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Final charge for Tift Commissioner race

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Rev. Frankie Mathis Rev. Frankie Mathis
Stephen Mullis Stephen Mullis
Grady Thompson Grady Thompson
TIFT CO., GA (WALB) -

With days left in the primary election, a race in Tift County is heating up.  

Three republicans are running for the Tift County commission chairman seat. Former commissioner Reverend Frankie Mathis is looking to return to office.  

He's running against University of Georgia scientist Stephen Mullis.

They both will have to defeat the incumbent Grady Thompson.

They told us Sunday what they offer to Tift County.

"We need to try to maintain our base on our tax mileage rate," said Rev. Mathis. "We need to make sure we maintain a good budget. We need to try to make sure we incorporate the city and the county into some friendly atmosphere."

"The very first thing I will try to do is repair the broken relationship between the county and the city," Mullis said. "We need a good working relationship with the city government to move Tift County forward for jobs and the economic growth of this community."

"This is the crossroads for south Georgia and everybody is looking at us with a strong view," Thompson said. "We are really actually rocking and rolling. We are doing good. There are no complaints."

They all say Tift County leaders must continue to pursue economic growth including bringing more jobs to the county.

 

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