11Alive voter guide for Georgia May 21 primaries | Races for Congress, state legislature, local offices
Here's everything you need to know for the Peach State's critical May 21 primaries, which will decide the party nominees for important offices.
While the presidential primary came and went in Georgia without much fanfare, Peach State voters must still decide primaries in critical races.
They include primaries for U.S. Congress, seats in the Georgia Senate and Georgia House of Representatives, and local races for everything from education board seats to tax commissioner.
Election Day for those primaries is now coming up on May 21. Early voting has already begun.
In many cases, significant jobs like judgeships or county offices don't have both parties nominating candidates -- meaning whoever wins the primary for the party that is nominating candidates wins the election outright.
All that adds up to make May 21 an arguably more significant Election Day than the earlier presidential primary day.
Below, find links to our county-specific guides for Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton counties, as well as a summary of what races are on the ballot in those counties.
Fulton County
Voter Guide
Sample ballots
What's at stake
- 3 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 10 seats in the Georgia Senate
- 22 sets in the Georgia House of Representatives
- District Attorney
- Clerk of Fulton County Superior Court
- Fulton County Tax Commissioner
- Fulton County Surveyor
- 3 Fulton County Board of Commissioners seats
- Fulton County Solicitor General
- 4 Georgia Supreme Court justice seats
- 7 Georgia Appeals Court judge seats
- 12 Fulton County Superior Court judge seats
- 7 Fulton County State Court judge seats
- Fulton County Probate Judge
- 3 Fulton County Board of Education seats
- City of Atlanta special purpose municipal option sales tax
- City of College Park municipal option sales tax
DeKalb County
Voter Guide
Sample ballots
What's at stake
- 3 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 6 seats in the Georgia Senate
- 17 seats in the Georgia House of Representatives
- District Attorney
- Clerk of DeKalb County Superior Court
- DeKalb County Sheriff
- DeKalb County Tax Commissioner
- DeKalb County Chief Magistrate
- DeKalb County Solicitor General
- DeKalb County CEO
- 4 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners seats
- 4 Georgia Supreme Court justice seats
- 7 Georgia Appeals Court judge seats
- 7 DeKalb County Superior Court judge seats
- 7 DeKalb County State Court judge seats
- DeKalb County Probate Judge
- 4 DeKalb County Board of Education seats
- City of Atlanta special purpose municipal option sales tax
Gwinnett County
Voter Guide
Sample ballots
What's at stake
- 4 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 8 seats in the Georgia Senate
- 20 seats in the Georgia House of Representatives
- District Attorney
- Clerk of Gwinnett County Superior Court
- Gwinnett County Sheriff
- Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner
- Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chair
- 2 Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners seats
- 4 Georgia Supreme Court justice seats
- 7 Georgia Appeals Court judge seats
- 6 Gwinnett County Superior Court judge seats
- 5 Gwinnett County State Court judge seats
- Gwinnett County Probate Judge
- Gwinnett County Chief Magistrate
- 3 Gwinnett County Board of Education seats
- Countywide homestead exemption question
- Countywide homestead exemption for public service employees question
- Incorporation of the City of Mulberry
Cobb County
Voter Guide
Sample ballots
What's at stake
- 3 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 6 seats in the Georgia Senate
- 16 seats in the Georgia House of Representatives
- Cobb County Clerk of State Court
- Cobb County Clerk of Superior Court
- Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairperson
- 2 Cobb County Board of Commissioners seats
- Cobb County Sheriff
- 4 Cobb County Board of Education seats
- Cobb County Tax Commissioner
- District Attorney
- 4 Georgia Supreme Court justice seats
- 7 Georgia Appeals Court judge seats
- 8 Cobb County Superior Court judge seats
- 8 Cobb County State Court judge seats
- Cobb County Probate Judge
- Cobb County Chief Magistrate
- Kennesaw City Council At Large Post 5, special election
Clayton County
Voter guide
Sample ballots
What's at stake
- 2 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 3 seats in the Georgia Senate
- 6 seats in the Georgia House of Representatives
- District Attorney
- Clayton County Probate Judge
- Clayton County Clerk of Superior Court
- Clayton County Sheriff
- Clayton County Tax Commissioner
- Clayton County Chief Magistrate
- Clayton County Solicitor General
- Clayton County Board of Commissioners Chair
- 2 Clayton County Board of Commissioners seats
- 5 Clayton County Board of Education seats
- 4 Georgia Supreme Court justice seats
- 7 Georgia Appeals Court judge seats
- 3 Clayton County Superior Court judge seats
- 2 Clayton County State Court judge seats
- Clayton County Board of Commissioners District 1 special election