Politics & Government

Nash, Brooks and Hunter to Be Sworn in Sunday

Group swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center.

Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash, District 1 Commissioner Jace Brooks and District 3 Commissioner-elect Tommy Hunter, will be sworn in Sunday, Dec. 30 at the Gwinnett County Justice and Administration Center. 

Nash, who has served 18 months as chairman since winning a special election in March of 2011, was unopposed in both the Primary and General Election and will begin a full four-year term in January.

Brooks, a former Suwanee City Coucil member, took office in September after he was the sole candidate to qualify for a special election to fill the District 1 vacancy created by the resignation of Shirley Lasseter. He was unopposed in the General Election and begins a four-year term in January.

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Brooks represents Duluth, Suwanee and Sugar Hill on the commission.

Hunter defeated two-term incumbent commissioner Mike Beaudreau in the August runoff and was unopposed in the General Election. He takes office in January.

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Chief Magistrate George F. Hutchinson III will administer the oath of office and preside over the ceremony.

The 3 p.m. ceremony at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville, is open to the public.


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