[vc_row][vc_column][tt_section_title title=”Your Guide to the 2020 Georgia Democratic Primary Candidates”]See who’s on the ballot for the Democratic and Non-Partisan races in 2020. Candidates are organized in the order they will appear on the ballot. So grab your absentee ballot and start scrolling! There’s a lot of great candidates running!
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You will see other candidates still on your presidential primary ballot, but Joe Biden is the only candidate who is still actively running for this position.
Joe Biden Joe Biden is the former Vice President of the United States under Barack Obama and a former United States Senator representing Delaware. joebiden.com |
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Sarah Riggs Amico Sarah Riggs Amico most recently served as Executive Chairperson for her family’s trucking company, and previously ran for Lt Governor in 2018. sarahforgeorgia.com |
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Marckeith DeJesus
Born in New York and raised in Augusta, Marckeith DeJesus is an Atlanta resident who is active in a variety of causes such as the NAACP and the Democratic Party of Georgia. |
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James Knox
James Knox is a Christian, a husband, a father, a veteran and a mentor who has always been committed to serving others. |
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Tricia Carpenter McCracken Hometown: Augusta, GA |
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Jon Ossoff An investigative journalist, Jon Ossoff most notably ran as the Democratic nominee in the 2017 special election in Georgia’s 6th District. electjon.com |
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Maya Dillard Smith Former head of the Georgia ACLU chapter, Maya Dillard Smith is an authority on Law, Policy & Economics, US Circuit Courts. mayadillardsmith.com |
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Teresa Pike Tomlinson Teresa Tomlinson is a lawyer and the former mayor of Columbus, Georgia. teresatomlinson.com |
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*Note: The seat currently held by Kelly Loeffler does not have a primary. It is a special jungle election that will not be on the ballot until November 3, 2020.
(Voted on by the entire state but must reside within district)
Robert G Bryant
Robert Bryant is a product of Chatham County public schools, and built his career and professional reputation in the field of higher education. |
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Daniel Blackman
Daniel Blackman is a respected community leader, impact investor, and policy advisor. |
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John Noel John Noel has 20+ years of experience in the energy efficiency field.noelforpsc.com |
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Lucy McBath (incumbent) Congresswoman Lucy McBath is a mother, a wife, an author and a vocal advocate for common sense gun control. lucyforcongress.com |
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Dana Barrett
Dana Barrett is a former talk show host, a single working mother, and a breast cancer survivor. |
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Sarah Beeson
Sarah Beeson is a Roswell native and mother who operates a 50+ employee family business that has been based in Roswell for over two decades.
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Charles Ravenscraft Charles Ravenscraft has lived in Georgia since 1986, and is a member of IBEW union. ravenscraftforhd22.com |
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Bobbi Simpson |
Sara Tindall Ghazal
Sara Ghazal is a wife, mother, attorney and advocate, and previously Voter Protection Director for the Democratic Party of Georgia. |
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Anthia Carter Anthia Owens Carter is a veteran home school mom of almost 20 years and a small-scale business owner as an American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR Instructor. anthiaowenscarter.com |
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Mary Robichaux (incumbent)
Mary Robichaux’s worked over 35 years in Healthcare Management, and has fought for improved healthcare and education for the state of Georgia. |
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Jason Hayes Jason Hayes is a board-certified internal medicine physician, small business owner and volunteer in Alpharetta. He is a former CDC epidemiology intern, former Congressional intern with Rep. Jim Cooper (D) and former National Health Service Corp physician. Jason’s platform is focused on healthcare, small business advocacy, education and transportation. jasonhayesforgeorgia.com |
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Ken Lawler
Ken is a 26-year resident of Alpharetta and a 39-year veteran of IBM. Ken and his wife raised 3 kids through Georgia’s public schools and state universities. Ken has been involved in the community, serving 5 years as HOA president. He has also worked with Fair Districts GA to lobby the legislature to establish a transparent, non-partisan process for redistricting following the 2020 census.. |
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Angelika Kausche (incumbent)
The first German-American lawmaker to serve in Georgia’s legislature, Angelika Kausche is a former professor and an advocate for common sense gun legislation. |
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Josh McLaurin (incumbent)
Josh McLaurin is a native of Metro Atlanta and a trial lawyer with a history of public service through volunteer work. |
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Shea Roberts
Shea Roberts is an attorney and small business owner, focused primarily on land use and family law with two decades of experience serving Sandy Springs. |
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Matthew Wilson (incumbent)
Matthew Wilson is a Georgia native, a trial lawyer, and a former middle school teacher. |
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Beth Moore (incumbent)
Beth Moore is a metro Atlanta native, a lawyer, and has worked to improve health care and advance public transportation initiatives while in the state legislature. |
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Justin Holsomback
Justin Holsomback works as an IT Technical Recruiter for a certified woman-owned business in Sandy Springs and currently serves as Secretary for the Democratic Party of Georgia, |
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John Lewis (incumbent) John Lewis is a civil rights leader currently serving his 17th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. johnlewisforcongress.com |
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Barrington Martin II
Barrington Martin II is a Special Needs Educator and graduate student at Georgia State University. |
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Jen Jordan (incumbent)
Jen Jordan is an attorney who has fought hard for education reform during her tenure in the state senate. |
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Christine Triebsch
Christine Triebsch is a family law attorney who has lived in Cobb County for 21 years. |
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Linda Pritchett Linda Pritchett has been a Certified Paralegal for over 15 years and a former Life Insurance Agency Owner specializing Government Employee Benefits.vote4linda.com |
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Nikema Williams (incumbent)
Nikema Williams has served in the state senate since 2017 and is the current Chair of the Democratic P arty of Georgia. |
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Erick Allen (incumbent)
Erick Allen was first elected in 2018 and is a long-time resident of Cobb County. |
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Shea Roberts
Shea Roberts is an attorney and small business owner, focused primarily on land use and family law with two decades of experience serving Sandy Springs. |
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Betsy Holland (incumbent)
Betsy Holland has served one term in the Georgia House of Representatives, and has previous experience in corporate leadership at Turner Broadcasting. |
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Marie Robinson Metze (incumbent) Marie Metze has served her district since 2015. |
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Fred Quinn
Fred Quinn is a licensed real estate broker and a former senior financial management analyst. |
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Mesha Mainor Mesha Mainor is a licensed physical therapist who also worked with Congress and the Assistant Surgeon General in on Capitol Hill.meshamainor.com |
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Josh McNair
A lifelong Georgia resident, Josh McNair works in healthcare sales, selling HIV and Hepatitis C resistant testing to clinicians throughout the Southeast. |
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Darryl Terry II
Darryl Terry II teaches American Government at D.M. Therrell High School in Southwest Atlanta, where he also coaches football and baseball. |
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Stacey Evans An attorney, Stacey Evans previously served four terms as a Georgia State Representative from 2011-2017.staceyevans.com |
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Kyle Lamont
Kyle Lamont served as president of Oakland City community Organization and was appointed to the Beltline TADAC. |
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Jenne’ Shepherd
Jenne’ Shepherd is a wife and mother with a background in healthcare administration. |
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Alex Wan
Alex Wan spent eight years as an Atlanta City Council member, and now serves as the Fulton/Atlanta citizen representative on the Atlanta Regional Commission Board. |
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Park Cannon (incumbent)
Park Cannon was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2016, and works with The Feminist Health Center. |
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David Dreyer (incumbent)
David Dreyer was elected in 2016, and has a background in law with an emphasis in constitutional law and voter protection. |
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Kim Schofield (incumbent)
Kim Schofield has lived in Georgia for 20 years and was elected in 2016. |
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Matthew Wilson (incumbent)
Matthew Wilson is a Georgia native, a trial lawyer, and a former middle school teacher. |
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John Lewis (incumbent) John Lewis is a civil rights leader currently serving his 17th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. johnlewisforcongress.com |
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Barrington Martin II
Barrington Martin II is a Special Needs Educator and graduate student at Georgia State University. |
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Linda Pritchett Linda Pritchett has been a Certified Paralegal for over 15 years and a former Life Insurance Agency Owner specializing Government Employee Benefits.vote4linda.com |
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Nikema Williams (incumbent)
Nikema Williams has served in the state senate since 2017 and is the current Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia. |
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Marie Robinson Metze (incumbent) Marie Metze has served her district since 2015. |
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Fred Quinn
Fred Quinn is a licensed real estate broker and a former senior financial management analyst. |
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David Dreyer (incumbent)
David Dreyer was elected in 2016, and has a background in law with an emphasis in constitutional law and voter protection. |
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Kim Schofield (incumbent)
Kim Schofield has lived in Georgia for 20 years and was elected in 2016. |
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William Boddie (incumbent)
William Boddie is an attorney who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives since 2017. |
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Derrick Jackson (incumbent)
Derrick Jackson has served in the Georgia House of Representatives since 2017.
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Find your districts at: mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do
Paul Howard (incumbent) Paul Howard is currently serving his sixth term, and was the first African-American to be elected District Attorney in the State of Georgia in 1997.re-electpaulhoward.com |
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Christian Wise Smith
Christian Wise Smith is a former assistant solicitor with the city of Atlanta, and Fulton prosecutor. |
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Fani Willis
Fani Willis has 16 years of experience serving in the District Attorney’s office, as well as several years in the private sector. |
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Cathelene “Tina” Robinson (incumbent)
Cathelene “Tina” Robinson has served as Clerk since 2016. |
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Walter M Calloway
Walter M Calloway has over 25 years of sworn and civilian law enforcement with serving the Atlanta Police Department, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice and the Fulton County Sheriff Office.
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Myron Freeman
Myron Freeman previously served as Fulton County Sheriff from 2005 to 2008, and has a long history in the service of law enforcement. |
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Theodore “Ted” Jackson (incumbent)
Theodore “Ted” Jackson is currently serving his third term, and is the first African American sheriff to seek a fourth term since 1985, with thirty two years FBI experience. |
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Patrick “Pat” Labat
Patrick “Pat” Labat has 30 years of success in the public safety sector, and a decade of executive-level law enforcement management as Chief of the City of Atlanta Department of Corrections. |
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Charles D. Rambo
Charles Rambo has three decades of real-world major county Sheriff expertise serving and inspiring people in the values of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. |
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Keith E. Gammage (incumbent)
Prior to serving as Solicitor-General, Keith Gammage served for several years as Chief Assistant Solicitor General. |
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These yes or no questions will help the Democratic Party of Georgia build its platform in the coming years.
1. Should Georgians work to stop climate change and listen to the scientific community, which recommends immediate action to combat this serious threat to our planet?
2. Should Georgia enact basic standards to protect our environment from wasteful plastic items that pollute our state?
3. Should every eligible Georgian be allowed to register to vote on Election Day to make sure everyone can exercise their right to vote?
4. Should Georgia take partisanship out of the redistricting process and have an independent commission draw district lines instead of politicians?
5. Should our criminal justice system end the discriminatory cash bail system that allows the wealthy to buy their way out of jail while disadvantaging lower income Georgians?
6. Should every Georgian that has served their sentence for a crime they committed be allowed to have their voting rights restored?
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Find your districts at: mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do
Trenton “Trent” Brown, III (incumbent)
Judge Trenton Brown III was appointed and sworn in by Governor Nathan Deal on May 16, 2018 |
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Christian Coomer (incumbent)
Christian Coomer was previously representing District 14 in the Georgia House of Representatives as a member of the Republican party. |
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Sara Doyle (incumbent)
From 2015 to 2017, Sara Doyle served as Chief Judge of Georgia’s Court of Appeals. |
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Elizabeth Dallas Gobeil (incumbent)
Elizabeth Dallas Gobeil is a Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from Thomaston, Georgia.
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David Todd Markle (incumbent)
Gov. Nathan Deal (R) appointed Markle to the court on December 7, 2018. |
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Carla McMillian (incumbent)
From 2015 to 2017, Sara Doyle served as Chief Judge of Georgia’s Court of Appeals.
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Kimberly Esmond Adams (incumbent)
Kimberly Esmond Adams is serving her third term on the Superior Court of Fulton County. |
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Thomas A Cox, Jr. (incumbent)
Thomas A. Cox, Jr. was elected in 2016.
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Eric Kernard Dunaway (incumbent)
Eric Dunaway was elected in 2017. |
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Belinda E Edwards (incumbent)
Belinda Edwards was elected in 2016. |
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Ural Glanville (incumbent)
Ural Glanville was first elected to this position in 2004. |
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Rachel Krause (incumbent)
Judge Rachel Krause was appointed to the Superior Court of Fulton County, Atlanta Judicial Circuit by Governor Nathan Deal in December 2018. |
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Shawn Ellen LaGrua (incumbent)
Shawn Ellen LaGrua was appointed by Governor Perdue in December 2009. |
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Shukura Ingram Millender (incumbent)
Shukura Ingram Millender was appointed by Governor Deal in July 2018. |
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Henry M. Newkirk (incumbent)
Henry M. Newkirk was appointed by Governor Perdue in 2008, and has won re-election since then. |
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Emily K. Richardson (incumbent)
Emily Richardson was appointed by Governor Deal in 2018.
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Rebecca Crumrine Rieder (incumbent)
Rebecca Rieder was appointed by Nathan Deal in 2018. |
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Shermela Williams
Shermela Williams is an experience trial lawyer born and raised in Fulton County. |
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Melynee Leftridge Harris
Melynee Leftridge Harris is a Fulton County Magistrate Court Judge serving for over 10 years.
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Tamika Hrobowski-Houston
In 2016, Tamika Hrobowski-Houston was appointed to the role of Judicial Officer in the Fulton County Superior Court’s Family Division. |
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Lizz Kuhn
Lizz Kuhn is an attorney with experience practicing Family Law (divorce, child custody), Personal Injury Law, Bankruptcy Law, and some Criminal Defense. |
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Ashley Baker Osby
Ashley B. Osby was appointed to the Magistrate Court of Fulton County in June of 2017. |
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Diane E. Bessen (incumbent)
She was appointed to the court by Governor Roy Barnes in July 2002, and has run unopposed for each subsequent term.
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Myra H. Dixon (incumbent)
Gov. Roy Barnes appointed Myra Dixon to the Fulton State Court in 1999. |
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Susan Eichler Edlein (incumbent)
Susan Edlein has served as a judge on the state court of Fulton County since 2008.
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John R Mather (incumbent)
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Jane Morrison (incumbent)
Jane Morrison has served in this position since elected in 2012. |
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Wesley Tailor (incumbent)
Wesley Tailor serves on the Fulton County Court presiding over misdemeanor criminal cases and civil actions of all sizes. |
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