Al T. Franklin, a former city councilman in Lithonia, won the city’s recent special election to return to the board.

Franklin won the March 18 special election with 30 votes, or 51 percent of those cast. He takes his seat on the six-member council on April 7.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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