FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – House District 24 Representative Sheri Smallwood Gilligan was among the six candidates who qualified for the May 24 General Primary election on Tuesday. The popular Republican will be seeking her fifth term in office.

In this deep red north Georgia county three Democrats also qualified: Brent Binion, a learning architect, will campaign in State Senate District 27; Sydney Walker, a homemaker, will run in House District 24, and Claudia Wood is an education instructor who will campaign in new House District 28.

Republican Brent Cox added his name to the growing list of candidates to qualify in the House District 28 race and Republican Carter Barrett, a banker, will campaign in House District 24.

At 5 p.m. Tuesday March, the Georgia Secretary of State list of qualified candidates includes:

STATE SENATE DIST. 27

Brent Binion (D) learning architect

Greg Dolezal (R) (I) small business owner

 STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DIST. 24

Carter Barrett (R) banker

Sheri Smallwood Gilligan (R) (I) former U.S. Intelligence employee

Ed Solly (R) consultant

Sydney Walker (D) homemaker

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DIST. 27

Lee Hawkins (R) (I) dentist

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DIST. 28

Brent Cox (R) businessman

Donald Lannom (R) consultant

John Luchetti (R) business owner

Blake McClellan (R) entrepreneur

Tim Short (R) pharmacist

Julie Tressler (R) real estate

Claudia Wood (D) education director

 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DIST 1

Kerry Hill (R) IT specialist

Tim Huffine (R) retired

BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 5

Erin Knight (R) independent reading specialist

Mike Valdes (R) construction engineer

SOLICITOR GENERAL

Bill Finch (R) (I)