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ELECTION COVERAGE
No change in District 3 county commission seat
DeKalb County
Commissioner Larry
Johnson held on to
his District 3 county
commission seat after a
victory over Felton Wright
in the primary election.
Johnson, who has been
in office as a commissioner
for nearly two decades,
defeated Felton with 80
percent of the vote May 22
at press time.
In an email exchange
with The Champion,
Johnson said he’s committed
to “results you can see.”
“I believe in District
Johnson
3,” Johnson said. “ I want
to continue to connect the
unconnected, strengthen
our infrastructure, pave our
roads, continue to be an
advocate for increased pay
and benefit packages for
our public safety personnel
and build a world class
parks and recreation system
to better the health of the
residents of DeKalb.”
Johnson said making
sure the county’s public
safety officials receive pay
increases is one of his top
priorities. Other expressed
priorities are building
infrastructure and making
sure residents live a healthy
life.
Adams
Runoff for Super
District 7 expected
As of press time, it
appeared incumbent
Super District 7
Commissioner
Gregory Adams will
compete in a runoff
against challenger
Lorraine Cochran-
Johnson.
In the primary
election May 22,
Adams held a slight
lead over Johnson with
44 percent of the vote
compared to Johnson’s
41 percent according to
polling reports at press
time.
The District 7 race
was a competitive field
with four individuals
competing for the seat.
Challengers Jared Tolbert and Ed Williams
also ran for the District 7 seat.
As of press time, Tolbert had 7 percent of
the vote and Williams had 5 percent.
Adams, who was elected as District 7
commissioner in December of 2016, said he
was more experienced with allocating taxpayer
money than any other individual running for
the seat.
“I have successfully handled constituent
concerns for over 350,000-plus residents.
I currently oversee hundreds of millions
of dollars that are allocated for DeKalb’s
infrastructure and growth,” Adams said.
“I am the only candidate in this race who
SEE DISTRICT 7 ON PAGE 5
llochran-Johnson
Johnson
Johnson reclaims
Superior Court seat
BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com
Courtney Johnson will remain a
DeKalb County Superior Court judge
after being reelected to the seat.
With 71 percent of precincts
reporting at press time, Johnson won
the election with 65 percent of votes,
defeating Genet Hopewell, who
received 53 percent of votes.
During the campaign, Johnson
emphasized how she ran a “positive
campaign” after Hopewell’s camp sent
flyers about Johnson’s bad press. The
mailer mentioned Johnson’s handling
of the criminal trial of former DeKalb
County CEO Burrell Ellis and an
incident in which Johnson allegedly
refused to grant a bathroom break for a
defense attorney, which resulted in an
accident in the courtroom.
“Shame on my opponent for trying
to conceal her lack of experience by
running a negative and misleading
SEE JUDGE ON PAGE 5
Johnson
Fourth, sixth
Congressional
incumbents to
face challengers
in November
BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com
After wins
in the May 22
primary election,
Congressman
Hank Johnson and
Congresswoman
Karen Handel
will both face a
challenger in the
November general
election.
Johnson won the
Democratic race
for the 4 th District
Congressional
seat after beating
challenger Juan
Parks. Johnson
received 81 percent
of votes and Parks
received 19 percent,
as of press time.
Johnson will face
Republican Joe
Profit in the general
election. Profit ran
unopposed in the
Republican primary.
Handel, who
ran unopposed
in the Republican
primary, will face
either Kevin Abel
or Lucy McBath in
November. Abel and
McBath will face
each other in a runoff
for the Democratic
6th District
Congressional seat.
Abel received 32.32
percent of votes and
McBath received
32.40 percent of
votes, as of press
time.
Congressman John Lewis reclaimed
the 5th District Congressional seat after
running unopposed in the primary and
having no Republican challenger in
November.
Profit
Handal
McBath
