2024 Cobb primary election day preview: Candidates, ballots, more

Georgia runoff elections

Advance voting is over in Cobb County and Georgia for the 2024 primaries, and on Tuesday will continue with election-day in-person voting at precincts.

Voters will chose Democratic, Republican or non-partisan ballots (consolidated countywide sample ballots here) in a variety of federal, state legislative and local races.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and voters standing in line by the time the polls close will be allowed to vote.

To check your polling station and which races will be on your ballot, visit the Georgia Secretary of State’s GA My Voter Page.

All voters must go to the polls with proof of identification (details here).

Here are the key contested races on the ballot for East Cobb voters; they do not include candidates who are running unopposed and will be on the general election ballot in November:

Cobb Commission Chairwoman (Democrat)

  • Lisa Cupid (incumbent), Shelia Edwards

Cobb Commission District 2 (Democrat)

  • Erick Allen, William Costa, Jaha Howard, Kevin Redmon, Taniesha Worton

Cobb District Attorney (Democrat)

  • Sonya Allen, Flynn Broady (incumbent)

Cobb Sheriff (Democrat)

  • Greg Gilstrap, Craig Owens (Democrat)

Cobb Sheriff (Republican)

  • David Cavender, Antaney Hogan, Ricci Mason

Cobb Superior Court Clerk (Democrat)

  • Brunessa Drayton, Carole Melton, Nick Simpson, Connie Taylor (incumbent)

Cobb Tax Commissioner (Democrat)

  • Jan Becker, Carla Jackson (incumbent)

U.S. House District 11 (Republican)

  • Barry Loudermilk (incumbent), Lori Pesta, Michael Pons

U.S. House District 11 (Democrat)

  • Antonio Daza, Katy Stamper

State Senate District 32 (Republican)

  • Ben Fremer, Kay Kirkpatrick (incumbent)

State Senate District 33 (Democrat)

  • Euriel Hemmerly, Michael “Doc” Rhett (incumbent)

Georgia Supreme Court (Non-Partisan)

  • John Barrow, Andrew Prinson (incumbent)

Georgia Court of Appeals (Non-Partisan)

  • Jeff Davis, Tabitha Ponder

Cobb Superior Court Judge (Non-Partisan)

  • Sylvia Goldman, Julie Jacobs (incumbent)

Cobb State Court Judge, Post 7 (Non-Partisan)

  • Carl Bowers (incumbent), Matt McMaster, Crystal Stevens McElrath

Cobb Probate Court Judge (Non-Partisan)

  • Rebecca Keaton, Kellie Wolk (incumbent)

The two major parties also will have a number of party questions on their ballots that are non-binding: Democrat and Republican.

Please Note: Voters who ask for a non-partisan ballot will not be able to vote for either Democratic or Republican candidates. The non-partisan ballot contains only state and local judicial candidates.

Primaries that are not decided on Tuesday will go to a runoff to be concluded on June 18.

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