Two more people qualified in local races in Effingham County today, both for the District 4 Board of Education seat.
Faith Jaudon, 48, the 4-H program assistant in Effingham, qualified for the non-partisan seat that was vacated recently by Mose Mock. Mock resigned to spend time with his son, who has cancer. He has not been replaced on the board.
Jaudon has six children.
Ben Johnson also qualified today for the District 4 seat. Johnson is a yard foreman at Georgia Timber Exports.
Qualifying for the District 4 seat earlier this week were Elizabeth Helmly and Amanda Phillips.
Helmly, 59, is a retired educator. She was a teacher, assistant principal and principal in Effingham County for more than 30 years.
Phillips, 35, is a stay-at-home mother with a second grader at Ebenezer Elementary and a child in a private pre-K.
Earlier this week, one person qualified for the District 1 school board seat that’s held by Eddie Tomberlin. Robert Grant, 38, is a stay-at-home father who has a son in eighth grade at South Effingham Middle School and a daughter in fifth grade at Marlow Elementary School.
Tomberlin has said he will not run for re-election.
In the county commission race, incumbents Vera Jones, Phil Kieffer and Steve Mason have all qualified as Republicans for re-election.
Newcomer Jamie DeLoach, 34, qualified as a Republican to run against Mason in District 3. He is the manager of the Rincon branch of The Coastal Bank.
And newcomer David Crawley, 41, qualified as a Republican to run against Kieffer in the District 5 race. Crawley is public works director for the City of Springfield.
Two other local seats are up for election — solicitor of State Court and judge of the State Court.
Mark Lee qualified as a Republican to run for re-election as solicitor of State Court. He is the only person so far to qualify for that position.
No one has yet qualified for the judge’s seat, but State Court Judge Ronald Thompson has said he plans to run for re-election.
Qualifying continues through noon on Friday, according to Olivia Morgan, supervisor with the board of elections.
Qualifying for the non-partisan races — the State Court judge and board of education — is held at the board of elections office, at 284 Ga. 119 S., in Springfield. The office opens at 9 a.m.
The contact there is Morgan at 754-8030.
Candidates for partisan races — county commissioners and the solicitor of State Court — qualify at two separate locations. Republicans sign up at Dasher Insurance Agency, 105 E. First St., Springfield. The office opens at 9 a.m. Contacts are Brad Green at 661-4691 and Brittany Dasher at 754-0034.
Democrats sign up at Snooks Realty, 107 Laurel St., Springfield. The office opens at 9 a.m. The contact is Jack Garvin at 754-0015. No Democrats filed papers so far this week.
Qualification fees are: State Court judge, $3,608; State Court solicitor, $3,066; commissioners, $454; and board of education, $72.
The general primary is set for May 20 and the general election is Nov. 4.