Qualifying week leaves Bulloch County with one two-candidate race – between a Democrat and a Republican – to the Nov. 3 general election for a county commission seat, a race among three Republicans to the May 19 party primary or its June 16 runoff for another commission seat, and a third commission seat already set to change at year-end. Additionally, one Bulloch County Board of Education seat, District 5, is positioned to have a race to May 19, which is also the nonpartisan general election. Both longtime incumbent BOE member Glennera Martin and a challenger, Jessica L. Jones, signed up and paid their qualifying fees Friday morning, the last half-day of the 4½-day qualifying period. Friday morning is also when the only local contest emerged that is set run all the way to the general election. Spencer Johnson signed up and paid the candidate fee Friday with the Bulloch County Republican Party to run for Board of Commissioners Seat 1-B. But the Seat 1-B incumbent, Commissioner Anthony D. Simmons, had qualified Monday as a Democrat, as he always has. So Simmons’ name will appear as an uncontested candidate on the Democratic primary ballot, and meanwhile Johnson’s name will appear alo
