Be sure and visit our Sheriff 2020 web page for additional information including candidate questionnaires.
In what looks to be one of the most heavily debated elections in Henry County in 2020, ten candidates have qualified in the race to succeed Keith McBrayer as Henry County Sheriff. McBrayer is retiring at the end of the year after three terms in office and over forty years of service to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office.
The primary for both democratic and republican candidates is on May 19. If no candidate receives a majority in either primary, the top two vote getters in that particular party will advance to a late summer runoff. The general election is in November.
Available information about each candidate has been included below. Links to candidates’ Facebook pages and / or websites have been provided where possible.
Candidates are grouped by party then listed in alphabetical order by last name.
Democratic Primary
Tony Brown
- Years in Law Enforcement: 20+
- Work Experience: United States Air Force (retired) – Military Intelligence Officer, trained Military Police, and experience as a Federal Special Investigator
- Facebook page | Website
Marion D. Calhoun
- Occupation: retired probation officer
- Facebook group
Curtis S. Farmer
- Years in Law Enforcement: 25
- Work Experience: Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (retired)
- Website
Gazzara Ricardo Hill
- Years in Law Enforcement: 28
- Work Experience: Police Captain (current), United States Navy
Brian McGee
- Years in Law Enforcement: 28
- Work Experience: Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (retired), United States Army (1986–91)
- Facebook page | Website
Reginald Scandrett
- Years in Law Enforcement: 30
- Work Experience: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office (retired)
- Facebook page | Website
Eric J. Wilson
- Years in Law Enforcement: 25+ (23 in Henry)
- Work Experience: Henry County District Attorney’s Office (current), Henry County Sheriff’s Office, Henry County Police Department, United States Marine Corps
- Facebook page | Website
Republican Primary
Willie Brown
- Years in Law Enforcement: 15
- Work Experience: Henry County Sheriff’s Office, United States Navy (twenty-one years)
- Facebook page | Website
Kenny Lee
- Years in Law Enforcement: 24
- Work Experience: Clayton County Department of Corrections
- Facebook page
Jack Redlinger
- Years in Law Enforcement: 37
- Work Experience: Newton County Sheriff’s Office, Atlanta Police Department (retired)
- Facebook page | Website
