Politics & Government

Qualifying Closes In Cobb County: See Who's On The May Primary Ballot

The candidate qualifying period for the May 24 primaries closed Friday, and most races in Cobb County have opposition this year.

COBB COUNTY, GA — Qualifying for the May 24 primary and nonpartisan elections in Georgia closed Friday, and most Cobb County legislators and representatives will have opposition this year.

Ballots for Cobb voters will include county commissioners in districts 1 and 3; school board members in districts 2, 4 and 6; solicitor general; superior court judge; state court judges; state Senate districts; state House districts; and U.S. House of Representatives districts 3 and 13.

There will also be cityhood questions for the proposed cities of East Cobb, Lost Mountain and Vinings, depending on where you live.

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The ballots will also include statewide elections, such as governor, secretary of state, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner, state school superintendent and labor commissioner.

You can view your sample ballot on mvp.sos.ga.gov.

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Take a look at who's on the ballot in Cobb County. Your specific ballot may look different based on your location:

Cobb County Board of Commissioners (Primary)

District 1

Republican

  • Keli Gambrill (Incumbent)

No Democrats qualified for this race.

District 3

Republican

  • JoAnn K. Birrell (Incumbent)
  • Judy Sarden

Democrat

  • Christine Triebsch

Cobb County Board of Education

District 2

Republican

  • Stephen M. George Jr.
  • Matthew "Anthony" Sears

Democrat

  • Andres Sandate
  • Becky Sayler

District 4

Republican

  • David Chastain (Incumbent)

Democrat

  • Catherine Pozniak

District 6

Democrat

  • Nichelle A. Davis

No Republicans qualified for this race.

Solicitor General

Republican

  • Courtney Martin Brubaker

Democrat

  • Chris Lanning
  • Makia Metzger

State Senate

District 6

Republican

  • Fred Glass
  • Angelic Moore

Democrat

  • Jason Esteves
  • Luisa Wakeman

District 32

Republican

  • Kay Kirkpatrick (Incumbent)
  • Andy Soha

Democrat

  • Sylvia L. Bennett

District 33

Democrat

  • Euriel I. Hemmerly
  • Michael Doc Rhett (Incumbent)

No Republicans qualified for this race.

District 37

Republican

  • David Delk
  • Scott Johnson
  • Ed Setzler

Democrat

  • Titus Nichols
  • Vanessa Parker

District 38

Democrat

  • Melody Bray
  • Michael Carson
  • Adam Petty
  • Horacena Tate (Incumbent)

No Republicans qualified for this race.

District 56

Republican

  • John Albers (Incumbent)

Democrat

  • Patrick Thompson

State House

District 22

Republican

  • Donna Kosicki
  • Jordan Ridley

Democrat

  • Stacee Lashone Hill

District 34

Republican

  • Devan Seabaugh (Incumbent)

Democrat

  • Dorothy Coker

District 35

Republican

  • Robert Trim

Democrat

  • Lisa Campbell
  • Nick Miller
  • Kyle Rinaudo

District 36

Republican

  • Ginny Ehrhart (Incumbent)

Democrat

  • James F. Ryner

District 37

Republican

  • Marites "Tess" Redding

Democrat

  • Mary Frances Williams (Incumbent)

District 38

Democrat

  • David Wilkerson (Incumbent)

No Republicans qualified for this race.

District 39

Republican

  • Olivia Angel

Democrat

  • Terry Cummings
  • Monica Evette Delancy
  • Deborah Johnson
  • Wanda Lesteranthony
  • Tamarre Pierre

District 40

Republican

  • Fun Fong

Democrat

  • Thomas Casez
  • Doug Stoner

District 41

Republican

  • James Allen Rodi

Democrat

  • Michael Smith (Incumbent)

District 42

Democrat

  • Teri Anulewicz (Incumbent)

No Republicans qualified for this race.

District 43

Republican

  • Anna J. Tillman

Democrat

  • Solomon Adesanya
  • Benjamin Stahl

District 44

Republican

  • Don L. Parsons (Incumbent)

Democrat

  • Willie Mae Oyogoa

District 45

Republican

  • Sharon Cooper (Incumbent)
  • Carminthia Moore

Democrat

  • Dustin McCormick

District 46

Republican

  • John Carson (Incumbent)

Democrat

  • Michael Garza

U.S. Senate (Warnock)

Republican

  • Gary W. Black
  • Josh Clark
  • Kelvin King
  • Jonathan "Jon" McColumn
  • Latham Saddler
  • Herschel Walker

Democrat

  • Tamara Johnson-Shealey
  • Raphael Warnock

U.S. House of Representatives

District 6

Republican

  • Jake Evans
  • Byron Gatewood
  • Meagan Hanson
  • Blake Harbin
  • Rich McCormick
  • Paulette Smith
  • Mallory Staples
  • Suzi Voyles
  • Eugene Yu

Democrat

  • Bob Christian
  • Wayne C. White

District 11

Republican

  • Barry Loudermilk (Incumbent)

Democrat

  • Antonio Daza

District 13

Republican

  • Caesar Gonzales
  • Dominika Hawkins
  • Calina Plotky

Democrat

  • Mark Baker
  • Shastity Driscoll
  • Vincent Fort
  • David Scott (Incumbent)

Judge of Superior Court (Nonpartisan)

Harris

  • Ann Harris (Incumbent)

Leonard

  • Charles Ford
  • Rob Leonard (Incumbent)
  • Matt McMaster

Flournoy

  • Sonja N. Brown
  • Daniele Johnson
  • James Luttrell
  • Taneesha Marshall
  • Gerald Moore

Judge of State Court (Nonpartisan)

Division II, Post 1

  • Jason B. Fincher (Incumbent)

Division II, Post 4

  • Bridgette Campbell Glover (Incumbent)

Division II, Post 5

  • Ashley J. Palmer (Incumbent)

Post 5

  • Eric Brewton (Incumbent)

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