Two More Qualify For Special Elections On Nov. 7 For Georgia House Districts 117 and 119

Houston Gaines qualified Thursday for the special election on Nov. 7 to fill the open seat for Georgia House District 117, while Marcus Wiedower qualified for the special election on Nov. 7 to fill the open seat for Georgia House District 119.

Gaines, running as a Republican, joins Deborah Gonzalez, who qualified to run as a Democrat on Wednesday.

Wiedower joins Wednesday qualifiers Thomas Lord and Steven Strickland, running as Republicans in the 119th, and Jonathan Wallace, running as a Democrat.

Only Doug McKillip among those who had announced in advance their intentions to run in the 117th and 119th has not yet qualified. Qualification remains open until 1 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) at the Georgia Secretary of State Office in Atlanta.

A candidate forum for those who qualify in the two races is scheduled for from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the Community Center in Oconee Veterans Park on Hog Mountain Road.

For details of the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Gaines and Gonzalez