Qualifying is over

UPDATE: Wait a minute. Republican and Democratic party spokespeople say there are a few candidates that haven't been listed on the Secretary of State's Web site yet, so these lists might not be complete. I'll update in a while.

UPDATE 2: Looks like just one change, Sen. Grant picked up a challenger from Gray attorney Wilson B. Mitcham, a Democrat. I spoke to him briefly and he's a former ADA and assistant public defender transitioning into private practice who said he'd been mulling a legislative run for a while. He qualified at about 11:30 - right under the wire. That has the potential to be an interesting race.
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Interestingly, state Sen. Chip Rogers picked up a challenge from a Democrat named Carolos Lopez. He's listed as a 47-year-old retired Marine and a business owner.

I don't know enough about Mr. Lopez, or the district (Cobb County, birthplace of the greatest Georgians) to know if that could get interesting, but it got my attention.

A few other senators of note have competition as well.

As for the House leadership, of course Appropriations Chairman Ben Harbin has competition in the primary. You have to wonder if Rep. Harbin's oft-delayed DUI case will be a big issue in that campaign.

House Majority Leader Jerry Keen picked up a challenge from a Democrat named Leroy Dumas. But the alleged / rumored / supposed push to replace Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson in Paulding County never materialized. Can't say I'm surprised.

Senate:
District 16: (R) Ronnie Chance, 39, i; (D) Jerry Brillant, 52
District 25: (R) Johnny Grant, 58, i; (D) Wilson B. Mitcham, 60

House:
District 124: (D) Helen "Sistie" Hudson, 57, i; (R) Scott Nutial, 51
District 126: (R) David Knight, 38, i; (D) Bill Mauldin, 36
District 140: (R) Allen Freeman, 36, i; (D) James "Bubber" Epps, 64
District 142: (D) Horace M. Daniel, 67; (R) James L. Veal, 46; (D) Mack Jackson, 56
District 147: (R) Buddy Harden, 67; (R) Carden Summers, 50; (D) Roy C. Gibbs, 54
District 156: (R) Butch Parrish, 66, i; (D) Jonathan McCollar, 34

The full Middle Georgia list, including Congressional seats, the legislature and district attorneys, is on our site here.

Everything else you can get from the Secretary of State.

By the way, two wrongs officially make a right now in the Democratic Senate primary.