Eaves leads race for Fulton chairman

Fulton County voters sent two incumbent county commissioners home in defeat Tuesday in an election expected to have big consequences for Fulton government.

In the Democratic primary, incumbent Chairman John Eaves held a narrow lead over incumbent Commissioner Robb Pitts with all precincts reporting. Emma Darnell appeared to have defeated Bill Edwards in south Fulton District 6, where the two incumbent Democrats were forced to run against each other because of redistricting.

In other Democratic primaries, incumbent Joan Garner defeated Eddie Lee Brewster in Atlanta District 4. The Atlanta District 5 race appeared to be headed for a July 22 runoff between Marvin Arrington Jr. and Brenda Muhammad.

In the Republican primary, Bob Ellis defeated Eric Broadwell in the race for north Fulton District 2, while Lee Morris defeated three other Republicans in the race for District 3.

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