Runoff will decide key DeKalb County Commission seat
In a heated race that could decide the direction of DeKalb County's government, Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton is being challenged in a runoff Tuesday by Steve Bradshaw.
Sutton has been in office for eight years, and she says she’s fought hard against her political enemies to secure resources for her Stone Mountain-area district.
But Bradshaw, a business development manager, says Sutton is a source of divisiveness in county government. He says he’d be independent while working to build consensus with fellow commissioners.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
