5 candidates qualify for election to fill Fleming’s House seat
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Officials have released the list of candidates for the special election next month to select who’ll succeed Barry Fleming in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Fleming, R-Harlem, resigned after Gov. Brian Kemp appointed him as a judge in the Columbia Judicial Circuit. The judicial vacancy was created by the retirement of James Blanchard Jr.
The special election will take place Feb. 13, with a runoff, if needed, to be held March 12.
The Columbia County Board of Elections said Thursday that these candidates qualified for the election:
- CJ Pearson – Republican
- Gary Richardson – Republican
- Jim Steed – Republican
- Kay Turner – Democrat
- John Turpish – Libertarian
Jan. 16 will be the last day to to vote.
Advance in-person absentee voting will begin Jan. 22.
These Columbia County precincts will be open on Election Day:
- 10 – Kiokee Baptist Church
- 16 – Woodlawn Baptist Church
- 20 – Harlem Branch Library
- 22 – Harlem Senior Center
- 24 – Second Mount Moriah Baptist Church
- 25 – the Former Euchee Creek Library
- 30 – Liberty Park
- 31 – Grovetown Methodist Church
- 32 – Greater Augusta Apostolic Church
- 33 – Grovetown DPS Station #2
- 34 – Grovetown Branch Library
- 40 – Eubank Blanchard Community Center
- 62 – Parkway Baptist Church
- 68 – Parkway Elementary School
- 75 – Belair Baptist Church
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