Democratic challenger in Cobb commission race raises $100K

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A Democrat seeking to unseat four-term Republican incumbent JoAnn Birrell on the Cobb Board of Commissioner has reported raising more than $100,000. Richardson advisor declares intent for Cobb commission campaign

According to campaign disclosure reports filed last week, Kevin Redmon has spent roughly half of that total as the District 3 general election campaign heats up.

District 3 covers most of East Cobb, and is the only contested commissioner’s race in November.

Democrats control the five-member body with a 3-2 majority, and the two Republican-held seats are on the ballot this year.

In May, two-term Republican incumbent Keli Gambrill won her primary in District 1 in West Cobb, and is unopposed in November.

Redmon, who ran for the Cobb Board of Commissioners in 2024 in District 2 and was a “community cabinet” member for former commissioner Jerica Richardson, has reported raising $100,520 in contributions for the District 3 race.

His disclosure report (you can read it here) reports that he has $50,386 on hand.

Redmon announced his candidacy last October and was unopposed in the May primary, while Birrell easily defeated Chris Wasserman in the Republican primary.

Birrell’s campaign disclosure report (you can read it here) indicates that she has raised $50,839, and has $32,007 on hand.

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Redmon has received large contributions from several sources, including $3,300 amounts from Goldman Sachs tecnology executive Justin Smith; noted Atlanta homebuilder John Wieland; and The Barnes Law Group, the practice run by former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes.

Among the biggest expenses are $13,000 for campaign manager Mindy Seger, a leader with the anti-cityhood group East Cobb Alliance who also was an adviser to Richardson.

Birrell is the longest-serving member on the Cobb commission. Among her campaign contributors are $3,300 from Building Together, the political action committee of the Georgia Home Builders Association; $2,500 from the Project Health Solutions PAC; $2,000 each from Cynthia Reichard and Steve Tanner, top executives at Arylessence Inc., a privately held fragrance firm based in East Cobb; $2,000 from Ben Mathis, managing partner of the Cumberland law firm Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP; and $2,000 from the Freeman Mathis Decisions PAC.

The primary expenses reported by Birrell are $12,000 for campaign mailings.

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