Politics & Government
2 Challenge Burrell Ellis For CEO Job
Greg Pallen qualifies for the Republican primary for Congress.
Incumbent DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will face at least two opponents in the July 31 Democratic primary.
Gregory Adams and Jerome Edmondson have qualified to run for that office.
Adams is a former DeKalb police officer, a minister and has managed seveal companies, according to his website. He is a different person from DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams.
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Edmondson is a former law enforcement officer and is president of Edmondson Associates Business Advisors, according to his website.
Qualifying ends at noon Friday.
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Two commissions face Democratic primary challenges.
In District 4, in incumbent Sharon Barnes-Sutton (I) will face Steve Bradshaw. In District 5, incumbnet Lee May will face Kenneth L. Samuel and Andre R. White.
There are now four candidates seeking U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson's seat.
Greg Pallen, 43, of Oxford qualifed Thursday to run as a Republican. He'll face Chris Vaughn in the GOP Primary.
Johnson is running again and will face Lincoln Nunnally in the Democatic primary.
These candidates qualifed Thursday to run for office, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's office and the DeKalb County Board of Elections.
You can see the candidates who qualified Wednesday in this Decatur Patch story. Qualifying ends at noon Friday.
DeKalb County CEO
Gregory Adams -- Democrat
Jerome Edmondson -- Democrat
Burrell Ellis (I) -- Democrat
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 1
Elaine Boyer (I) -- Republican
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 4
Sharon Barnes-Sutton (I) -- Democrat
Steve Bradshaw -- Democrat
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 5
Lee May (I) -- Democrat
Kenneth L. Samuel -- Democrat
Andre R. White -- Democrat
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 6
Kathie Gannon (I) -- Democrat
Chief Magistrate
Berryl Anderson (I) -- Democrat
Clerk of Superior Court
John Carter -- Democrat
Debra Deberry (I) -- Democrat
Oretha Brown Johnson -- Democrat
Frank W. Swindle -- Democrat
Sheriff
Thomas E. Brown, Jr. (I) -- Democrat
Solicitor
Sherry Boston (I) -- Democrat
Tax Commissioner
Melvin Allen Tukes -- Democrat
Probate Judge (Nonpartisan)
Jeryl Debra Rosh (I)
State Court Judge, Division 2 (Nonpartisan)
Stacey Hydrick (I)
State Court Judge, Division 3 (Nonpartisan)
Wayne M. Purdom (I)
State Court Judge, Division 5 (Nonpartisan)
Eleanor L. Ross (I)
State Court Judge, Division 6 (Nonpartisan)
Dax E.Lopez (I)
Dionne McGee
State Court Judge, Division 7 (Nonpartisan)
Janis C. Gordon (I)
DeKalb County School Board, District 2 (Nonpartisan)
Marshall Orson
DeKalb County School Board, District 4 (Nonpartisan)
James T. (Tom) Gilbert
James (Jim) P. Kinney, III
H. Paul Womack, Jr. (I)
DeKalb County School Board, District 6 (Nonpartisan)
Melvin Johnson
DeKalb County School Board, District 8 (Nonpartisan)
Nobody yet.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
Greg PallenP.O. Box 1106
Oxford, GA 30054
E-Mail: vote@gregpallen4congress.com Party: Republican
Age: 43
Occupation: President/CEO
Website: www.gregpallenforcongress.com
Date Qualified: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Superior Court Judge, Stone Mountain Circuit
Superior Court Judge, Stone Mountain Circuit
Clarence F. "Chuck" Seeliger (Incumbent)No Address Available
Party: Non-Partisan
Age: 71
Occupation: Judge of Superior Court
Date Qualified: Thursday, May 24, 2012
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