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Georgia 4th Superior Court District DeKalb Judicial Circuit
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Prior offices
Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit

Education

Bachelor's

Albany State College

Law

Stetson University

Tangela Barrie is a judge of the Georgia 4th Superior Court District DeKalb Judicial Circuit. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Barrie ran for re-election for judge of the Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit. She won in the general election on May 21, 2024.

Education

Barrie received her undergraduate degree from Albany State College and her J.D. from Stetson University. She was admitted to the bar in 1999.[1]

Career

After graduating from law school, Barrie served as a law clerk for a federal judge in Florida. After this position, she spent three years working in private practice in civil and administrative law. Directly before joining the superior court, Barrie served as an assistant district attorney in the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office.[2]

Awards and associations

  • 2006: Boundless Commitment to the Community Award
  • 2007: Prosecuting Attorney of the Year, awarded by the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office
  • 2009: Bensonetta Tipton Lane Award for career commitment for Family Safety
  • 2009: Honored by SOCAF (Saving Our Children and Families)
  • Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Stone Mountain – Lithonia Alumnae Chapter)
  • Member, National Council of Negro Women (DeKalb County)
  • Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA)
  • Member, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL)
  • Member, Judicial Section of the Gate City Bar
  • Executive member, Robert Weltner Family Law Inn of Court
  • Member of the State Bars of Georgia, Florida and Texas[2]

Elections

2024

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

General election

General election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit

Incumbent Tangela Barrie won election in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Tangela Barrie (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
76,798

Total votes: 76,798
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Barrie in this election.

2020

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

General election

General election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit

Incumbent Tangela Barrie won election in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Tangela Barrie (Nonpartisan)
 
99.6
 
154,622
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
658

Total votes: 155,280
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2012

Barrie ran unopposed for re-election to the Stone Mountain Superior Court.[3] She was re-elected after receiving 99.6% of the vote in the July 31 election.[4]

See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Tangela Barrie did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Tangela Barrie did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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