On Monday, Cobb election results were certified from last Tuesday, with the possibility of a recount looming in a legislative seat that includes part of Northeast Cobb.
Tuesday 5 p.m. is the deadline for all county elections boards in the state to certify their results and report them to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, which was closed Monday for the Veterans Day holiday.
Most counties, including Cobb, have finished. DeKalb and Gwinnett county elections boards are the subject of a lawsuit filed Monday by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.
Abrams, who won Cobb County, has not conceded to Republican Brian Kemp, who holds an unofficial lead of under 60,000 votes and who has declared victory. She is vying for a runoff.
A runoff could take place in State House District 37, where Republican incumbent Sam Teasley trailed Democratic challenger Mary Frances Williams by 137 votes. That seat includes part of Northeast Cobb, much of the city of Marietta and a portion of West Cobb.
That’s the closest race that was certified on Monday by the Cobb elections board. More Cobb results from the Georgia Secretary of State website.
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The re-elections of Cobb commissioner JoAnn Birrell and Cobb school board member David Chastain (Kell and Sprayberry) were certified, as was Charisse Davis’ win for another Cobb school board seat in East Cobb that had been held by Scott Sweeney (Walton and Wheeler).
Other East Cobb legislative incumbents all won last Tuesday, but final results have to be certified in some of those races since they include more than one county.
The same goes for the 6th Congressional District race, which includes East Cobb, North Fulton and north and central DeKalb. Democrat Lucy McBath edged Republican incumbent Karen Handel by a little more than 3,000 votes.
Also certified by Cobb elections on Monday was the biggest landslide winner of them all: the so-called “Sunday brunch bill,” which would allow for Sunday alcohol sales as early as 11 a.m., instead of the 12:30 p.m. start currently permitted.
In unincorporated Cobb, voters approved the measure with a whopping 71 percent of the vote. The measure passed in Cobb cities by similar margins.
Georgia Governor
| Brian Kemp (R) | Stacey Abrams (D) | Ted Metz (L) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | 1,976,614 | 1,918,847 | 37,173 |
| State % | 50.26 | 48.79 | 0.95 |
| Cobb only | 138,850 | 168,764 | 4,194 |
| Cobb % | 44.50 | 54.09 | 1.34 |
6th District Congress
| Lucy McBath (D) | Karen Handel (R-I) | |
|---|---|---|
| Districtwide | 159,945 | 156,752 |
| District % | 50.50 | 49.50 |
| Cobb only | 40,807 | 51,297 |
| Cobb % | 44.26 | 55.63 |
Cobb Commission 3
| JoAnn Birrell (R-I) | Caroline Holko (D) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Votes | 36,450 | 34,290 |
| Vote % | 51.46 | 48.41 |
Cobb school board 4
| David Chastain (R-I) | Cynthia Parr (D) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Votes | 20,630 | 17,907 |
| Vote % | 53.50 | 46.43 |
Cobb school board 6
| Charisse Davis (D) | Scott Sweeney (R-I) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Votes | 21,771 | 20,640 |
| Vote % | 51.29 | 48.63 |
State Senate 32
Includes most of East Cobb and portions of North Fulton.
| Kay Kirkpatrick (R-I) | Christine Triebsch (D) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Votes | 52,870 | 39,288 |
| Vote % | 57.37 | 42.63 |
| Cobb Votes | 47,558 | 33,718 |
| Cobb % | 58.49 | 41.47 |
State House 37
| Mary Frances Williams (D) | Sam Teasley (R-I) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Votes | 11,928 | 11,755 |
| Vote % | 50.34 | 49.61 |
State House 43
| Sharon Cooper (R-I) | Luisa Wakeman (D) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Votes | 13,122 | 12,379 |
| Vote % | 51.52 | 48.41 |
State House 44
| Don Parsons (R-I) | Chinita Allen (D) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Votes | 14,170 | 11,422 |
| Vote % | 55.33 | 44.60 |
State House 45
Includes parts of East Cobb and North Fulton.
| Matt Dollar (R-I) | Essence Johnson (D) | |
|---|---|---|
| All Votes | 17,003 | 11,681 |
| Vote % | 59.28 | 40.72 |
| Cobb Votes | 15,896 | 9,574 |
| Cobb % | 62.39 | 37.57 |
State House 46
Includes part of Northeast Cobb and Cherokee.
| John Carson (R-I) | Karin Sandiford (D) | |
|---|---|---|
| All Votes | 17,458 | 10,783 |
| Vote % | 61.82 | 38.18 |
| Cobb Votes | 11,679 | 7,707 |
| Cobb % | 60.22 | 39.74 |
Cobb ‘Brunch Bill’
To allow Sunday alcohol sales at 11 a.m. instead of 12:30 p.m.
| Yes | No | |
|---|---|---|
| # Votes | 217,806 | 85,879 |
| Vote % | 71.72 | 28.28 |
Cobb Elections Miscellany
- No. of Registered Voters in Cobb: 486,697
- No. of Votes Cast in General Election: 312,510
- Turnout: 64.21 percent
- Absentee mail-in votes: 25,453
- Absentee electronic votes: 554
- Advance votes in person: 111,696
- Total advance votes: 137,691
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