Barbara Harrison lost her bid for a fourth term as Henry County Superior Court clerk. Democratic challenger Sabriya Hill, who lost to Harrison in a close 2016 race, garnered nearly 60 percent of the vote this time to unseat the incumbent, who has spent more than 25 years serving at the courthouse. Harrison was first elected in 2008 after her predecessor’s retirement, running unopposed in 2008 and 2012. District Attorney Darius Pattillo faced no opposition this year and has won a second term. Tax Commissioner Michael Harris, who moved up from his assistant’s role when David Curry was appointed to a state post, also was unopposed in 2020. Harris and Pattillo both ran as Democrats.

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Amber Hicks’ father, Mark Boggs (center), hugs Hicks’ cousin Kirstyn Bauer upon hearing the life sentence for Matthew Lanz on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Lanz was convicted a day earlier in the 2021 killings of Hicks and her husband, Justin, in their Acworth home. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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Tracy Woodard from InTown Cares (left) and Lauren Hopper from Mercy Care organization work with residents at the Copperton Street encampment in August 2024. 
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