Tucker mayor and council candidates will file to run next week
Candidates seeking to become the new city of Tucker's first elected leaders must file papers to run for office next week.
Elections will be held March 1 to choose a mayor and six city council members.
Tucker's mayor will be paid $20,000, while each council member will earn $14,000 per year.
About 74 percent of voters approving creating the city of Tucker during a Nov. 3 referendum.
Candidates may qualify for the election from Dec. 7 to Dec. 11 at the DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Office at 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300.
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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.
