Due to COVID-19 concerns, Hamilton County Clerk Kathy Williams issued the oaths of office to individual county-level elected officials. Normally the county conducts a public swearing-in ceremony that draws nearly 200 onlookers. Newly and re-elected officials begin their term of office on Jan. 1.
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