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TAKE ACTION! Georgia 2014 Primary elections

It is the season folks. On May 20th we will go to the ballot box in Georgia and choose who we want to run in the general election in the fall. Depending on your party affiliation you will get a different ballot with (if you are a democrat) some questions to answer. If you choose the democratic ballot (the republicans decided not to include any) you will get to answer the following:

1. Should Georgia raise the state minimum wage above the current $5.15 an hour?

2. Should Georgians’ federal tax dollars be returned to Georgia to fund Medicaid expansion and relieve the indigent-care burden on our hospitals?

3. Should the Constitution of Georgia be amended to create an independent ethics commission, not tied to the governor’s office, legislature or other elected office, to more effectively police potential ethics violations by elected officials?

4. Should the Constitution of Georgia be amended to make the education budget Georgia’s first funding priority?

Georgiaschoolwatch.com has provided a great list of the metro Atlanta candidates. The list can be read below. It includes all level of local, state, and national offices:

CLAYTON

County Commission District 1: Sonna Singleton (i), Joyce Baul, Richard Reagan, Jae Brown, Rosa Barbee, Walter W. Nix Sr.

District 4: Michael Edmondson (i), Robbie Moore, Larry W. Bussey
School Board District 1: Pam Adamson (i), Angel McSwain
District 4: Michael King (i), Kithya Kim
District 8: Alieka Anderson (i), Jeffery Benoit
District 9: Charlton Bivins (i)

COBB

County Commission District 1: Bill Byrne (R), Scott Tucker(R), Angela Barner (R), Bob Weatherford (R), Glenn Melson (R), Derrick Crump (D)
District 3: JoAnn Birrell (R)(i), Joseph Pond (R), Michael Opitz (R)
School Board Post 2: Jeffery“Jeff”Abel (R), Tim Stultz (R)(i), Susan Thayer (R), Kenya T. Pierre (D)
Post 4: David Chastain (R), William“Bill” Scott (R)
Post 6: Kevin R. Nicholas (R), Scott Sweeney (R)(i)
Solicitor General Barry Morgan (R)(i), Cindi Yeager (R)
Judges, State Court Post 1: Jason B. Fincher (i)
Post 3: Henry R. Thompson (i)
Post 4: Bridgette Campbell Glover (i)
Post 5: David P. Darden (i)

DEKALB

County Commission
District 2: Jeff Rader (i)
District 3: Larry Johnson (i)
District 7: Gregory Adams, Stan Watson (i)
School Board
District 1: Stan ?Jester
District 2: Don McChesney, Marshall Orson (i)
District 3: Jerrie D. Bason, Michael A. Erwin (i), Jarrod Jordan, Atticus LeBlanc, Willie R. Mosley, Jr.
District 4: Karen Carter (i), Jim McMahan (i), John Oselette, Ella“Coach”Smith
District 5: Pia“Chaz Afzal”Bhatti, Jesse “Jay”Cunningham, R. Alexander Fitzhugh, Thad Mayfield (i), Vickie B. Turner
District 6: Bridgeman Bolger, Melvin Johnson (i)
District 7: Kim Ault, Lee V. Dukes, Joyce Morley (i)
Judges, State Court
Johnny Panos (i) Alvin T. Wong (i)
Sheriff (Special election)
Dale Bernard Collins, Ted Golden, R.“Tony”Hughes, Vernon Jones, Melody Maddox, Jeff Mann (i), Melvin Mitchell, LaSalle Smith Sr.
Soil and Water Commission
Jeff Bragg, H. Anthony Gobert

FAYETTE

County Commission District 3: Stephen“Steve”Brown (R)(i), Harold K. Logsdon (R), Donnie Owen Haddix (R)
District 5: Jessie Allen McCarty (R)(i), Pota Coston (D)
School Board District 4: Ogechi Oparah (D), Mindette “Mindy”Fredrickson (R), Diane Basham (R), Jane L. Owens (R), John Kimbell (R)
District 5: Leonard Presberg (D)(i), Dean B. Dunton (R)

FULTON

Judges, State Court: Fred C. Eady (i) Eric A. Richardson (i) Jay M. Roth (i)
County Commission District 1: Liz Hausmann (R) (i)
District 2: Bob Ellis (R), Eric B. Broadwell (R)
District 3: Bernard“Bernie”Tokarz (R), Everett Lee Morris III (R), Cory Ruth (R), Alexander Palacios (R)
District 4: Joan P. Garner (D)(i), Eddie Lee Brewster (D)
District 5: Brenda J. Muhammad (D), Johnnie Gordon (D), Advis Dell Wilkerson-Byrd (D), Kwame Thompson (D), Marvin S. Arrington Jr. (D)
District 6: William“Bill”Edwards (D)(i), Emma I. Darnell (D)(i), Abraham Watson (R)
District 7: John H. Eaves (D)(i), Robert L. “Robb”Pitts (D)(i), Earl L. Cooper (R)
School Board
District 2: Katie Reeves (i)
District 5: Linda F. McCain (i)
District 6: Joel L. Joseph, Catherine E. Maddox (i), DeAndre S. Pickett
District 7: Julia C. Bernath (i), Kathleen A. Wittschen
Special election, City of Roswell Municipal Court Judge
Brian Hansford, John Monroe, Melanie Ellwanger, Leslie Morris Donaho

GWINNETT

County Commission
District 2: Jay Trevari (D), Lynette Howard (R)(i)
District 4: Alfie Meek (R), John Heard (R)(i)
Board of Education
District 2: Leon Hobbs (R), Ileana McCaigue (R), Dan Seckinger (R)(i)
District 4: Robert McClure (R)(i), Zachary Rushing (D)
State Court Judge: Pamela South (i), Joseph C. Iannazzone (i)
Solicitor: Gregory McKeithen (D), Rosanna Szabo (R)(i)

HENRY

County Commission
District 3: Gary Barham (R)(i), I. Darryl Payton (D), William“Bill”Toney (R), Horace Brannan (R),
District 4: Reid A. Bowman Sr.(R)(i), Blake Prince (R)
District 5: Bruce Holmes (D)(i)
School Board
District 4: Donna McBride, Virgil Brannon
District 5: Erik Charles (i), Annette Edwards