Pike County voters will go to the polls Tuesday, July 20 to cast ballots in the Georgia General Primary.
Those ballots will decide two local races.
Two local races to be decided in primary balloting
Voters in Pike's district 2 will decide whether to return incumbent Parrish Swift to the county commission or replace him with challenger Tamra Jarrett. Voters must choose a Republican ballot to vote in this race.
Pike voters, along with those in Lamar County and portions of Upson County, will also decide the Georgia House District 127 race where incumbent Billy Maddox is challenged by Dr. Spencer Price. Again, voters must choose a Republican ballot to vote in this race.
Pike's district 1 commission race, in which Democratic incumbent Roosevelt Willis is facing Republican challenger Carol Bass, will be decided in the general election November 2.
Multiple additional state and regional races, including those for governor and lieutenant governor, are also on the ballot.
For up-to-the-minute election results Tuesday night, call the Journal-Reporter's election hotline at 770.567.3446 or log on to pikecountygeorgia.com.
Pike voters, along with those in Lamar County and portions of Upson County, will also decide the Georgia House District 127 race where incumbent Billy Maddox is challenged by Dr. Spencer Price. Again, voters must choose a Republican ballot to vote in this race.
Pike's district 1 commission race, in which Democratic incumbent Roosevelt Willis is facing Republican challenger Carol Bass, will be decided in the general election November 2.
Multiple additional state and regional races, including those for governor and lieutenant governor, are also on the ballot.
For up-to-the-minute election results Tuesday night, call the Journal-Reporter's election hotline at 770.567.3446 or log on to pikecountygeorgia.com.
When I missed qualifying week while out of town, Carol Bass was asked to run for this seat as a conservative candidate. I would have had to get 125+/- signatures to qualify. I spoke with Carol in a 3 hour meeting about the D1 seat and the issues that I felt were important and we agreed 100% on all of the issues that I felt needed to be addressed by the new BOC.
We also discussed the ramifications of her and I running as a conservative candidate and the dilution of the votes by splitting them between us. We felt that it was more important that we ensure that there was a new commissioner rather than have me run basically against Carol.
At that time I was asked to run for the district 6 BOE seat and I politely declined. After several weeks of discussing the D6 BOE seat with people around the county, I decided to run for that seat.
I feel it's time we had a more conservative BOC and BOE so I decided to run and have qualified for the D6 BOE seat.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Children stay in school, do not drop out.
gosh, i hope swift is swept away and then you know who is next!