Gwinnett Chamber Of Commerce: 2021 Municipal Election Results

Press release from the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce:

November 3, 2021

The results are in as municipal races across the state concluded yesterday evening. Gwinnett is home to 16 cities, most of any county in Georgia. Two city council races in Gwinnett will go into a run-off: Duluth City Council Post 4 and Suwanee City Council Post 5. City of Duluth residents will choose between Manfred Graeder and Brandon Odom while City of Suwanee residents will choose between incumbent Pete Charpentier and David Martinez. Run-off elections will be held on November 30 with early voting beginning on November 20.

The cities of Berkeley Lake, Grayson, and Rest Haven did not hold city elections as the incumbents were the only candidates to qualify without opposition.

Braselton voters chose Kurt Ward as their next Mayor in one of two contested mayoral races in Gwinnett. In the other contested mayoral race, incumbent Trey King was re-elected to serve a full term.

City of Loganville welcomes a new mayor in Skip Baliles as he was the only candidate to qualify for the race. Similarly, City of Sugar Hill welcomes City Councilman Brandon Hembree as its next Mayor as he ran unopposed.

The Gwinnett Chamber congratulates all the winners. A list of the winners can be found below:

City Council at Large
Taylor Sisk
Robert L. Vogel (i)

City Council at Large
Rodney Hammond (i)
Scott Lee (i)
Chip McDaniel (i)

Mayor
Kurt Ward

City Council District 2
Richard Harper

City Council District 4
James Murphy

Commission Post 2
L. Chris Burge (i)

Commission Post 3
Bradley Weeks (i)

School Board
Bruce Fricks (i)

School Board
Kathleen Welch

Mayor
Trey King (i)

City Council at Large
Denis Haynes Jr. (i)
Daniel Spain (i)

City Council Post 1
Jamin Harkness

City Council Post 2
Marline Thomas

City Council Post 3
Lamar Doss

City Council Post 4
Manfred Graeder (R)
Brandon Odum (R)

(R) indicates runoff on Nov 30

Mayor
Allison Wilkerson (i)

City Council
Bob Foreman (i)

City Council
Linda Jenkins (i)

City Council Post 3
Austin Thompson

City Council Post 4
Marlene Taylor-Crawford

City Council Post 1
Yoon-Mi Hampton

City Council Post 3
Michael Hart

City Council Post 4
Emil Powella (i)

Mayor
Skip Baliles

City Council at Large
Ann Huntsinger (i)
Melanie Long
Branden Whitfield

Mayor
Craig Newton

City Council
Matt Myers

City Council
Bruce Gaynor

City Council Post 2
Eric Christ (i)

City Council Post 4
Joe Sawyer

City Council Post 6
Weare Gratwick (i)

Mayor
Kenneth Waycaster (I)

City Council Post 3
Cristy Lenski (i)

City Council Post 4
Grethcen Schulz (i)

City Council Post 5
Tod Warner (i)

Mayor
Brandon Hembree

City Council Post 1
Mason Roszel

City Council Post 3
Jenn Thatcher

City Council Post 4
Nicholas Greene (i)

City Council Post 5
Taylor Anderson (i)

City Council Post 3
Linnea Miller (i)

City Council Post 4
Beth Hilscher (i)

City Council Post 5
Pete Charpentier (i) (R)
David Martinez (R)

(R) indicates runoff on Nov 30

This press release was produced by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.