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Gilmer County Gop Participates in Fourth of July Parade 2008
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1. Party members pose for a shot after decorating cars for parade 2. Gilmer GOP Chair, Linda Wright, picks her car for the parade. All cars courtesy of Gilmer Republican Commission Post Candidate, J.C. Sanford 3. Rep. Candidate Leon Watkins gets ready to ride in the parade.

4. Rep. Candidate Anita Mullins stands out above the crowd. 5. The finishing touches are put on the Republican car entries. 6. Former State Representative and Gilmer C. Commissioner, Ben Whitaker, poses by his parade car.

Due to so many people being on vacation, the Gilmer Republican Party will not have their regularly scheduled meeting on the first Tuesday of July. Our meetings will resume in August on the first Tuesday at the Courthouse Assembly Room. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July holiday. We will have two cars in the annual Fourth of July parade, courtesy of J.C. Sanford.

June 1, 2008

Gilmer Republicans:
Don’t forget our Republican Candidate forum on Tuesday, June 3^rd, at the Bobcat’s Den. Reception starts at 7:00 with the forum starting at 8:00. Bob Becker , Social Studies Dept. Chair at GHS will be our moderator. This will be an orderly forum, with questions being written on forms when attendants arrive, and asked by the moderator. There will be no questions asked from the floor. One of the sheriff department’s deputies will act as sgt. of arms. Looking forward to seeing you all at a very important and informative event.

May 12, 2008
The Gilmer Republican party will hold a reception / voter forum with Republican candidates for office on Tuesday, June 3^rd, at the Bobcat’s Den at 7:00 pm. Reception starts at 7:00. Forum starts at 8:00. The public is invited to attend. Hope
to see you there.

Congratulations Gilmer Republicans
April 3, 2008

We qualified 19 candidates this past week to compete in various races for public office in this July’s primary. We were unable to get the following information in the Times-Courier, but THIS COMING TUESDAY , ( MAY 6^th) at the courthouse, at 7:00, at our regularly scheduled meeting, we will give each candidate a few minutes to tell his/her name, what office they are running for, and why they are running for that office.

Hope to see you there!!! Come and bring a friend. Also, sometime between now and the July primary date, we are planning to have a reception for all our candidates...the date and time of this event will be announced when we finalize arrangements...look at the "What’s Happening "section in the paper each week, and you will receive an email from me.

If you see any of the following candidates, thank them for offering their time and abilities for the future of Gilmer county.

Commission Chair: Inc. Jerry Farist, Mark Chastain, Rayburn Smith, and Benjamin "Tony" Whitaker
Post 1 Commissioner: Max Holstein, Leon Watkins, Will Beattie
Post 2 Commissioner: Jerry Tuso, J.C. Sanford, Joe Waldrop
Probate Judge: Inc. Anita Mullins, Jimmy Sellers
Coroner: Inc. Jerry Hensley, Hilda Willis
Magistrate Judge: Roger Kincaid
Sheriff: Inc. Stacy Nicholson
Surveyor: Scott Chastain
Tax Commissioner: Melba Bennett
Clerk of Court: Glenda Sue Johnson

The Sheriff's Dept. will be receiving its State Certification award this Thursday, March 27th. This presentation will be the first item on the agenda for the Commissioner's meeting that begins at 5:00. Please pass this info. to our fellow Republican party members & make sure they know they are more than welcome to be there. Also, don’t forget our April meeting, April 1^st in the Jury Assembly room in the courthouse, at 7:00 pm. Hope to see you there. -- Linda Wright, Gilmer GOP Chair

Photos from County Convention - March 15, 2008
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February 26, 2008

Fellow Republicans:
On Super Tuesday in Gilmer County 45.49 % of our "active" registered voters went to the polls. The General Election is coming up November 4^th and I encourage you all to get out and support the candidate of your choice.

Gilmer County will be holding its Precinct/County Convention on Saturday, March 15^th ,to select delegates to the district and state conventions. Please be there at 9:00 am sharp , in order to take part in the voting at the convention. We will have the convention at the Gilmer County Courthouse, second floor, Jury Assembly room.
Mary Jones is chairing the nominating committee this year. If you are interested in becoming a delegate or an alternate to either the district or state conventions, please contact Mary via email at joneswmkj@ellijay.com before March 15^th. A alternate serves in the event that the delegate is unable to.

The 9^th District Republican Party Convention will be held April 18 and 19^th in Cleveland Ga,. A banquet will be held April 18^th, with the convention itself being held at White County high school the next day.

The State Republican Party Convention will be held in Columbus , Georgia on May 16^th and 17^th at the Columbus Civic Center. The convention itself will be on the 17^th. Keynote speakers for both conventions will be announced at a later time.
Registration fee for the district convention is usually $25, for the state, usually $100/
Gilmer County is allowed 11 delegates ( and 11 alternates) at the District Convention, and 8 delegates ( and 8 delegates) at the State Convention.

Also, qualifying for county, state, and federal election positions will occur April 28-May 2. Primary elections will be held July 15^th. Rita Odom and I will be traveling to Macon this week-end for a work-shop involving the process of qualifying candidates.

Hope to see you all at this very important county convention on March 15 !!!!!
If you have any questions, please call me at (706) 276-6905, Linda Wright, Gilmer County GOP Chair

9th District Executive Director, Dr. Mary Jones, and 9th District Chairman, Kevin Harris, share a moment at the Gilmer Co. Republican Christmas Party.

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Scenes from our December Christmas party - 2007

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11/16: Incoming GDOT Commissioner, Dr. Gena Abraham, will be visiting Gilmer County during the early afternoon on Monday, December 3^rd

Pics from the Gilmer County Apple Festival Parade on Saturday October 20. All antiques cars owned by Gilmer GOP 1st Vice Chairman JC Sanford family

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2008 Forsyth County Republican Party Candidate Qualification List of Candidates that have qualified to run in the Republican Primary election as of May 2, 2008
County Commissioners District 2 Michael J. Busse Joseph Moore Charles I. Smith Brian R. Tam District 4 Patrick Bell Dave W. Richard District 5 Jim Boff Terry Sweeney Julie Tressler Walter Waddell Forsyth County Board of Education District 3 Edward A. Castle Tom Cleveland District 4 Darla Sexton Light Fletcher McCone District 5 Tim Plotner Nancy Roche	Clerk of the Superior Court Charles A. Adams Greg G. Allen Walter Brown Coroner Philip Faulkner Lauren W. McDonald III Probate Judge Lynwood D. Jordan, Jr. Sheriff Brian Millard Ted Paxton Scott Pruitt Solicitor General Leslie Case Abernathy Tax Commissioner Bill R. Jenkins Matthew C. Ledbetter


Visit Website www.forsythgop.us Officers elected at County Convention 2007 Left: Andrew Miller Chairman chairman@forsythgop.us Meeting Place: Kiwanis Building 417 Pilgrim Mill Rd Cumming, GA Meeting Times: Our Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm. Back to top Back to home page - Back to News/Events		Mike Busse 1st Vice Chairman Lorentine Green 2nd Vice Chairman Clay Hopkins Treasurer Fran Eaton Secretary Gayle Troyer Corresponding Secretary Map: Click here to view a map of our meeting location and get directions.