Whitfield County Press Release

As of May 11, 2024, Clyde McDaniel Jr did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Clyde served as Deputy Coroner since December 2017 and was previously a member of the City of Dalton Fire Department.

Clyde McDaniel Jr. has served as Whitfield County Coroner since 2023.

As of March 19, 2024, Clyde McDaniel Jr did not have a website or any information online.

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Clyde McDaniel Jr

As of April 9, 2024, Clyde McDaniel Jr did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

As of March 19, 2024, Clyde McDaniel Jr did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Colt is married to his wife, and together they have two daughters.

Colt is a business owner, and a National Registered Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). He has more than ten years of experience in Fire, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and EMA.

Colt Helton's campaign for coroner is his first entry into politics.

Plans to "establish a chaplain program to provide comfort and care for the families of those who have passed."

Wants to "work with commission to ensure the coroner’s office is properly funded and prepared to respond to calls."

Plans to "build relationships with citizens that will keep trust and transparency when emergency situations arise."

- Plans to "establish a chaplain program to provide comfort and care for the families of those who have passed."
- Wants to "work with commission to ensure the coroner’s office is properly funded and prepared to respond to calls."
- Plans to "build relationships with citizens that will keep trust and transparency when emergency situations arise."

As of March 19, 2024, Colt Helton’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Colt Helton

Colt Helton is married to his wife, and together they have two daughters.

Colt Helton is a business owner, and a National Registered Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). He has more than ten years of experience in Fire, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and EMA.

Colt Helton has not previously ran for any political office.

- Plans to "Establish a chaplain program to provide comfort and care for the families of those who have passed."
- Wants to "Work with commission to ensure the coroner’s office is properly funded and prepared to respond to calls."
- Plans to "Build relationships with citizens that will keep trust and transparency when emergency situations arise."

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 

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