A primary election and a general non-partisan election will be held May 20. In the past, those elections have been held in July, but a court ruling moved the date back this year to allow at least 45 days for the state’s runoff period so there’s enough time for military ballots to be returned.
Here are candidates who qualified for election to seats representing areas of Brookhaven.
Georgia Senate
District 40
Republicans – Richard D. “Dick” Anderson; Francis R. “Fran” Millar, incumbent
Democrats – Tamara Y. Johnson; Benedict I. Truman II
District 42
Democrats – Elena C. Parent; R. Kyle Williams
Republican – Gregory E. “Greg” Williams
Georgia House of Representatives
District 79
Republicans – James Bradley “Brad” Goodchild; Thomas K. “Tom” Taylor, incumbent
District 80
Republicans – Catherine S. Bernard; Michael J. “Mike” Jacobs, incumbent
District 81
Republican – James R. “Jim” Duffie
Democrat – M. Scott Holcomb, incumbent
District 82
Democrat – Mary Margaret Oliver, incumbent
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
District 2
Democrat – Jeff Rader, incumbent
Non-partisan elections
DeKalb County Board of Education
District 1– Stan Jester
District 2 – Don McChesney; Marshall Orson, incumbent
DeKalb County Sheriff – Dale Bernard Collins; Ted Golden; R. “Tony” Hughes; Vernon Jones; Melody Maddox; Jeff Mann, incumbent; Melvin Mitchell; LaSalle Smith, Sr.