Richmond County Board of Education District 3 incumbent Alex Howard is the only candidate to qualify as of 2 p.m. on the third day of local nonpartisan qualifying in Augusta, said Travis Doss, assistant director of Richmond County Board of Elections. Howard joins incubents Jack Padgett from District 6 and Frank Dolan from District 7 and newcomers Frank Beckles from District 2 and James Swanagan from Super District 9 to qualify this week for the Nov.