A long list of candidates signed up last week to run for local and state offices representing DeKalb County.
DeKalb candidates who qualified to compete in May’s party primaries or other nonpartisan races are listed below.
The list includes contested races only. In many key DeKalb offices – including CEO, district attorney, commission and school board districts and several seats in the state legislature – incumbents were the only candidates to qualify and will not have re-election opposition.
Board of Commissioners, District 1
Republican: Nancy Jester (i)
Democrat: Breeanna Bellinger; MD Naser; Robert Patrick; Ben Truman; Cynthia Yaxon
Board of Commissioners, Super District 6
Democrat: Maryam Ahmad; Emily Halevy: Ted Terry
Sheriff
Republican: Harold Dennis
Democrat: Geraldine Champion; Adam Gardner; Ted Golden; Antonio “Block” Johnson; Kyle “KK” Jones; Melody Maddox (i); Carl Mobley; Ruth “The Truth” Stringer
Tax commissioner
Democrat: Irvin Johnson (i); Roslyn Allison McCaskill
Board of Education, District 1 (non-partisan)
Anna Hill; Andrew Ziffer
Board of Education, District 3 (non-partisan)
Kevin Alexander; David Manuel; Willie R. Mosley Jr.; Deirdre Pierce
Board of Education, District 5 (non-partisan)
Delores H. Brinkley; Zehline Davis; Willie Heard Jr.; Vickie B. Turner
STATE LEGISLATURE
Senate District 10
Democrat: Emanuel Jones (i); Maurice Raeford
Senate District 40
Republican: Gary Guan
Democrat: Sally Harrell (i)
Senate District 41
Republican: William Park Freeman
Democrat: Gil Freeman; Mohammed Jahangir Hossain; Kim Jackson; Beverly R. Jones; Sabrina McKenzie
Senate District 43
Republican: Melanie WIlliams
Democrat: Tonya P. Anderson (i)
Senate District 44
Republican: Benjamin Brooks
Democrat: Gail Davenport (i); Myah Johnson
House of Representatives, District 79
Republican: Andrea Johnson
Democrat: Mike Wilensky (i)
House of Representatives, District 80
Republican: Alan Cole
Democrat: Matthew Wilson (i)
House of Representatives, District 83
Democrat: Becky Evans (i); Audrey Maloof
House of Representatives, District 84
Democrat: Harmel “Mel” Codi; Renitta Shannon (i)
House of Representatives, District 86
Democrat: Ladena Bolton; Michele Henson (i); Zulma Lopez; Joscelyn C. O’Neil
House of Representatives, District 89
Democrat: Bee Nguyen (i); Marcia Ridley
House of Representatives, District 90
Democrat: Greg Shealey; Pam Stephenson (i); Stan Watson
House of Representatives, District 91
Democrat: Vernon Jones (i); Rhonda S. Taylor
House of Representatives, District 93
Republican: Hubert Owens Jr.
Democrat: Dar’Shun Kendrick (i); Alfred Reynolds
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