Voters in East Cobb will help determine the Democratic Party candidate for District 2 on the Cobb Board of Commissioners in Tuesday’s runoff election.
Voters will cast ballots at their regular precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. They must provide a photo or other official form of identification when they get to the polls.
The candidates are Jaha Howard, a former member of the Cobb Board of Education, and Taniesha Whorton, a former administrative assistant with the Cobb County Police Department.
They finished first and second, respectively, in a five-way primary on May 21.
Turnout has been light, with fewer than 1,000 casting votes in the advance voting period for the runoff last week.
District 2 is an open seat after current first-term Democrat Jerica Richardson decided to run for Congress.
She finished far behind current U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath in the Democratic primary for the 6th District.
Richardson was drawn out of her commission seat during reapportionment. She and the other two Democratic commissioners approved other maps that would place most of East Cobb in District 3.
It’s unclear at the moment who else will be running in District 2 in the general election in November.
Republican Alicia Adams filed to run in District 2 under the legislative maps, but was disqualified due to the map disputes.
She is challenging her disqualification in Cobb Superior Court, and a hearing is scheduled next Thursday before Judge Kellie Hill.
Cobb Republican activist Pamela Reardon qualified to run in the District 2 boundaries that are being observed for the Democratic Party.
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