All three incumbents on the Liberty County Board of Commissioners have qualified to run for their seats again, and incumbent school board chair Verdell Jones is going to face at least one challenger.

Jones, first elected to the school board chair spot in 2022, will get opposition from Timothy King.

Dr. Chante Baker Martin also has qualified to run again for her District 5 seat, while Richard Hayes and Teresa Wiser also have qualified to run for the school board. Hayes and Wiser are running for the District 6 seat.

The county commission seats up for election this year are Districts 1, 2 and 3 and the school board seats up for a vote in 2026 are Districts 4, 5 and 6, along with the chairmanship.

District 1 Commissioner Marion Stevens, District 2 Commissioner Justin Frasier and District 3 Commissioner Connie Thrift have qualified to run for their seats again. All three are running as Democrats.

There will be opposition in the primary, as former Walthourville mayor Larry Baker has qualified to run against Stevens and Janelle Johns also has signed up to run for a county commission seat.

Baker will challenge Stevens for his District 1 seat and Johns will challenge Thrift for her District 3 post in the Democrat primary.

Gregory Lachowsky and Joseph “Michael” Cook have qualified on the Republican side. Cook is running for the District 1 seat and Lachowsky is running for District 3.

State Rep. Al Williams (D-Midway) has qualified to run again for his House District 168 seat and he will face opposition in the Democrat primary from local businesswoman Sabrina Newby.

Ben Watson has qualified to run again for his state Senate District 1 post. No other Republican has qualified to date. Corey Foreman has qualified for the Democrat primary.

Incumbent District Attorney Billy Joe Nelson has qualified for the Republican primary. So far, he does not face any challengers in either primary.

Former Hinesville mayor Buddy Deloach (R-Townsend) has qualified to run again for his House District 167 seat. Democrat Laurie Anne Thompson, a McIntosh County lawyer, has qualified, but without any other qualifiers on either side, that race will be decided in November.

David Sikes and Travis Hodges have qualified to run as Republicans for the Senate District 19 seat. Blake Tillery, the incumbent, is running for lieutenant governor. Joshua Wilkerson has qualified as a Democrat in the district, which includes Long County.

Five people have signed up on the Republican side and three Democrats have qualified so far to run for the U.S. House 1st District, currently held by Buddy Carter. Carter is running for U.S. Senate.

Running in the Republican primary are Brian Montgomery, Kandiss Taylor, Eugene Yu, Krista Penn and Jim Kingston. Democrats who have qualified as of Wednesday are Joyce Marie Griggs, Michael McCord and Sharon Stokes Williamson.

Carter and two other Republican hopefuls — U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and former college football coach Derek Dooley — have qualified to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Jon Ossoff.

Ossoff has not had a primary challenger qualify so far.

Qualifying ends Friday at noon. The general primary will be held May 19.