2 Challenge Burrell Ellis For CEO Job

Incumbent DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will face at least two opponents in the July 31 Democratic primary.

Gregory Adams and Jerome Edmondson have qualified to run for that office.

Adams is a former DeKalb police officer, a minister and has managed seveal companies, according to his website. He is a different person from DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams.

Edmondson is a former law enforcement officer and is president of Edmondson Associates Business Advisors, according to his website.

Qualifying ends at noon Friday.

Two commissions face Democratic primary challenges.

In District 4, in incumbent Sharon Barnes-Sutton (I) will face Steve Bradshaw. In District 5, incumbnet Lee May will face Kenneth L. Samuel and Andre R. White.

There are now four candidates seeking U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson's seat.

Greg Pallen, 43, of Oxford qualifed Thursday to run as a Republican. He'll face Chris Vaughn in the GOP Primary.

Johnson is running again and will face Lincoln Nunnally in the Democatic primary.

These candidates qualifed Thursday to run for office, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's office and the DeKalb County Board of Elections.

See the candidates who qualified Wednesday. Qualifying ends at noon today (Friday, May 25).

DeKalb County CEO

Gregory Adams -- Democrat
Jerome Edmondson -- Democrat
Burrell Ellis (I) -- Democrat

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 1

Elaine Boyer (I) -- Republican

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 4

Sharon Barnes-Sutton (I) -- Democrat
Steve Bradshaw -- Democrat

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 5

Lee May (I) -- Democrat
Kenneth L. Samuel -- Democrat
Andre R. White -- Democrat

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, District 6

Kathie Gannon (I) -- Democrat

Chief Magistrate

Berryl Anderson (I) -- Democrat

Clerk of Superior Court

John Carter -- Democrat
Debra Deberry (I) -- Democrat
Oretha Brown Johnson -- Democrat
Frank W. Swindle -- Democrat

Sheriff

Thomas E. Brown, Jr. (I) -- Democrat

Solicitor

Sherry Boston (I) -- Democrat

Tax Commissioner

Melvin Allen Tukes -- Democrat

Probate Judge (Nonpartisan)

Jeryl Debra Rosh (I)

State Court Judge, Division 2 (Nonpartisan)

Stacey Hydrick (I)

State Court Judge, Division 3 (Nonpartisan)

Wayne M. Purdom (I)

State Court Judge, Division 5 (Nonpartisan)

Eleanor L. Ross (I)

State Court Judge, Division 6 (Nonpartisan)

Dax E.Lopez (I)
Dionne McGee

State Court Judge, Division 7 (Nonpartisan)

Janis C. Gordon (I)

DeKalb County School Board, District 2 (Nonpartisan)

Marshall Orson

DeKalb County School Board, District 4 (Nonpartisan)

James T. (Tom) Gilbert
James (Jim) P. Kinney, III
H. Paul Womack, Jr. (I)

DeKalb County School Board, District 6 (Nonpartisan)

Melvin Johnson

DeKalb County School Board, District 8 (Nonpartisan)

Nobody yet.

U.S. House of Representatives, District 4

Superior Court Judge, Stone Mountain Circuit

Superior Court Judge, Stone Mountain Circuit