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DeKalb County School District, Georgia, elections (2024)
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Four seats on the DeKalb County School District school board in Georgia were up for general election on May 21, 2024. A runoff election was scheduled for June 18, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was March 8, 2024.
Elections
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Candidates and results
District 1
General election
General election for DeKalb County School District school board District 1
Andrew Ziffer defeated Austin McDonald in the general election for DeKalb County School District school board District 1 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Ziffer (Nonpartisan)  | 57.6 | 5,462 |
 | Austin McDonald (Nonpartisan) | 42.4 | 4,017 | |
| Total votes: 9,479 | |||
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District 3
General election
General election for DeKalb County School District school board District 3
Incumbent Deirdre Pierce defeated Deidra Rossell Wright in the general election for DeKalb County School District school board District 3 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Deirdre Pierce (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 7,317 | |
| Deidra Rossell Wright (Nonpartisan) | 39.3 | 4,731 | ||
| Total votes: 12,048 | |||
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District 5
General runoff election
General runoff election for DeKalb County School District school board District 5
Tiffany Tate Hogan defeated Donna Priest-Brown in the general runoff election for DeKalb County School District school board District 5 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tiffany Tate Hogan (Nonpartisan) | 56.0 | 5,039 | |
| Donna Priest-Brown (Nonpartisan) | 44.0 | 3,962 | ||
| Total votes: 9,001 | |||
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General election
General election for DeKalb County School District school board District 5
Tiffany Tate Hogan and Donna Priest-Brown advanced to a runoff. They defeated Telessa Ammons and Manus Bernard Caldwell Jr. in the general election for DeKalb County School District school board District 5 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tiffany Tate Hogan (Nonpartisan) | 43.2 | 5,714 | |
| ✔ | Donna Priest-Brown (Nonpartisan) | 30.7 | 4,062 | |
| Telessa Ammons (Nonpartisan) | 13.4 | 1,770 | ||
| Manus Bernard Caldwell Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 12.8 | 1,696 | ||
| Total votes: 13,242 | |||
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District 7
General election
General election for DeKalb County School District school board District 7
Awet Eyasu won election in the general election for DeKalb County School District school board District 7 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Awet Eyasu (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 7,657 | |
| Total votes: 7,657 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Georgia elections, 2024
March 12, 2024
May 21, 2024
- Georgia's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia Public Service Commission election, 2024
- Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
- Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
- Georgia Supreme Court elections, 2024
- Georgia intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
- Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2024)
- Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia, elections (2024)
- Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2024)
- Atlanta, Georgia, Renewal of Sales Tax for Water and Sewer Projects Measure (May 2024)
- Mulberry, Georgia, Creation of New City Measure (May 2024)
June 18, 2024
- Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
- Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
- Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2024)
November 5, 2024
- Georgia's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
- Georgia Public Service Commission election, 2024
- Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
- Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
- Georgia Amendment 1, Local Option Homestead Property Tax Exemption Amendment (2024)
- Georgia Amendment 2, Creation of Tax Court Amendment (2024)
- Georgia Appropriations of Federal Legal Settlement Funds Amendment (2024)
- Georgia Referendum A, Personal Property Tax Exemption Increase Measure (2024)
- Georgia Statewide Homestead Property Tax Exemption Increase Measure (2024)
- Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2024)
- Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2024)
- City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2024)
December 3, 2024
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About the district
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The DeKalb County School District is located in DeKalb County, Georgia. The district served 92,368 students during the 2022-2023 school year.[1]
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