For years he sparked many debates on the Richmond County Commission and now Marion Williams hopes to win Georgia's District 22 Senate seat. To do that he'll have to unseat another well known community leader Senator Ed Tarver.

Former Commissioner Williams throws his hat back into the political arena to face off against Tarver in next week's primary. Both men talked about their plans to increase jobs, attract business and improve health care.

Tarver says he wants the opportunity to speak for voters in Augusta again. If reelected to the Georgia senate his plan for economic development will offer incentives for business that relocate here.

“Incentives like training programs, tax abatements, this is will give them a chance to recoup their initial investment,” he said.

His challenger, a former Richmond County Commissioner and pastor says if elected he'll take a different approach to bringing in revenue. That includes turning Augusta into a destination place.

“I've been an advocate about bringing an amusement park, a zoo and aquarium, all that stuff would be economic growth to this community,” he said.

When it comes to education both candidates will focus on teachers; Williams will push for salary increases while Tarver says he will work directly with the school board to make improvements.

“We have two of the top performing high schools in the nation but several of the lowest performing schools and we need to find a balance. We want to provide teachers with the resources they need to be successful,” said Tarver.

“We need to do more about their salaries, make sure they are qualified and we need to look at standards already set,” said Williams.

Both candidates say they want offer affordable health care for the uninsured and under-insured.

“We are looking at legislation that will allow anyone who has a need for health care to at least get initial treatment before they are turned away,” said Tarver.

“The poor the less thought about, the people down an out those are the people that will be a strain on us unless we do something differently,” said Williams.

There are some issues both Williams and Tarver agree on and that includes revising or suspending the No Child Left Behind Act.