2024 Fulton County elections

2024 Fulton County elections

November 5, 2024

A general election was held in Fulton County, Georgia on November 5, 2024, to elect various county-level positions. The primary election was held on May 21, 2024.[1]

District Attorney

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Christian Wise Smith, former Atlanta city solicitor[3]

Results

Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fani Willis (incumbent) 78,101 86.99
Democratic Christian Wise Smith 11,684 13.01
Total votes 89,785 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Courtney Kramer, lawyer[4]

Results

Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Courtney Kramer 18,180 100.00
Total votes 18,180 100.00

General election

Results

2024 Fulton County District Attorney election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fani Willis (incumbent) 355,894 68.14
Republican Courtney Kramer 166,427 31.86
Total votes 522,321 100.00

Sheriff

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Patrick Labat, incumbent sheriff[5]
Eliminated in primary
  • Kirt Beasley, law enforcement employee[6]
  • James Brown, former law enforcement officer[7]
  • Joyce Farmer, law enforcement officer[8]

Results

Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Labat (incumbent) 46,781 54.20
Democratic Joyce Farmer 19,708 22.83
Democratic Kirt Beasley 10,009 11.60
Democratic James Brown 9,838 11.38
Total votes 86,336 100.00

General election

Results

General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Labat (incumbent) 435,304 100.00
Total votes 435,304 100.00

Solicitor General

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Keith Gammage, incumbent solicitor general[1]

Results

Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Keith Gammage (incumbent) 76,534 100.00
Total votes 76,534 100.00

General election

Results

General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Keith Gammage (incumbent) 436,036 100.00
Total votes 436,036 100.00

Clerk of Superior Court

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ché Alexander, incumbent clerk[9]
Eliminated in primary

Results

Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ché Alexander (incumbent) 44,810 52.09
Democratic Keisha Sean Waites 28,305 32.91
Democratic Joe Hughes 8,737 10.16
Democratic Rodney Fowler 4,176 4.84
Total votes 86,028 100.00

General election

Results

General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ché Alexander (incumbent) 435,766 100.00
Total votes 435,766 100.00

Surveyor

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fred Quinn 75,934 100.00
Total votes 75,934 100.00

General election

Results

General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fred Quinn 436,159 100.00
Total votes 436,159 100.00

Tax Commissioner

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Arthur Ferdinand, incumbent tax commissioner[1]
Eliminated in primary
  • Duvwon Robinson, former government official[13]

Results

Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur Ferdinand (incumbent) 57,944 67.43
Democratic Duvwon Robinson 27,978 32.57
Total votes 85,922 100.00

General election

Results

General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur Ferdinand (incumbent) 438,191 100.00
Total votes 438,191 100.00

Board of Commissioners

District 2

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bob Ellis, incumbent commissioner[14]
Results
Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Ellis (incumbent) 6,663 100.00
Total votes 6,663 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates
Nominee
  • Megan Harris, financial employee[15]
Eliminated in primary
  • Jennifer Phillippi, business executive[16]
Results
Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Megan Harris 4,277 57.22
Democratic Jennifer Phillippi 3,195 42.78
Total votes 7,472 100.00

General election

Results
General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Ellis (incumbent) 51,289 54.53
Democratic Megan Harris 42,743 45.47
Total votes 94,032 100.00

District 4

Democratic primary

Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in runoff
  • Natalie Hall, incumbent commissioner[18]
Eliminated in primary
  • Sonya Russell-Ofchus[1]
Results
Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Natalie Hall (incumbent) 6,667 41.64
Democratic Mo Ivory 6,511 40.66
Democratic Sonya Russell-Ofchus 2,857 17.70
Total votes 16,035 100.00
Runoff
Results
Democratic primary runoff[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mo Ivory 3,713 77.00
Democratic Natalie Hall (incumbent) 1,107 23.00
Total votes 4,820 100.00

General election

Results
General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mo Ivory 74,873 100.00
Total votes 74,873 100.00

District 6

Democratic primary

Candidates
Nominee
  • Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, incumbent commissioner[19]
Eliminated in primary
Results
Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (incumbent) 10,848 55.22
Democratic Ali Carter 5,482 27.89
Democratic Ciara Anderson 3,333 16.99
Total votes 19,663 100.00

General election

Results
General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (incumbent) 72,481 100.00
Total votes 72,481 100.00

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