Six Qualify For Special Election On Nov. 7 For House Districts 117 And 119

Georgia House District 117, made up of parts of Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee counties, will continue to be represented by someone from Clarke County following the special election on Nov. 7.

Georgia House District 119, made up of Clarke and Oconee counties, will continue to be represented by someone from Oconee County following the Nov. 7 special election.

Oconee County voters, regardless of whether they live in the 117th or 119th, will have a chance to choose between a Democrat and a Republican for the first time since June of 2011, when a special election was held to fill a vacancy in the old 113th House District.

At that time, all of Oconee County fell in the 113th House District.

Qualifying for the two special elections to be held on Nov. 7 ended at 1 p.m. Friday, with two candidates filing during the open three-day period for the 117th and four filing for the 119th.

Doug McKillip, who earlier had announced he planned to run for the 117th seat, decided not to seek to qualify for the special election.

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

Pictured: Gaines, Gonzalez, Lord, Strickland, Wallace, Wiedower.