At the federal level, both Senate seats have candidates withlocal ties as Libertarian Shane Hazel, a Forsyth County resident who previouslyran for Georgias 7th Congressional District as a Republican, willrun for the seat against Sen. David Perdue and Rep. Doug Collins, whorepresents Forsyth County and 19 other counties in northwest Georgia in-part orin-full, will run against Sen. Kelly Loeffler for the seat previously held byJohnny Isakson.<\/p>\n
The races for both of Forsyth Countys Congressional seats Districts 7 and 9 are also expected to see a large amount of candidates asDistrict 7 Rep. Rob Woodall is not seeking re-election and Collins is running forSenate. <\/p>\n
Qualifying will remain open until Friday at noon for both nonpartisanand political party candidates will qualify for the general primary, which willbe held on Tuesday, May 19 after three weeks of advance voting.<\/p>\n
The general primary will consist of non-partisan races andselecting party candidates for the Nov. 3 general election. It should be notedthat the Senate race for the seat held by Sen. Kelly Loeffler will be decidedin November. <\/p>\n
Heres who has qualified for the races so far:<\/p>\n
oSen. David Perdue (incumbent)- Republican<\/p>\n
oJames Knox- Democratic<\/p>\n
oTeresa Tomlinson- Democratic<\/p>\n
oShane Hazel- Libertarian<\/p>\n
o Brian Slowinski- Libertarian<\/p>\n
oSen. Kelly Loeffler (incumbent)- Republican<\/p>\n
oDoug Collins- Republican<\/p>\n
oTamara Johnson-Shealey- Democratic<\/p>\n
oRichard Dien Winfield- Democratic<\/p>\n
oAllen Buckley- Independent <\/p>\n
oMark Gonsalves- Republican <\/p>\n
oLynne Homrich- Republican<\/p>\n
oRenee Unterman- Republican<\/p>\n
oCarolyn Bourdeaux- Democratic<\/p>\n
o Rich McCormick- Republican<\/p>\n
oMichael Boggus- Republican<\/p>\n
oAndrew Clyde- Republican <\/p>\n
oMatt Gurtler- Republican<\/p>\n
oMaria Strickland- Republican<\/p>\n
oKevin Tanner- Republican <\/p>\n
oEthan Underwood- Republican <\/p>\n
o Devin Pandy- Democratic<\/p>\n
oBrooke Griffiths- Democratic<\/p>\n
oClint Smith- Republican<\/p>\n
oWill Wade- Republican<\/p>\n
oSteve Leibel- Republican<\/p>\n
oZach Tumlin- Republican<\/p>\n
oSharon Ravert- Democrat<\/p>\n
oRep. Wes Cantrell (incumbent)- Republican<\/p>\n
oCharles Ravencraft- Democratic <\/p>\n
oRep. Sheri Gillian (incumbent)- Republican<\/p>\n
oNatalie Bucsko- Democratic <\/p>\n
oTodd Jones (incumbent)- Republican<\/p>\n
oChrista Olenczak- Democratic <\/p>\n
oLauren McDonald III- Republican <\/p>\n
oJason Boskey- Democratic<\/p>\n
oTom Cleveland (incumbent)- Republican<\/p>\n
oBarry S. Herrin- Republican<\/p>\n
oDarla Sexton Light- Republican<\/p>\n
oLindsey Adams- Republican<\/p>\n
oAlfred John- Republican<\/p>\n
oCindy Jones Mills (incumbent)- Republican <\/p>\n
oLaura Semanson (incumbent)- Republican<\/p>\n
oRon H. Freeman (incumbent)- Republican <\/p>\n
oPaul W. Holbrook- Republican <\/p>\n
oTed Paxton - Republican<\/p>\n
oGreg G. Allen<\/p>\n
oMatthew C. Ledbetter<\/p>\n
oWalker H. Bramblett<\/p>\n
oT. Russell McClelland III<\/p>\n
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\nQualifying for 2020 election has started in Georgia. Here's who has made the cut - Forsyth County News Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"