Harry is from Canton, Georgia. He attended Cherokee High School. He lives with his wife in Cherokee County and is a member of Heritage Baptist Fellowship.

Harry has a bachelor's and master's degree in Finance and Accounting from Georgia State University. Harry is a Certified Public Accountant and former accounting manager with Southern Company and Georgia Power.

Harry Johnston is currently serving as the County Commission Chair for Cherokee County. He was elected in 2018. Previously, he served as the District 1 Commissioner from 2000 to 2014.

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Wants to improve roads and other infrastructure to support the land-use plan used to monitor county growth.

Wants to continue to ask the Georgia Department Of Transportation commissioner for help with traffic issues.

- Wants to improve roads and other infrastructure to support the land-use plan used to monitor county growth.
- Wants to continue to ask the Georgia Department Of Transportation commissioner for help with traffic issues.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Said, “I am not necessarily in favor of building more affordable housing just to attract people to move to Cherokee County.”

Supports opportunities for affordable housing at a potential development between Bluffs Parkway and the airport, which is intended mainly for commercial use.

- Said, “I am not necessarily in favor of building more affordable housing just to attract people to move to Cherokee County.”
- Supports opportunities for affordable housing at a potential development between Bluffs Parkway and the airport, which is intended mainly for commercial use.

Housing & Urban Development

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Wants to bring jobs to Cherokee by offering tax incentives and developing business parks to create more local employment opportunities.

- Wants to bring jobs to Cherokee by offering tax incentives and developing business parks to create more local employment opportunities.

Public Services

Supports pay raises for public safety personnel.

- Supports pay raises for public safety personnel.

Public Safety

Supports careful financial management to allow services to keep up with county growth while keeping tax rates low.

- Supports careful financial management to allow services to keep up with county growth while keeping tax rates low.

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Patricia is originally from Philadelphia. She has a bachelor's degree in business from Hampton University and a master's degree in business from Georgia State University. She lives with her husband, Raymond. They have three children.

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Patricia is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. She served for more than 20 years in Okinawa, Spain, Turkey, England, Louisiana, Virginia, and New Mexico.

Patricia Stephenson's campaign for county commission chair is her first entry into politics.

Believes that a network of feeder roads and widening alignments of existing roads to make more lanes could solve traffic congestion.

Wants to create more exit or turn lanes so that people can get around town without being stopped by drive-thru or event traffic.

- Believes that a network of feeder roads and widening alignments of existing roads to make more lanes could solve traffic congestion. 
- Wants to create more exit or turn lanes so that people can get around town without being stopped by drive-thru or event traffic.

Plans to visit surrounding neighborhoods to find areas where affordable housing could be built without displacing current residents.

Wants to build an affordable housing neighborhood for seniors.

- Plans to visit surrounding neighborhoods to find areas where affordable housing could be built without displacing current residents.
- Wants to build an affordable housing neighborhood for seniors.

Wants to slow down economic and commercial development in the county to put an infrastructure plan in place to sustain population growth and avoid more traffic.

Believes that contractors should announce and open jobs to county residents before hiring people from other counties.

Wants Department of Transportation contractors to hire and provide on-the-job training.

- Wants to slow down economic and commercial development in the county to put an infrastructure plan in place to sustain population growth and avoid more traffic. 
- Believes that contractors should announce and open jobs to county residents before hiring people from other counties. 
- Wants Department of Transportation contractors to hire and provide on-the-job training.

As of July 5, 2022, Patricia Stephenson did not have a website or any information online.

Patricia Stephenson

- County Commission Chairs oversee the Board of County Commissioners, which create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- The County Commission Chair is specifically responsible for preparing the county budget, which must be passed by the rest of the County Commissioners. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commission Chairs have additional executive duties including coordinating with the office of the Mayor for your county, appointing Commissioners to committees, and representing your county at official functions.
- County Commission Chairs are elected to 4-year terms in county-wide elections.

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