While the race for president is getting much of the attention in the 2024 election cycle, Georgia voters will also be electing officials for local, state, and federal office this year. Some of those races will be on the ballot for the state’s primary on May 21.
This year’s election does not include the high-profile statewide offices, such as governor, lieutenant governor, or secretary of state, as those positions were all elected in 2022, and won’t be up for election again until 2026. Also, neither of Georgia’s two U.S. Senators, Jon Ossoff or Raphael Warnock, are up for election this year. The only offices that will be on every Georgia voter’s primary ballot will be a single state Supreme Court race and a single Georgia Court of Appeals race.
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In Camden County, Republican voters will make choices in a sheriff’s race and in two races for county commission. Additional races will appear on the ballot where candidates are unopposed.
Also, Kingsland voters will face a special election over a Freeport exemption for an e-commerce fulfillment center.
Camden County Sheriff
Two Republicans have qualified for the party’s primary. No Democrats are in the race. The winner of the Republican primary will face the incumbent, Jim Proctor, in November. Proctor is running as an independent, as he has since he was first elected in 2012.
| REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES |
- James K. Chaney - Law enforcement (Campaign website)
- Trevor Wayne Readdick - Home builder (Campaign website)
Camden Board of Commissioners, District 3
This seat is open this year as the incumbent, Travis Readdick, is running for sheriff. No Democrats qualified for this race.
| REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES |
- Marcus L. Hill - Retired federal civil servant - management consultant (Campaign website)
- Cody Smith - Life and Financial Planning at State Farm (Campaign website)
Camden Board of Commissioners, District 5
The incumbent, Ben Casey, is seeking re-election. No Democrats qualified for this race.
| REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES |
- Ben Casey - Farmer - retired (Campaign website)
- Michael Harris - Retired (Campaign Facebook page)
Kingsland Special Election
Voters in Kingsland will also face a ballot question on whether to add to existing Freeport exemptions in order to include e-commerce fulfillment centers. It would give a company a tax exemption on the inventory inside such a center. According to the city council resolution from February that put the question on the ballot, the exemption does not add any tax burden to the citizens of Kingsland or Camden County and makes Kingsland more competitive for bringing jobs to the community.
Voters can say yes or no to the following:
For the purpose of attracting new jobs and investment, shall The City of Kingsland add to its existing Freeport exemptions the grants of an “e-commerce” Freeport exemption to the ad valorem taxation of the following: Stock in Trade of a fulfillment center which, on January 1, are stored in a fulfillment center and which are made available to remote purchasers who may make such purchases by electronic, internet, telephonic, or other remote means, and where such stock in trade of a fulfillment center will be shipped from the fulfillment center and delivered to the purchaser at a location other than the location of the fulfillment center, as permitted by O.C.G.A. §48-5-48.2.(c)