Election to fill Sellier’s seat called

Gov. Sonny Perdue and Secretary of State Brian Kemp have called the election to fill the seat formerly held by Rep. Tony Sellier who died Nov. 30.State house district 136 encompasses the Redbone district of Lamar County, all of Crawford County and portions of Bibb, Houston, Monroe, Peach and Upson counties.The special election will be held Feb. 15, 2011.Qualifying will be held next week at the elections division of Kemp’s office in Atlanta. Qualifying opens at 9 a.m. Wednesday, December 15 and runs through noon on Friday, December 17.For more information, call 404.656.4269.