All of Chattooga County new and re-elected constitutional officers as well as judges and school board members will be sworn in Friday in the main courtroom of the Chattooga County Courthouse.

Those being sworn in are: Democrats Probate Judge Jon Payne, Tax Commissioner Kathy Brown, and  Clerk of Court Laan Cordle; as well as State Court Solicitor Buddy Hill, Chattooga County's only elected Republican,  who all ran unopposed.

Those that ran with opposition being sworn are Democratic Sheriff-elect Mark Schrader and County Commissioner Jason Winters also a Democrat. Both Winters and Schrader had faced Republican opposition in November. Also being sworn in today are Chattooga County School Board Members John Turner and Betsy King Dellenback. Both ran as un-opposed Democrats in the July Primary earlier this year and faced no Republican opposition in November.

Judge Payne and Superior Court Judge Christina Cook Graham will swear in the elected officials.