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Fulton County election guide | May 21 primary

We compiled a full list of every candidate on the ballot, polling locations in your area and how to check if you are registered to vote.

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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Voters in Fulton County will head to the polls on Tuesday, May 21, to cast their ballots in the General Primary Election in Georgia.

We compiled a full list of every candidate on the ballot, polling locations in your area and how to check if you are registered to vote.

How to check if you're registered 

To find out if you're registered to vote, visit the Georgia Secretary of State's Office's My Voter Page. 

  • Enter your first initial, last name, county of residence and date of birth.
  • If you're registered to vote, your information will be available online. 

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Where do I vote in Fulton County?

You can also find your polling location through the My Voter Page. Once you log into your account, you'll find the name and address of your voting precinct. 

On your My Voter Page, you'll find information on early voting and absentee ballot drop box locations. You can also look at a sample ballot before you head to the polls.

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Who is on the ballot?

Nonpartisan General Election

For Justice Supreme Court of Georgia (to succeed Michael P. Boggs)

  • Michael P. Boggs (Incumbent)

For Justice Supreme Court of Georgia (to succeed Andrew A. Pinson)

For Justice Supreme Court of Georgia (to succeed Nels S.D. Peterson)

  • Nels Peterson (Incumbent)

For Justice Supreme Court of Georgia (to succeed John J. Ellington)

  • John J. Ellington (Incumbent)

For Judge Court of Appeals of Georgia (to succeed Stephen Louis A. Dillard)

  • Stephen Dillard (Incumbent)

For Judge Court of Appeals of Georgia (to succeed Kenneth B. Hodges, III)

  • Ken Hodges (Incumbent)

For Judge Court of Appeals of Georgia (to succeed Benjamin A. Land)

  • Ben Land (Incumbent)

For Judge Court of Appeals of Georgia (to succeed Amanda H. Mercier)

  • Amanda H. Mercier (Incumbent)

For Judge Court of Appeals of Georgia (to succeed M. Yvette Miller)

For Judge Court of Appeals of Georgia (to succeed Brian M. Rickman)

  • Brian M. Rickman (Incumbent)

For Judge Court of Appeals of Georgia (to succeed Jeffrey A. Watkins)

  • Jeffrey A. Watkins (Incumbent)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Kimberly Esmond Adams)

  • Kimberly Esmond Adams (Incumbent)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Rachelle Carnesale)

  • Rachelle Carnesale (Incumbent)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Thomas A. Cox, Jr.)

  • Thomas Cox (Incumbent)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Eric Kernard Dunaway)

  • Eric Kernard Dunaway (Incumbent)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Belinda E. Edwards)

  • Belinda E. Edwards

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Ural Glanville)

  • Ural Glanville (Incumbent)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Rachel Krause)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Scott F. McAfee)

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Emily K. Richardson)

  • Emily K. Richardson

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Shermela J. Williams)

  • Shermela J. Williams

For Judge - Superior Court Atlanta Judicial Circuit (to succeed Shukura Lageane Ingram)

  • Shukura Lageane Ingram (Incumbent)

For Judge - State Court Fulton County (to succeed Diane E. Bessen)

  • Diane E. Bessen (Incumbent)

For Judge - State Court Fulton County (to succeed Myra H. Dixon)

  • Myra H. Dixon (Incumbent)

For Judge - State Court Fulton County (to succeed Susan Edlein)

  • Susan Eicher Edlein (Incumbent)

For Judge - State Court Fulton County (to succeed John R. Mather)

  • John R. Mather (Incumbent)

For Judge - State Court Fulton County (to succeed Jane Morrison)

  • Jane Morrison (Incumbent)

For Judge - State Court Fulton County (to succeed Patsy Y. Porter)

  • Patsy Y. Porter (Incumbent)

For Judge - State Court Fulton County (to succeed Wesley B. "Wes" Tailor)

  • Wesley B. "Wes" Tailor (Incumbent)

For Probate Judge

  • Kenya Marie Johnson (Incumbent)

For County Board of Education District 1

For County Board of Education District 3

For County Board of Education District 4

  • Franchesca Warren (Incumbent)

Ballot Questions

City of Atlanta Special Purpose Municipal Option Sales Tax

“Shall a special 1 percent sales and use tax be reimposed in the City of Atlanta for a period of time not to exceed 16 calendar quarters and for the raising of not more than One Billion One Hundred Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,100,000,000.00) for the purpose of funding water and sewer projects and costs?”

  • Yes
  • No

City of College Park Municipal Option Sales Tax

Shall a special one (1%) percent sales and use tax be imposed in the City of College Park for a period not to exceed four (4) years and for the raising of not more than $50,000,000 for the purpose of water and sewer projects and costs?”

  • Yes
  • No

Republican General Primary

For United States House of Representatives - District 5

  • John “Bongo” Salvesen

For United States House of Representatives - District 6

  • Jeff Criswell

For United States House of Representatives - District 7

  • Rich McCormick (Incumbent)

For State Senate District 21

  • Brandon Beach (Incumbent)

For State Senate District 56

  • John Albers (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 25

For State House of Representatives - District 47

For State House of Representatives - District 48

  • Scott Hilton (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 49

For State House of Representatives - District 50

  • Narender Reddy

For State House of Representatives - District 51

  • Derek Keith Gettmann

For State House of Representatives - District 52

  • Robert Brandon McNeily

For State House of Representatives - District 53

  • Deborah Silcox (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 54

  • Samantha “Sam” Brown Parks

For State House of Representatives - District 55

  • Samuel S. Lenaeus

For State House of Representatives - District 56

  • Mesha K. Mainor (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 57

  • Julie Allen

For State House of Representatives - District 59

  • Maurice Mpayamaguru

For State House of Representatives - District 60

  • Cathy G. Henson

For State House of Representatives - District 67

  • Kevin G. Smith
  • Matthew Hammett

For District Attorney Atlanta Judicial Circuit

  • Courtney Kramer

For Fulton County Commissioner District 2

  • Bob Ellis

Republican Party Questions

1: For future elections, do you want hand-marked paper ballots, scanned and verified by hand count on live stream video?

  • Yes
  • No

2: Should the legislature enact the FairTax, replacing the state income tax and state sales tax with a consumption tax equal to current state funding and taxing no legal citizen or family up to the poverty level of spending?

  • Yes
  • No

3: Should the legislature ban registered lobbyists from serving on the State Elections Board?

  • Yes
  • No

4: Should the Georgia Republican Primary have a closed primary, meaning that only registered Republicans would be allowed to vote in the Republican Primary?

  • Yes
  • No

5: Should public officials who allow illegal migration to occur be responsible for the crimes committed by illegal aliens?

  • Yes
  • No

6: Would you support a statewide vote to allow gaming in Georgia so the voters can decide the issue instead of politicians in Atlanta?

  • Yes
  • No

7: Currently, hundreds of thousands of hours and dollars are spent every year cleaning up voter rolls. Would you support an amendment to the National Voting Rights Act that would require registered voters to renew their registration every four years?

  • Yes
  • No

8: Do you believe unelected and unaccountable international bureaucrats, like the UN controlled World Health Organization (WHO), should have complete control over management of future pandemics in the United States and authority to regulate your healthcare and personal health choices?

  • Yes
  • No

County Republican Party Questions

9: In view of Georgia’s $15 billion surplus, do you support eliminating the state income tax?

  • Yes
  • No

10: Do you advocate for choice in education by parents, including vouchers for private schools, charter schools, and homeschooling?

  • Yes
  • No

11: Do you believe biological men, even if dressed as women, should be able to use women’s restrooms, dressing rooms, or locker rooms?

  • Yes
  • No

12: Do you support new legislation to require term limits at the state and the federal levels?

  • Yes
  • No

13: Do you believe that all non-citizens entering the United States should cross our border legally, and all those who have crossed illegally should be removed from the Country?

  • Yes
  • No

14: Is it time to place a temporary hold on immigration to the U.S. until we complete our border security goals?

  • Yes
  • No

15: Do you support conducting elections with hand-marked paper ballots, counted manually at the precincts?

  • Yes
  • No

16: Do you believe adults have a right to make their own medical decisions, even in the midst of a pandemic?

  • Yes
  • No

17: Should Republican voters take control of their Primaries by passing legislation for Closed Primaries in Georgia, so that only Republicans would be voting in a Republican Primary?

  • Yes
  • No

18: Should Republican officials who fail to adhere to the Republican Party platform be required to run as independents or members of other parties in future elections?

  • Yes
  • No

19: Will you visit Fulton GAGOP.org for more information about how to get involved and to organize with other Republican Citizens?

  • Yes
  • No

Democratic General Primary

For United States House of Representatives - District 5

  • Nikema Williams (Incumbent)

For United States House of Representatives - District 6

For United States House of Representatives - District 7

  • Bob Christian

For State Senate District 14

  • Josh McLaurin (Incumbent)

For State Senate District 21

For State Senate District 28

For State Senate District 35

  • Jason Esteves (Incumbent)

For State Senate District 36

For State Senate District 38

For State Senate District 39

  • Sibya Halpern (Incumbent)

For State Senate District 48

  • JD Jordan

For State House of Representatives - District 25

  • Elaine Padgett

For State House of Representatives - District 47

For State House of Representatives - District 48

  • Laura Murvartian

For State House of Representatives - District 49

  • Grace Demit
  • Charles Squires

For State House of Representatives - District 50

  • Michelle Au (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 51

  • Esther Panitch (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 52

  • Shea Roberts (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 53

  • Susie Greenberg

For State House of Representatives - District 54

  • Betsy Holland (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 55

  • Inga S. Willis (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 56

For State House of Representatives - District 57

  • Stacey Evans (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 58

  • Park Elizabeth Cannon (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 59

  • Phil Olaleye (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 60

For State House of Representatives - District 61

For State House of Representatives - District 62

  • Tanya F. Miller (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 63

  • Kim Joy Schofield (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 65

For State House of Representatives - District 67

  • Lydia Glaize (Incumbent)

For State House of Representatives - District 68

  • Derrick L. Jackson

For State House of Representatives - District 69

For District Attorney Atlanta Judicial Circuit

For Clerk of Superior Court

For Sheriff

For Tax Commissioner

  • Arthur E. Ferdinand (Incumbent)
  • Duvwon Robinson

For Surveyor

  • Fred Quinn, Jr.

For Fulton County Commissioner District 2

  • Megan Harris
  • Jennifer Phillippi

For Fulton County Commissioner District 4

  • Natalie Hall (Incumbent)
  • Mo Ivory
  • Sonya D. Ofchus

For Fulton County Commissioner District 6

  • Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (Incumbent)
  • Ciara L. Anderson
  • Ali Carter

For Solicitor General

  • Keith E. Gammage (Incumbent)

Democratic Party Questions

1: Should the United States and the State of Georgia protect Georgians from gun violence by banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, closing background check loopholes, and passing other common-sense gun safety reforms?

  • Yes
  • No

2: Should the State of Georgia incentivize clean energy production as part of a climate policy that recognizes the urgent threat that climate change poses to Georgian’s health, lives and future?

  • Yes
  • No

3: Should the State of Georgia expand voter access by allowing same-day voter registration, removing obstacles to voting by mail, and making secure ballot drop boxes accessible at all times through Election Day?

  • Yes
  • No

4: Should the State of Georgia protect reproductive freedom by repealing the current six-week abortion ban, restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade and ensuring access to contraceptives, IVF, abortion and other reproductive health care?

  • Yes
  • No

5: Should the State of Georgia stop using taxpayer dollars intended for public education to pay for private school vouchers?

  • Yes
  • No

6: Should the State of Georgia raise the minimum wage to a living wage?

  • Yes
  • No

7: Should the portion of the Georgia state constitution allowing for involuntary servitude of prisoners and others convicted of offenses be repealed, thus prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude statewide?

  • Yes
  • No

8: Should the State of Georgia improve access to safe, affordable housing by increasing the affordable housing supply, protecting tenants’ rights to habitable living conditions, and crack down on negligence or abuse by property management companies or landlords?

  • Yes
  • No

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