Joe Carn

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Joe Carn

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Prior offices

Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Successor: Khadijah Abdur-Rahman

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Last election

June 9, 2020

Personal

Profession

County office

Joe Carn was a member of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, representing District 6. He assumed office on October 21, 2019. He left office on December 31, 2020.

Carn (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to represent District 6 in Georgia. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2020)

General election

General election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Khadijah Abdur-Rahman won election in the general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (D)	100.0	78,062

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,062
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Khadijah Abdur-Rahman defeated incumbent Joe Carn in the Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman	57.7	22,561
	Submit photo	Joe Carn	42.3	16,563

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,124
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2019

See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2019)

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Joe Carn defeated Gordon Joyner in the special general runoff election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on October 15, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joe Carn (Nonpartisan)	62.8	2,842
	Submit photo	Gordon Joyner (Nonpartisan)	37.2	1,684

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,526
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General election

Special general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on September 17, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joe Carn (Nonpartisan)	26.3	1,607
✔	Submit photo	Gordon Joyner (Nonpartisan)	20.0	1,223
		Sojourner Grimmett (Nonpartisan)	15.9	971
		Rafer Johnson (Nonpartisan)	13.8	844
	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (Nonpartisan)	12.6	772
	Submit photo	Yoshina Bradford (Nonpartisan)	5.0	307
	Submit photo	Sonia Francis-Rolle (Nonpartisan)	4.3	261
	Submit photo	Carl Dorsey Jr. (Nonpartisan)	1.1	66
	Submit photo	Warren Head Jr. (Nonpartisan)	0.9	52

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,103
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Campaign themes

2020

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2019

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 2019 - 2020	Succeeded by Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (D)