Three County Commission seats are on the ballot for the 2026 local election cycle, and three school board seats as well, along with a State Court judge seat for the Paulding County Judicial Circuit.
So far, two of the races for County Commission will be contested, and one of the school board races will go to November for decision on the ballot with a Democrat and GOP candidate on the ballot.
A three-way race has developed for the Post 2 County Commission seat, featuring Jeff Cole, David Dial and Wendell Purvis, who are all challenging for the seat.
Post 3 Commissioner Virginia Galloway will seek to keep her seat on the GOP ticket, but no matter what she’ll face a November challenge from a Democratic candidate who qualified this week. Taurus Madric will seek the seat as a challenger in the race.
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Currently, GOP incumbent Dean Schneider has no challenger for the Post 4 County Commission seat.
The School Board also has a contested November race. Republican Shane Miller and Democrat Rhonda Williams have qualified for the District 2 Paulding County BoE seat. Neither has a challenger in their primary as of information shared from Paulding’s Elections and Voter Registration office this morning.
District 5’s seat includes Republican Jeff Byrd, and District 6 features GOP candidate Tara Buzzelli – both challengers in the race.
One judicial seat is open for a state court judge, and Mason Rountree is seeking the seat as a non-partisan candidate.
Expect additional names to be added to the ballot through the remainder of the week before qualifying closes out for the May primaries Friday at noon.
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