Qualifying for the Sept. 17 nonpartisan special elections for the soon-to-be-combined Macon and Bibb County government closed Wednesday, setting the official slate of candidates for mayor and nine commission seats.
In a mostly quiet day, just one new candidate emerged.
Harold J. Young, a marketing manager who turns 49 Thursday, qualified just before the noon deadline to seek the District 1 seat. Young will face current Bibb County Commissioner Gary Bechtel. Before Young’s last-minute entry into the race, District 1 was the lone unchallenged seat.
The ballot lineup for the mayor’s race includes Bibb County Commissioner Joe Allen, former Commission Chairman Charlie Bishop, perennial candidate David Cousino, former Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis, Commission Chairman Sam Hart and Mayor Robert Reichert. Earlier this week, local activist Anthony Harris was certified as an official write-in candidate, but his name won’t appear on the ballot.
Qualifiers for the commission seats are:
Commission District 1: Bechtel and Young;
Commission District 2: Paul Bronson, Henry Ficklin and Larry Schlesinger;
Commission District 3: Elaine Lucas and Terry Tripp;
Commission District 4: Mallory Jones III, Beverly Olson and Theron Ussery;
Commission District 5: Bert Bivins III, Jon Carson and Louis Frank Tompkins;
Commission District 6: Robert Abbott, Chhor Chav, Ed DeFore and Adah Roberts;
Commission District 7: Eric Arnold, Barry Bell and Scotty Shepherd;
Commission District 8: Regina Davis, Charles Jones and Virgil Watkins Jr.;
Commission District 9: Al Tillman and James Timley.
Bibb County Elections Supervisor Jeanetta Watson said the total amount of qualifying fees from the candidates was $29,250, which will be turned in to the county’s Finance Department. That money, in turn, will be applied to the cost of holding the election, which usually costs about $50,000.
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