DeKalb Superior Court seat contested in 2016 election
Angela Z. Brown, an attorney and municipal judge, is running against DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gail C. Flake in next year’s election.
Brown said in her campaign announcement that an incumbent DeKalb Superior Court judge hasn't been defeated in an election in more than 30 years, and she believes it's time for a change.
Brown currently sits as a municipal judge in Lithonia, and she has also served as a judge in various courts in DeKalb and Cobb counties.
Flake has been a DeKalb Superiort Court judge since 1993, and she previously was a county State Court and Recorder's Court judge
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