DUBLIN, Ga. — Laurens County voters will decide contests for sheriff and district attorney this year, along with seven other races
Marshall Floyd qualified as a Democrat to challenge Sheriff Larry Dean in November.
Dean is a Republican.
Floyd also ran for sheriff in 2016 as a Republican, but lost the primary to Dean. He is a retired deputy and police officer.
Longtime District Attorney Craig Fraser, a Republican, is seeking a fifth term.
He has two challengers: Trey Taylor, a Republican attorney, and Adriane Latrell Love, a Democrat and a prosecutor.
The Dublin Judicial Circuit also includes Johnson, Treutlen and Twiggs counties.
Here are the other upcoming races on the Laurens County ballot:
COUNTY COMMISSION, DISTRICT 2
Incumbent Trae Kemp, a Republican, has a challenger: Democrat Peter Makaya. Kemp is a banker, Makaya a professor.
COUNTY COMMISSION, DISTRICT 3
Democrat Gary Johnson, who is retired, is challenging incumbent Jeff Davis, a Republican. Davis is president of Alterra Networks LLC.
CORONER:
Kendrick Mack, a funeral director and a Democrat, is challenging incumbent Richard Stanley III.
PROBATE JUDGE:
Five people are running for the non-partisan post: Bill Adams, mediator; Grady Cullens, attorney; Meg Greer Evans, an attorney; Genola Jackson, clerk and assistant election superintendent; and Jason Locke, probation officer.
TAX COMMISSIONER:
Two Republicans are running: Lee Dixon, a Laurens County tax officer, and Matt Lake, president of Lakeston Inc.
BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 2
There are three candidates: incumbent James Brown, a pastor; Eric Shepard, an operations manager; and Lock Wilford, who is retired.
BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 5
Tony Johnson, a logistics manager, is challenging incumbent Kenny Stewart, a juvenile justice case expediter.
UNOPPOSED
Colby Crabb, chief magistrate judge and Kenny Payne, board of education, District 3 were re-elected without opposition.
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