Gary Richardson, CJ Pearson head to run-off for Georgia House District 125 seat

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2 years ago

February 14, 2024

Gary Richardson, CJ Pearson head to run-off for Georgia House District 125 seat

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The seat for Georgia House District 125 is heading to a run-off.

In the run-off will be Gary Richardson and CJ Pearson. Richardson lead the election with 1,131 votes, with Pearson right behind him with 1,011.

The runoff will be held March 12.

The special election is for the seat vacated by Barry Fleming after he was appointed as a judge by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

During the three weeks of advance voting, 879 people voted. Officials say 28 of the 35 absentee-by-mail ballots have been received in Columbia County.

The candidates qualified for the election were:

CJ Pearson – Republican
Gary Richardson – Republican
Jim Steed – Republican
Kay Turner – Democrat
John Turpish – Libertarian

This was not a countywide election.

Next up

The Georgia presidential primary is March 12, which is the week after Super Tuesday.

Early voting goes from Feb. 19 until March 8.

Polls for primary day are open 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

And in Georgia, you are allowed to vote in either party for the primary, but you cannot vote more than once.

In Augusta, early voting will be held at the following locations:

Linda W. Beazley Community Room in the Municipal Building – 535 Telfair St.
Charles Evans Community Center – 1866 Highland Ave.
Robert Howard Community Center – 103 Diamond Lakes Way
Warren Road Recreation Center – 300 Warren Road

Voting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Saturdays, Feb. 24 and March 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Also on March 3 at the Linda Beazley Room only.

The last day to vote advance will be March 8.

To learn more, go to the voting website.

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

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6 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Augusta University baseball is in a three-game series matchup against the University of North Georgia.

AU is currently down in the series 0-2 after a close loss Friday and a loss Saturday.

But we aren’t focusing on the Jags, we’re going to take a look at North Georgia’s head coach, Nolan Belcher.

He is an Augusta native who began his career at Greenbrier and Augusta Christian.

He won three state championships, which then led him to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

There he won back-to-back national championships and finished runner up in 2012.

His coaching career began after that where he eventually joined the Peach belt Confrence, coaching at USCA and GCSU.

Now in his first season as head coach for the Nighthawks, he is happy to come home and coach in front of his friends and family.

“I’m very fortunate that I got family that, one is still around and they can come watch me do what I love. And, they’ve shown me, nothing but support throughout my whole coaching career and even back on my playing dates are very thankful and appreciative for everything they’ve done for me.”

AU and UNG will have their final series match on Sunday.

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