Lorraine Cochran-Johnson

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Lorraine Cochran-Johnson

Democratic Party

DeKalb County Executive

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor

Michael Thurmond

Prior offices

DeKalb County Commission District 7

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Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Lorraine Cochran-Johnson (Democratic Party) is the DeKalb County Executive in Georgia. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Cochran-Johnson (Democratic Party) ran for election for DeKalb County Executive in Georgia. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2024)

General election

General election for DeKalb County Executive

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson won election in the general election for DeKalb County Executive on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson (D)	100.0	320,572

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 320,572
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for DeKalb County Executive

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson defeated Larry Johnson in the Democratic primary runoff for DeKalb County Executive on June 18, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson	59.9	25,627
	Submit photo	Larry Johnson	40.1	17,123

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,750
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for DeKalb County Executive

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Larry Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Steve Bradshaw in the Democratic primary for DeKalb County Executive on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson	46.3	36,511
✔	Submit photo	Larry Johnson	34.3	27,090
	Submit photo	Steve Bradshaw	19.4	15,276

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,877
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2022)

General election

General election for DeKalb County Commission District 7

Incumbent Lorraine Cochran-Johnson won election in the general election for DeKalb County Commission District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson (D)	100.0	131,894

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 131,894
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for DeKalb County Commission District 7

Incumbent Lorraine Cochran-Johnson defeated Gregory Adams and D. Marie Monroe in the Democratic primary for DeKalb County Commission District 7 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson	77.5	41,032
	Submit photo	Gregory Adams	16.3	8,654
	Submit photo	D. Marie Monroe	6.2	3,284

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,970
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2018)

General election

General election for DeKalb County Commission District 7

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson won election in the general election for DeKalb County Commission District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson (D)	99.3	138,217
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	913

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 139,130
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Nonpartisan primary runoff election

Nonpartisan primary runoff for DeKalb County Commission District 7

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson defeated incumbent Gregory Adams in the primary runoff for DeKalb County Commission District 7 on July 24, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson (D)	67.4	9,993
	Submit photo	Gregory Adams (D)	32.6	4,840

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 14,833
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for DeKalb County Commission District 7

Incumbent Gregory Adams and Lorraine Cochran-Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated John Tolbert Jr. and Ed Williams in the primary for DeKalb County Commission District 7 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Gregory Adams (D)	44.7	18,231
✔		Lorraine Cochran-Johnson (D)	41.7	17,020
	Submit photo	John Tolbert Jr. (D)	7.9	3,229
	Submit photo	Ed Williams (D)	5.7	2,312

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 40,792
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2024

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2022

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