Bill Bonner and Linda Wells are gearing up for the next round in this year's elections after winning the Republican Party nomination for state Senate and County Commission seats in Tuesday's General Primary runoff.

Bonner narrowly defeated Clayton County lawyer Don Johnson for the nomination in state Senate District 34 and now faces Democratic state Rep. Greg Hecht in the General Election Nov. 3..

The district includes parts of Fayette, Clayton, Douglas and Fulton counties. Bonner won 53.23 percent of the Fayette vote, 2064 votes to Johnson's 1,813, and took 50.6 percent district-wide, 3,766 to 3,680.

Fayetteville resident Wells won the nomination convincingly, defeating former Peachtree City mayor Fred Brown Jr. 5,515 to 3,642. She took 60.22 percent of the vote for County Commission Post 4.

Wells now faces Democrat Bruce L. Bannister of Tyrone, former mayor and city councilman in East Point, in the General Election Nov. 3.

In addition to Wells and Bonner, three other Fayette candidates who emerged from the Republican primary will face Democratic opposition in the fall. The rest of the races were either nonpartisan or were decided in the GOP primary because there is no Democratic opposition.

Gene Dunn of Peachtree City, who won the nomination for County Commission Post 5 without a runoff, will face Fayetteville businessman Stuart Barnes Nov. 3. Mickey Littlefield of Fairburn, who took the nomination for Board of Education Post 5 without opposition, faces Carolyn Fludd. And Greg Powers of Fayetteville, strong GOP winner over incumbent Dr. Bob Todd for the Post 4 school board seat, faces Roger Marietta of Fayetteville.

In the nonpartisan race for Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court judge, Brooks resident Chris Edwards defeated Molena, Ga.'s David Fowler in the Tuesday runoff after the two emerged from a field of five. Edwards took 10,309 votes to Fowler's 9,758.