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Devin Barrington-Ward
Devin Barrington-Ward ran in a special election to the Atlanta City Council to represent At-large Post 3 in Georgia. He lost in the special general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Devin Barrington-Ward was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His career experience includes working as the managing director of the Black Futurists Group.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2024)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 3
Eshé Collins defeated Nicole Evans Jones in the special general runoff election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 3 on December 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eshé Collins (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 8,747 |
 | Nicole Evans Jones (Nonpartisan)  | 40.0 | 5,834 | |
| Total votes: 14,581 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 3
Nicole Evans Jones and Eshé Collins advanced to a runoff. They defeated Amber Connor, Devin Barrington-Ward, and Duvwon Robinson in the special general election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicole Evans Jones (Nonpartisan) | 40.0 | 71,824 |
| ✔ | | Eshé Collins (Nonpartisan) | 24.5 | 43,910 |
 | Amber Connor (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 27,416 | |
 | Devin Barrington-Ward (Nonpartisan) | 13.4 | 24,112 | |
| Duvwon Robinson (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 12,152 | ||
| Total votes: 179,414 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Barrington-Ward in this election.
2021
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
General election
General election for Atlanta City Council District 9
Incumbent Dustin Hillis defeated Devin Barrington-Ward in the general election for Atlanta City Council District 9 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dustin Hillis (Nonpartisan) | 67.9 | 4,721 |
| Devin Barrington-Ward (Nonpartisan) | 31.8 | 2,210 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 24 | ||
| Total votes: 6,955 | |||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 38
Incumbent Horacena Tate won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 38 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Horacena Tate (D) | 100.0 | 79,748 |
| Total votes: 79,748 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 38
Incumbent Horacena Tate defeated Tania Robinson, Devin Barrington-Ward, and Michael Carson in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 38 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Horacena Tate | 52.9 | 21,024 |
 | Tania Robinson | 25.6 | 10,160 | |
| Devin Barrington-Ward | 11.2 | 4,469 | |
 | Michael Carson | 10.3 | 4,090 | |
| Total votes: 39,743 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
Devin Barrington-Ward completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Barrington-Ward's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2013, I went to Washington, DC to help pass legislation to create dedicated funding for LGBTQ youth homeless shelters and legislation ending criminal charges against youth involved in sex trafficking in my role as a Director of Communications at the DC City Council. I also helped launch the DC Chapters of Black Youth Project 100 and Impulse Group as the co-chair and president of those groups focused on empowering Black youth to end police brutality and empowering LGBTQ people to end HIV.
In 2018, I returned District 9 to work on criminal justice reform and funding for HIV prevention and treatment services in Atlanta. This work work resulted in securing a historic funding allocation in the city budget in 2018 for HIV prevention, a state authorized PrEP Drug Assistance Program, a televised HIV Briefing for city officials, and the formation of a city taskforce to repurpose the empty extra jail in Downtown Atlanta into a Center for Equity and Wellness.- Improving Public Safety: Atlanta needs a public safety system that goes beyond relying on police and jails for safer communities. I will shift Atlanta towards the creation of a full service public safety system that includes crime prevention programs, such as youth job initiatives, 24/7 diversion initiatives via 311, and a 24 hour mental health crisis response unit within Atlanta Fire & Rescue.
- Building Better Pubic Infrastructure: In Atlanta, public infrastructure should serve as the great equalizer not cause for gentrification and poverty. This means building more affordable housing on city owned land, tax credits and free renovation money for landlords who keep housing affordable, transit projects that keep Atlanta moving and put people to work, and improvements that stop negative impacts on our environment such as flood prevention.
- End Poverty: Atlanta is No.1 in the country for income inequality and this has life and death consequences. In District 9, residents who live in communities like Bankhead have a life expectancy of 64 years compared to 88 years for Vinnings residents just 10 minutes away. I believe our city is safer when we use public money to benefit the public. This means strong hiring goals from low income communities on large public infrastructure projects and incentivizing landlords to keep housing affordable.
Public Infrastructure: In Atlanta, public infrastructure should serve as the great equalizer not cause for gentrification and poverty. This means building more affordable housing on city owned land, tax credits and free renovation money for landlords who keep housing affordable, transit projects that keep Atlanta moving and put people to work, and improvements that stop negative impacts on our environment such as flood prevention.
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2020
Devin Barrington-Ward did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2021
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