Yolanda Parker-Smith

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Yolanda Parker-Smith

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Nonpartisan

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

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Yolanda Parker-Smith 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.

Parker-Smith 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.

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 Yolanda Parker-Smith won election in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Yolanda Parker-Smith (Nonpartisan)	100.0	76,463

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,463
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Parker-Smith in this election.

2020

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

General runoff election

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

Yolanda Parker-Smith defeated Melinda Pillow in the general runoff election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Yolanda Parker-Smith (Nonpartisan)	69.5	50,314
	Submit photo	Melinda Pillow (Nonpartisan)	30.5	22,033

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,347
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General election

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

Yolanda Parker-Smith and Melinda Pillow advanced to a runoff. They defeated Vincent C. Crawford, Roderick Bridges, and Aaron Chausmer in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Yolanda Parker-Smith (Nonpartisan)	45.3	75,589
✔	Submit photo	Melinda Pillow (Nonpartisan)	19.0	31,612
	Submit photo	Vincent C. Crawford (Nonpartisan)	15.4	25,635
	Submit photo	Roderick Bridges (Nonpartisan)	13.6	22,623
	Submit photo	Aaron Chausmer (Nonpartisan)	6.5	10,799
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	466

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 166,724
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Campaign themes

2024

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2020

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Footnotes

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