Moore to run for District 54 House seat In a news release, Republican Angelic Moore, a Buckhead resident, Monday officially announced her 2014 candidacy for State House District 54, currently held by Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta. The d...
Paul to announce election plans Monday (UPDATED AT 4:40 P.M. THURSDAY WITH CORRECTED INFO ON PAUL'S REASON FOR LEAVING OFFICE IN 2009.)
In an email to the media Thursday, former District 3 Sandy Springs City Councilman Rusty Paul anno...
Carson to speak at GOP event in Buckhead The Fulton County Republican Party will host its spring reception and dinner, An Evening with Dr. Ben Carson, April 25 at 6 p.m. at the Westin hotel, 3391 Peachtree Road, Buckhead. Carson, a renown...
Buckhead’s Lindsey to face Barr for U.S. House seat District 54 State Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta, the House majority whip, Wednesday announced he is running for the seat soon to be vacated by District 11 U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta.
The 7...
April 11, 2013 09:25 AM | 1 | 6 |
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Jon Gillooly nside@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Gingrey to run for Senate; Lindsey considering Congress Wednesday, District 11 U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, who represents Vinings and parts of Buckhead and Sandy Springs, announced his candidacy for the Senate seat being vacated by Saxby Chambli...
Cobb school tax supporters score resounding victory Those in favor of Cobb County’s SPLOST IV were thrilled with the overwhelming support they received at the polls last week.
Voters approved $773.3 million for Cobb and Marietta school districts to...
March 20, 2013 02:51 PM | 0 | 4 |
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Lindsay Field nside@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Dugan defeats Hembree in runoff for State Senate seat Construction company official Mike Dugan of Carrollton won the runoff election in the special Republican primary for state Senate District 30 Tuesday.
Dugan received 56 percent of the vote to defea...
December 05, 2012 06:47 AM | 0 | 15 |
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Tom Spigolon tspigolon@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Davis wins Brookhaven's mayoral race in landslide Brookhaven voters have elected J. Max Davis as the newly-formed city’s first mayor.
“It feels great,” Davis said of winning the race for mayor in Tuesday’s runoff election. “It was a hard fought ra...
New city council to begin work Dec. 17 Tuesday’s Brookhaven city council runoff election was marked by big winners, with most races being settled by large margins.
In District 1, Rebecca Williams won with 65 percent of the vote. Bates ...
Brookhaven elects first mayor and council *updated at 9:34 p.m.*
With all precincts reporting, Brookhaven voters have chosen their new and first city leadership from the runoff election: Mayor J. Max Davis, District 1 City Councilmember Re...
Nearly 5,000 Brookhaven voters cast ballots at polls Brookhaven residents await the results of the city’s runoff elections as voting precincts have officially closed as of 7 p.m.
The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections saw a low turnou...
Brookhaven mayor, council to be decided Tuesday Brookhaven residents will once again have a chance to vote on a new mayor and three city councilmembers for the newly-created municipality Tuesday.
In the mayoral race, J. Max Davis, who garnered ...
‘Ground game’ helped Alexander win Georgia House seat Kim Alexander said she was a “little overwhelmed” following her recent victory in the election for the Georgia House District 66 seat.
“I know it had a lot to do with God,” she said.
Alexander, a D...
November 21, 2012 05:46 PM | 1 | 14 |
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Tom Spigolon tspigolon@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Fulton County, Secretary of State spar over Election Day issues Election Day may have conjured many emotions for voters across Fulton County: Patriotism, sense of duty and possibly frustration.
While some precincts had reportedly short wait times and streamline...
Paulding votes 71 percent for Romney Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won 71 percent of Paulding County’s votes as part of his statewide victory in Georgia.
Almost 74 percent — or about 57,000 — of Paulding’s 78,000 regis...
November 14, 2012 05:38 PM | 0 | 17 |
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Tom Spigolon tspigolon@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Weather no match for local electorate; 74 percent turn out to vote Heavy to moderate rain until mid-morning on Election Day did not keep Paulding voters from casting their ballots for the 2012 presidential election.
According to elections supervisor Deidre Holden,...
November 14, 2012 05:32 PM | 0 | 15 |
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Liz Marino lmarino@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Douglas election supervisor 'very pleased' with voting process Douglas County Elections Supervisor Laurie Fulton said she was “very pleased” with how smoothly Election Day voting proceeded despite more than 21,000 voting in 12 hours at the county’s 25 precinct...
November 14, 2012 12:47 PM | 0 | 17 |
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Liz Marino and Tom Spigolon douglas@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Mayoral runoff campaigns begin in Brookhaven The new city of Brookhaven will have one more election this year Dec. 4 to once again vote for its inaugural mayor. With the Nov. 6 election resulting in a runoff, J. Max Davis and Sandy Murray wil...
Few new faces in state legislature for DeKalb County With the culmination of the general election last Tuesday, many of the incumbents holding offices in DeKalb County were able to retain their seats for the next term.
Beginning with the county commi...
UPDATED: With all votes in, incumbents win most races (UPDATED AT 10:01 A.M. FRIDAY WITH QUOTES FROM STATE SENATE CANDIDATES DOUG STONER) With all 352 Fulton County reporting and all but 159 counties reporting statewide, incumbents ruled the general...
Charter schools amendment passes With all but one Georgia county completing voter reports, the majority of voters have cast their ballots in favor of the statewide charter school Constitutional amendment.
On the ballot voters were...
Three council races head to runoff election in Brookhaven With all precincts reporting for Brookhaven, three city council seats will go to a runoff Dec. 4, while Jim Eyre took the District 2 seat with 54.6 percent of the vote.
In District 1, Rebecca Chas...
Brookhaven mayoral race heads to runoff Brookhaven residents will be waiting until the Dec. 4 runoff election to find out who will be the first mayor of the newly established city.
Tuesday night’s election results from Brookhaven’s 12 pr...
Watkins trails Hill by wide margin in sheriff's race Billy Williams, the polling manager at the Morrow 9 precinct, said that although it isn’t impossible for a candidate to win a race as a write-in, the odds are stacked against him.
With 35 of 60 Cla...
Incumbents win in north Fulton, Roswell bond referendum passes The Republican incumbents in north Fulton races won their contended races in Tuesday's general election.
In the State Senate District 56 race, incumbent John Albers led with 67 percent and 47,040 ...
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