Oconee County, GA Politics

From her Facebook: Well, it's official. I qualified today to run for the Georgia House of Representatives, District 119, against incumbent Chuck Williams. I'm running as an Independent. I look forward to discussing the issues and concerns of voters in Oconee and Athens-Clarke Counties. I'm pictured with Erin in the Georgia Secretary of State's Office who helped me register. I hope you will vote for me in the November 8, 2016 General Election. Thank you.

Watkinsville Council Race Contested, Special Election to be Held

Qualifiers for 2012 Oconee County Races: Day 2

Subject: BOE: countdown to the election Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:16:47 -0400 From: Rich Clark <richclark32@yahoo.com> Reply-To: Rich Clark <richclark32@yahoo.com> To: <clark4boe@yahoo.com> Friends and supporters:   More than 30 percent of eligible Oconee voters have cast their ballots by this point, and in 8 days this election will be behind us.  To this point, my opponent has done very little to reach voters in our county, relying mainly on the fact that he is affiliated with the majority party.  If his low intensity effort is indicative of the effort he would put into his position as a Board member, we should all be concerned.    Because there is so little information about the BOE race available to voters, please refer anyone struggling with their decision on this race to our respective web sites: ...

I wholeheartedly support and endorse local Democratic candidate Rich Clark for the Oconee County Board of Education Post 5 in the lone contested local race against developer Tom Breedlove. I know Rich will serve our students and their parents very well regardless of your party affiliation. He deserves your vote, but here are some other opportunities for doing a little more if you are so inclined. Subject: Election Day is coming Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:28:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich Clark <clark4boe@yahoo.com> To: richclark32@yahoo.com Friends and supporters, While Election Day is still 13 days off, early voting is progressing daily, approaching 20 percent of the county's registered voters.   It is abundantly clear that many Oconee voters are not aware of the fact that there is still a competitive Board of Elections race. ...

I was about the 20th person to vote yesterday at the Watkinsville Community Center in the lone contested municipal election in the race between incumbent local car wash co-owner and former police officer/code enforcement officer Joe Walter and challenger Luke Bishop. Once again I voted for Joe Walter without hesitation, and I would suggest Mr. Bishop best set his sights on the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners in his next attempt at political office, if he is so moved. Current city council members Samantha Purcell and Mike Link are also on the ballot unopposed. You can get in and out of there in about five minutes top. This is the second time I had to advance vote in two different places in one election (in separate races obviously) but it went smoothly and quickly and I give high marks to the wonderful people at the Watkinsville City Hall and Community Center for effectively making it easier to vote in advance of the November 4th general election.