Melody Maddox

This page was last updated during the official's most recent election or appointment. Please contact us with any updates.

Melody Maddox

Do you have a photo that could go here? Click here to submit it for this profile!

---

Democratic Party

DeKalb County Sheriff

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2029

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Melody Maddox (Democratic Party) is the DeKalb County Sheriff in Georgia. Maddox's current term ends in 2029.

Maddox (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for DeKalb County Sheriff in Georgia. Maddox 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 Sheriff

Incumbent Melody Maddox won election in the general election for DeKalb County Sheriff on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melody Maddox (D)	100.0	321,111

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 321,111
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for DeKalb County Sheriff

Incumbent Melody Maddox advanced from the Democratic primary for DeKalb County Sheriff on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melody Maddox	100.0	73,186

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,186
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Maddox in this election.

2020

Regular election

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

General election

General election for DeKalb County Sheriff

Incumbent Melody Maddox defeated Harold Dennis in the general election for DeKalb County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melody Maddox (D)	83.9	301,420
	Submit photo	Harold Dennis (R)	16.1	57,797

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 359,217
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for DeKalb County Sheriff

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for DeKalb County Sheriff on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melody Maddox	51.3	81,587
	Submit photo	Ruth Stringer	13.2	20,953
	Submit photo	Geraldine Champion	8.3	13,147
	Submit photo	Antonio Johnson	8.2	12,990
	Submit photo	Ted Golden	6.1	9,661
		Adam Gardner	5.0	7,989
	Submit photo	Kyle Jones	4.6	7,385
	Submit photo	Carl Mobley	3.3	5,188

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 158,900
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for DeKalb County Sheriff

Harold Dennis advanced from the Republican primary for DeKalb County Sheriff on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Harold Dennis	100.0	15,968

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,968
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Special election

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

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for DeKalb County Sheriff

Incumbent Melody Maddox defeated Ruth Stringer in the special general runoff election for DeKalb County Sheriff on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melody Maddox (D)	63.3	46,769
	Submit photo	Ruth Stringer (D)	36.7	27,137

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,906 (100.00% precincts reporting)
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

General election

Special general election for DeKalb County Sheriff

The following candidates ran in the special general election for DeKalb County Sheriff on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melody Maddox (D)	39.6	65,246
✔	Submit photo	Ruth Stringer (D)	15.1	24,901
	Submit photo	Antonio Johnson (D)	10.5	17,314
		Adam Gardner (D)	6.9	11,446
	Submit photo	Geraldine Champion (D)	6.9	11,292
	Submit photo	Ted Golden (D)	6.4	10,520
	Submit photo	Harold Dennis (R)	5.5	9,061
	Submit photo	Kyle Jones (D)	5.5	9,001
	Submit photo	Carl Mobley (D)	3.4	5,680
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	266

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 164,727
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Melody Maddox did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Melody Maddox did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

2024 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. President U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel

External links

Search Google News for this topic