By Leah Sander
Staff Writer

ROCHESTER — The race for Fulton County auditor will be contested for the May 2024 primary.

Current Fulton County Councilwoman Lorie Hurst and Treasurer Kathy Adamson are both running as Republicans for the position.

A list of candidates who have filed for other positions as of early afternoon Monday, Jan. 29, is below. All of the candidates who have filed thus far are Republicans.

• Gail Karas, state delegate
• Bryan Lewis, precinct committeeman
• Tami Powell, precinct committeeman
• Carrie Ranstead, state delegate
• Richard Ranstead, state delegate and county commissioner district 3
• LeeAnn Eizinger, state delegate
• Jennifer Utter, treasurer
• Michael Canada, state delegate and precinct committeeman
• Kathy Adamson, precinct committeeman
• David Sommers, state delegate and county commissioner district 1
• Chad Hartzler, precinct committeeman
• Patricia Geier, county council at-large
• Steve Fishburn, county council at-large
• Stephenia Barkman, precinct committeeman
• Brian Fitzwater, state delegate and precinct committeeman
• Stephen Sanders, precinct committeeman
• Thomas Butler Jr., precinct committeeman
• Ron Woodruff, precinct committeeman
• Barry Baldwin, precinct committeeman
• Christopher Sailors, state delegate and precinct committeeman
• Monica Clennon, precinct committeeman
• Amy Roe, state delegate

The deadline for filing for local positions for the 2024 primary is noon Friday, Feb. 9, and may be done at the Fulton County Courthouse.

These positions are up for election:

• Fulton Superior Court judge
• Fulton County auditor
• Fulton County coroner
• Fulton County treasurer
• Fulton County Commissioner District 1
• Fulton County Commissioner District 3 and
• Fulton County Council At-Large, three seats

Other seats up for election consist of those of Republican precinct committeemen and Republican and Democratic state convention delegates.