Two former allies on the Fulton County commission will again face off this year.

Redistricting meant South Fulton Democrats Emma Darnell and Bill Edwards faced off against each other in the last election cycle. Darnell, first elected in 1992, won narrowly over Edwards, who first took office in 2000.

There is no Republican in this year’s race, so the winner of the Democratic primary will be the next commissioner.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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