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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