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One candidate is tracked for Paulding County Commission Post 2, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Jeff Cole. Candidate information follows official Paulding County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Open seat: Sandy Kaecher, the sitting Post 2 commissioner per the county's official commissioners page, was not a candidate, and none of the three May 19, 2026 Republican primary candidates carried an incumbent designation in the county's certified results. Jeff Cole won that primary outright with 2,347 of 4,075 votes (57.6%) over David Dial (858) and Wendell Jay Purvis (870), avoiding a runoff. No Democrat qualified, so Cole is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Republican
Jeff Cole appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Paulding County Commission Post 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jeff Cole.