Jason Dozier
2022 - Present
2026
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Jason Dozier is a member of the Atlanta City Council in Georgia, representing District 4. He assumed office on January 3, 2022. His current term ends on January 5, 2026.
Dozier is running for re-election to the Atlanta City Council to represent District 4 in Georgia. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 4, 2025.[source]
Biography
Jason Dozier was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Dozier earned his B.A. in education from Denison University. He later received his master's degree in public administration from the University of Georgia. Dozier also earned an M.S. in real estate from Georgia State University. His professional experience includes working as the director of programs operations with Hire Heroes USA. Dozier served in the U.S. Army from 2006 to 2012.[1][2]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2025)
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Atlanta City Council District 4
Incumbent Jason Dozier and DeBorah Williams are running in the general election for Atlanta City Council District 4 on November 4, 2025.
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| DeBorah Williams (Nonpartisan) | ||
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2021
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Atlanta City Council District 4
Jason Dozier defeated incumbent Cleta Winslow in the general runoff election for Atlanta City Council District 4 on November 30, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Dozier (Nonpartisan) | 62.4 | 2,614 |
 | Cleta Winslow (Nonpartisan) | 37.6 | 1,578 | |
| Total votes: 4,192 | |||
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General election
General election for Atlanta City Council District 4
The following candidates ran in the general election for Atlanta City Council District 4 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cleta Winslow (Nonpartisan) | 31.3 | 1,482 |
| ✔ | | Jason Dozier (Nonpartisan) | 29.4 | 1,389 |
 | Kim Scott (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 640 | |
 | Rogelio Arcila (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 528 | |
| DeBorah Williams (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 432 | ||
 | Larry Carter (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 248 | |
| Ronald Zackery (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 4,728 | |||
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Endorsements
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2017
The city of Atlanta, Georgia, held a runoff election for any race where no candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the general election votes cast in the general election the month prior.[3] Incumbent Cleta Winslow defeated Jason Dozier in the runoff election for District 4 seat on the city council.
| Atlanta City Council District 4, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Cleta Winslow Incumbent |
52.62% | 2,449 |
| Jason Dozier | 47.38% | 2,205 |
| Total Votes | 4,654 | |
| Source: City of Atlanta, GA, "Fulton County/DeKalb County ‐ Official and Complete Combined Results," accessed December 12, 2017 | ||
The city of Atlanta, Georgia, held a general election for mayor, city council president, three at large council members, 13 by district council members, and two city judges on November 7, 2017.[3] The following candidates ran in the general election for District 4 seat on the city council.[4]
| Atlanta City Council District 4, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Cleta Winslow Incumbent |
42.42% | 2,001 |
| Jason Dozier |
19.80% | 934 |
| Kim Parmer | 13.93% | 657 |
| Christopher Brown | 9.86% | 465 |
| DeBorah Williams | 9.54% | 450 |
| Shawn Walton | 1.76% | 83 |
| Dan Burroughs | 1.51% | 71 |
| MR Adassa | 1.19% | 56 |
| Total Votes | 4,717 | |
| Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "November 7, 2017 Municipal General and Special Elections," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
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My whole life has been centered around service--first to our country, and now to our community.
As a combat veteran, I served in the Army for six years. That included more than two years leading as an officer in deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Professionally, for the past nine years I've grown a national nonprofit from 15 employees to 120 in order to help tens of thousands of military veterans and military spouses find good-paying jobs across America.
I’ve also served on the boards of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, Advance Atlanta, the BeltLine Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee, the Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition, the Intrenchment Creek Community Stewardship Council, the Mechanicsville Civic Association, and in various roles with Neighborhood Planning Unit V.
And it’s because of these diverse experiences, I believe that I am uniquely qualified to take Atlanta’s challenges head-on.
- I'm running to make our streets, safe streets. I'm running to make our communities, safe communities.
- I'm running to ensure that we preserve the institutions that made our neighborhoods so special in the first place.
- 'm running to keep Atlanta, Atlanta, and to ensure that all Atlantans have access to our newfound prosperity and a seat at the table.
--Slow streets are safe streets, and I'm fighting to ensure that the city invests in policies that will move Atlantans safely. In the last five years, more than 2,000 Atlantans were injured or killed in collisions with speeding vehicles. These men and women were just living their lives, just trying to cross the street to a bus stop or ride a bike to the corner store or go to school on roadways that are designed for cars and not people. And disproportionately, these victims are black, underserved, and reside in southwest Atlanta communities without sidewalks, crosswalks or street lights.
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2017
Dozier participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of municipal government candidates.[5] The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Preserving access to quality affordable housing. I believe we should update our land use policies to allow for a diversity of uses which would meet the needs of families looking for housing options beyond large-scale, multi-family and low-density, single-family units. This market-oriented approach would enable developers to build additional units of housing in land-constrained communities. Ensuring a diversity of options and choices means that fewer residents are competing for the same limited housing stock, reducing the cost of housing for everyone. Inclusionary zoning would ensure developers allocate a portion of new construction to residents with low or moderate incomes. Density bonuses and tax abatements could allow developers to recapture a portion of construction costs as well.[6] | ” |
| —Jason Dozier (October 16, 2017)[1] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.
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| Candidate's ranking |
Issue | Candidate's ranking |
Issue |
| Housing | Government transparency | ||
| Transportation | Environment | ||
| Crime reduction/prevention | Unemployment | ||
| Civil rights | K-12 education | ||
| Homelessness | Recreational opportunities | ||
| City services | Public pensions/retirement funds | ||
Nationwide municipal issues
The candidate was asked to answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.
| Question | Response |
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| Very important | |
| State | |
| Ensuring that we have safer neighborhoods supported through community-oriented policing. The best way to make our communities safe is to ensure that police officers are active and seen in the streets, interacting with local citizens. Officers need to focus their time and energy by walking through communities, not sitting behind the wheel of a police cruiser. Our citizens must know our police officers if we are to trust them and respect their judgement. However, Atlanta has one of the worst police attrition rates in the country, and we can’t know our police officers if they continue to leave the city at such a high rate. In my first six months, I will work to increase the pay and benefits for our officers while also working with APD leadership to shift the policing culture towards foot patrols and community engagement. I believe that we ought to invest more in our officers, but we we should also expect more from them as well. | |
| Focusing on small business development | |
| Our people. Our neighborhoods and communities existed long before the Olympics, billion-dollar sports arenas, and even the interstate system. That cultural legacy is what’s made our city so attractive to the outside world, and decisions made in Atlanta have ramifications in places as far as New York and Hollywood. I believe that is reflected in our city’s history and culture, and we should work to protect that. Historic preservation goes hand-in-hand conversations around affordable housing which go hand-in-hand with support for the arts. Our cultural legacy is reflective of our diversity, and I am committed to preserving that. | |
| The lack of openness, honesty, and accountability in this city's decision-making process. Government transparency has been a major cornerstone of my campaign, and I believe it is a necessary component of an equitable and just society. For too long, planning in Atlanta has been influenced by backroom deals where those with the right access are prioritized over the people that our officials have sworn to serve. I served as an Army officer across two overseas tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, so I have seen firsthand how money can corrupt local governments, and when left unchecked, how that corruption can bring undue suffering to the people that need help the most. |
Dozier provided the following additional comments with his survey response:[1]
| “ |
I am an Atlanta native, a public school graduate, a United States Army combat veteran, a community activist, a daily bicycle, bus, and train commuter, and a director at a $7 million/year national nonprofit organization. Because of these diverse experiences, I believe that I am uniquely qualified to take Atlanta’s challenges head on. I’m running to build a vision of Atlanta that recognizes the importance of our communities in our city’s decision-making process. Valuing our communities encourages Atlanta to aggressively champion our neighborhoods, our historic institutions, and our working families. We must preserve Atlanta’s position as a center of culture, heritage, and history, and that preservation can only happen when our city’s residents and institutions can afford to remain in the city. An aggressive community-based agenda would work to preserve this legacy.[6] |
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| —Jason Dozier (2017) | ||
Additional themes
Dozier's campaign website included the following themes for 2017:
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Jason Dozier is an Atlanta native, Army combat veteran, and Mechanicsville homeowner. As our next City Councilmember Jason will fight to preserve housing affordability in District 4. Jason will fight to make our communities safe again. Jason will fight to create the open, honest and transparent City Council our families and small businesses so richly deserve. And as our next City Councilmember Jason will be the strongest ally and advocate our neighborhoods have ever had on City Council. Jason is fighting to: Preserve access to quality affordable housing in District 4 and beyond by fighting to:
Aggressively address abandoned and blighted properties by fighting to:
Ensure that we have cleaner, safer neighborhoods supported through community-oriented policing by fighting to:
Commit to open, honest, and responsive government that values citizen input and community engagement by fighting to:
Empower citizens to be informed, engaged, and to hold their elected officials accountable by fighting to:
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| —Jason Dozier (2017) | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2017, "Jason Dozier's Responses," October 16, 2017
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 10, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "2017 Elections and Voter Registration Calendar," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ City of Atlanta, "2017 General Municipal Election," accessed September 21, 2017
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jason Dozier 2017 campaign website, "Issues," accessed October 13, 2017
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| Preceded by Cleta Winslow |
Atlanta City Council, District 4 2022 - Present |
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