for the Post 4 position on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, joining incumbent Mark Saxon in the contest for that sport.

Saxon qualified on Wednesday, as did Penny Mills and Mark Thomas, both seeking to fill the Post 1 position left vacant by the retirement of Commissioner Jim Luke.

Incumbent Board of Education member Tim Burgess qualified Thursday to run for his Post 4 position, and incumbent Post 5 BOE member Wayne Bagley qualified to run for reelection to that post.

Incumbent Board of Education Chair Tom Odom filed for reelection on Monday, the first day of qualifications. Odom, as Chair, holds Post 1 on the BOE.

John Daniell qualified to run for the Chair of the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Incumbent Chair Melvin Davis has said he plans to retire.

All candidates who have filed in Oconee County to date will be running as Republicans in the May 24 primary.

Qualifications continue through noon tomorrow.

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

Pictured: Sarah Bell