New candidate emerges in District 6 race | Elections | Macon.com

A new candidate in the District 6 commission race qualified Tuesday afternoon for the Sept. 17 nonpartisan special election to choose the new Macon-Bibb County consolidated government.

Chhor Chav, a 36-year-old sheet metal mechanic, is running for the District 6 commission seat against Robert Abbott, Ed DeFore and Adah Roberts. According to Chav’s notice of candidacy, he has lived within the district for a month.

With the exception of two candidates who withdrew from their races, all the candidates who had previously qualified to run for office last April have since re-qualified through Tuesday. Reopening qualifying was necessary after the special election date was postponed from July 16 to Sept. 17.

Qualifying closes at noon Wednesday at the Bibb County Board of Elections office, 2445 Pio Nono Ave., in Macon. It costs $3,000 to qualify for the mayor’s race and $450 to qualify for a commission seat.

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