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Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2018)

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2019


2018 Fulton County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: March 9, 2018
Primary election: May 22, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, Local judgeships, Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor
Total seats up: 19
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018

Fulton County, Georgia, held general elections for county commissioner and soil and water conservation district supervisor on November 6, 2018. If a race had more than two candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on May 22, 2018.

Judgeships on the Fulton County State Court and the Atlanta Circuit Superior Court were also up for election in 2018. May 22, 2018, was the general election for the judicial races. For any race where no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election occurred on July 24, 2018.

Elections

County commission

General election

County commission

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Chairperson

Green check mark transparent.pngRobb Pitts (i)

District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngLiz Hausmann (i)

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngLee Morris (i)

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngMarvin Arrington Jr. (i)


Primary election


Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor

General election

General election for Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors (2 seats)

Incumbent Walter Rekuc Jr. and Jason R. Ulseth won election in the general election for Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Walter Rekuc Jr. (Nonpartisan)
 
60.5
 
264,773
Jason R. Ulseth (Nonpartisan)
 
38.6
 
168,773
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
4,230

Total votes: 437,776
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Judicial

Superior Court, Atlanta Circuit

Campbell seat

General runoff election

General runoff election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit

Candidate
%
Votes
Kevin Farmer (Nonpartisan)
 
55.3
 
31,614
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Fani Willis (Nonpartisan)
 
44.7
 
25,562

Total votes: 57,176
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General election candidates

Barwick seat

General election candidates

Brasher seat

General election candidates

Ellerbe seat

General election candidates

Schwall seat

General election candidates

Whitaker seat

General election candidates

McBurney seat

General election candidates

Fulton County State Court

Eady seat

General election candidates

Richardson seat

General election candidates

Roth seat

General election candidates

Magistrate court

General election candidates

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Georgia elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Fulton County, Georgia
Fulton County Georgia
Population 920,581 9,687,653
Land area (sq mi) 526 57,716
Race and ethnicity**
White 44.6% 58.6%
Black/African American 44.1% 31.6%
Asian 7.1% 4%
Native American 0.4% 0.4%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.1%
Other (single race) 1.5% 2.8%
Multiple 2.3% 2.6%
Hispanic/Latino 7.2% 9.5%
Education
High school graduation rate 92.6% 87.1%
College graduation rate 52.9% 31.3%
Income
Median household income $69,673 $58,700
Persons below poverty level 14.4% 15.1%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Five of 159 Georgia counties—3.14 percent—are pivot counties. These are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 pivot counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Baker County, Georgia 8.68% 0.57% 1.07%
Dooly County, Georgia 2.05% 6.98% 3.53%
Peach County, Georgia 2.91% 7.48% 6.75%
Quitman County, Georgia 10.92% 9.04% 7.90%
Twiggs County, Georgia 1.58% 8.64% 6.97%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Georgia with 50.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 45.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Georgia voted Democratic 63.33 percent of the time and Republican 36.67 percent of the time. Georgia voted Republican in every presidential election from 2000 to 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Georgia. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 64 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 45.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 74 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 42.3 points. Clinton won 14 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 116 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 106 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

Fulton County, Georgia Georgia Municipal government Other local coverage
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