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Robb Pitts
2026
Robb Pitts (Democratic Party) is the Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson in Georgia. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Pitts (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson in Georgia. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Pitts is the owner of an international business consulting firm called R.L.P. Corporation. He served on the Fulton County Commission from 2002 to 2014. Pitts later served on the Atlanta City Council.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2022)
General election
General election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson
Incumbent Robb Pitts won election in the general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robb Pitts (D) | 100.0 | 438,332 |
| Total votes: 438,332 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson
Incumbent Robb Pitts defeated Sonya Russell-Ofchus and Jewel Johnson in the Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robb Pitts | 66.1 | 69,447 |
| Sonya Russell-Ofchus | 18.9 | 19,839 | ||
| Jewel Johnson | 15.0 | 15,813 | ||
| Total votes: 105,099 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson
Incumbent Robb Pitts won election in the general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robb Pitts (D) | 97.7 | 344,439 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.3 | 8,134 | ||
| Total votes: 352,573 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson
Incumbent Robb Pitts defeated Keisha Sean Waites in the primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairperson on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robb Pitts (D) | 51.0 | 42,738 |
 | Keisha Sean Waites (D) | 49.0 | 41,000 | |
| Total votes: 83,738 | |||
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2017
Robb Pitts defeated Keisha Sean Waites in the runoff election for the chair of the Fulton County Commission.
| Fulton County Commission, Chair Runoff Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Robb Pitts |
55.01% | 54,183 |
| Keisha Sean Waites | 44.99% | 44,321 |
| Total Votes | 98,504 | |
| Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "Runoff Election Official Results," December 12, 2017 | ||
Fulton County, Georgia, held a special election for two county commission seats on November 7, 2017. These elections were necessary because of the resignation of Chairman John Eaves to run for mayor of Atlanta and the death of District 4 Commissioner Joan Garner. If no candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the general election votes cast for a seat, a runoff election for the top two vote recipients took place on December 5, 2017. The filing deadline for the District 4 election was August 25, 2017, while the filing deadline for the chair election was September 20, 2017.[2][3][4] Robb Pitts and Keisha Sean Waites defeated Gabriel Sterling in the general election for the chair of the Fulton County Commission.
| Fulton County Commission, Chair General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Robb Pitts |
38.28% | 51,145 |
| Keisha Sean Waites |
33.95% | 45,360 |
| Gabriel Sterling | 27.78% | 37,116 |
| Total Votes | 133,621 | |
| Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "November 7, 2017 Municipal General and Special Elections," accessed November 7, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robb Pitts did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Pitts' campaign website included the following themes for 2017:
| “ |
As Chairman of your Fulton County Commission I will work tirelessly, and with complete transparency, to accomplish the following: Transportation Improvements Criminal Justice Reform Enhance Quality of Life |
” |
| —Robb Pitts (2017) | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Robb Pitts 2017 campaign website, "About," accessed October 16, 2017
- ↑ Fulton County, Georgia, "Combined Sample Ballot," accessed October 9, 2017
- ↑ Fulton County, Georgia, "2017 Qualifying Information Board of Commission Chair Non Partisan Special Election," accessed October 9, 2017
- ↑ Fulton County, Georgia, "2017 Qualifying Information Board of Commission District 4 Non Partisan Special Election," accessed October 9, 2017
- ↑ Robb Pitts 2017 campaign website, "Vision," accessed October 16, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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