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Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2019)

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2019 Fulton County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: June 28, 2019
General election: September 17, 2019
Runoff election: October 15, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: Board of commissioners
Total seats up: 1
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2019

Fulton County, Georgia, held a special election for District 6 of the board of commissioners on September 17, 2019. A runoff election was held on October 15, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was June 28, 2019.

Joe Carn and Gordon Joyner advanced from the special general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6.

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Candidates and results

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
Joe Carn (Nonpartisan)
 
62.8
 
2,842
Gordon Joyner (Nonpartisan)
 
37.2
 
1,684

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

Total votes: 6,103
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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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