Late this afternoon Charles Baker (Chief Deputy Clerk of Court) qualified to run for his boss’ position.  So it would not be a suprise, he also faxed a press release to The Times at the same time he qualified.  Charles also applied to join the Hall County Republican Party this afternoon.

At about 4PM this afternoon, Jennifer Gibbs of Clermont, has completed the paperwork to qualify to run as a Republican for the Clerk of Court position.  Dwight Wood, the incumbent, still has not qualified.  Now it is a three-way race with JC Smith, Bob Vass, and Jennifer Gibbs all vying for the Republican position.  Jennifer...

At 2 PM today Coroner Marion Merck called to let me know he will be in Thursday or Friday morning to qualify.  He is out of town with his grandchildren and won’t be back until then.  He told me to tell anyone interested in qualifying against him that the position is already filled!  LOL!  Marion is...

While I was in court this morning, Craig Herrington came by and qualified for School Board.  Craig is a member of the Hall County GOP.  Other than Craig, it has been very quiet around here.  Haven’t seen the Coroner or Surveyor come in to qualify yet.  Remember candidates, the qualification period is more than half...

We had a great crowd at Poor Richards for our first Republican Social, and we basically took over the lower area.  Notable attendees were:  Sen. Lee Hawkins, Rep. Carl Rogers, Rep. Doug Collins, Comm. Billy Powell, Comm. Bobby Banks, Nate Morris (school board Post 4), DA Lee Darragh, and Judge Patti Cornett (probate court).  Candidates...

Just for interest, Jennifer Gibbs‘ husband came to pick up the forms for her to review to determine if she wants to qualify to run for clerk of court.  According to her husband, Jennifer is a CPA and is listed as the campaign treasurer for Superior Court Judge Bonnie Oliver’s re-election campaign. UPDATE:  Jennifer and...

Tuesday is over and the qualifications are over for the day.  We have faxed all the forms to the Supervisor of Elections.  Just in case anyone is keeping count, only one Democrat has qualified to run in our local elections so far.  Qualifications office will be open tomorrow, but I will be in court most of the...

At 2:45 PM today Incumbent Tax Commissioner Keith Echols qualified to run for re-election.  Keith is a member of the Hall County Republican Party.

At 2PM this afternoon, Judge Patti Cornett qualified to run for re-election as Probate Judge.  The probate court handles guardianship matters, marriage licenses, and concealed firearm permits.  So far, 2 candidates have qualified to run for probate judge–Dan Sammons qualified on Monday and Patti Cornett today.  Good luck to both in their campaigns!

Harris Blackwood at The Times wants to run a story on all the candidates for office this Saturday.  If you want to be included, please contact him immediately.  If I hear anything about WDUN, I will let you know as well.

This morning at 11:15 former Sheriff Bob Vass completed the paperwork to become a member of the Hall County Republican Party AND to qualify as a candidate for Clerk of Court.  The party welcomes Bob Vass to our number, and I’m sure that a law-and-order former Sheriff will feel at home with us.  I still...

Today at 10:35 AM a representative from Chris Patton picked up the forms for him to qualify to run for re-election as County Surveyor.  Chris is not (yet) a member of the Hall County Republican Party.  I hope he will remedy that situation before he qualifies.