On Tuesday, May 24, East Cobb residents, along with the rest of Georgia citizens, participated in primary elections to vote for Republican and Democratic candidates for a variety of public offices. In Cobb County, 51,748 –13.28% – out of a total of 389,533 registered voters exercised their right to vote. The following presents the vote tally of the contested races that East Cobb County voters were asked to vote on:
United States Senate – Republican Candidates
Johnny Isakson (Incumbent) 28,202 77.38%
Mary Kay Bacallo 4,234 11.62%
Derrick Grayson 4,011 11.01%
United States Senate – Democratic Candidates
Jim Barksdale 6,701 54.27%
Cheryl Copeland 5,230 42.36%
John F. Coyne III 417 3.38%
Public Service Commissioner – Republican Candidates
Tim Echols (Incumbent) 22,939 67.95%
Michelle Miller 5,975 17.70%
Kellie Pollard Austin 4,843 14.35%
State Representative in the General Assembly
From the 43rd District – Republican Candidates
Sharon Cooper (Incumbent) 3,702 75.88%
Peter Minetos 1,177 23.12%
For Chairman Board of Commissioners –
Republican Candidates
Mike Boyce 17,700 49.07%
Tim Lee (Incumbent) 14,579 40.42%
Larry Savage 3,793 10.52%
Cobb County Commissioner District 2 –
Republican Candidates
Bob Ott (Incumbent) 9,030 67.42%
Jonathan Page 4,364 32.58%
Republican Party Question:
Should Georgia empower parents with the right to use the tax dollars allocated for the education of their children, allowing them the freedom to choose among public, private, virtual, and home schools?
YES 26,372 72.43%
NO 10,039 27.57%
Democratic Party Question:
Should Georgia invest less than 1% of its annual budget to provide healthcare to 500,000 low-income citizens and military veterans by expanding Medicaid?
YES 12,589 91.87%
NO 1,114 8.13%
Democratic Party Question:
Should Georgia guarantee paid family leave to include pregnancy, serious illness, care of a family member with a serious health condition, or care for a newborn, newly adopted child or newly placed foster child?
YES 12,942 94.36%
NO 773 5.64%
Democratic Party Question:
Should private properties on rivers and streams be protected by natural vegetative buffers to ensure that Georgia’s waters are swimmable, drinkable, and fishable?
YES 12,436 91.37%
NO 1,175 8.63%
Democratic Party Question:
Should Georgia automatically register to vote all legal and permanent residents upon issuance of a driver’s license or state-issued ID which includes an opt-out provision?
YES 11,594 85.05%
NO 2,038 14.95%
Judge of State Court of Cobb County Post 3 –
Nonpartisan Candidates
John Morgan 16,567 38.48%
Kellie Hill 11,612 26.97%
Luke Lantta 7,063 16.41%
Leah J. Zammit 5,682 13.20%
Chandler Vreeland 2,129 4.95%
Judge of State Court of Cobb County Post 4 –
Nonpartisan Candidates
Jane Manning 22,006 50.93%
Brendan F. Murphey 14,756 34.15%
Aaron Strimban 6,446 14.92%
Judge, Superior Court of the Cobb Judicial Circuit –
Nonpartisan Candidates
Reuben Green (Incumbent) 25,866 55.52%
Nathan Wade 20,736 44.48%
Judge, Superior Court of the Cobb Judicial Circuit –
Nonpartisan Candidates
Kimberly Childs 23,950 54.19%
Chuck Bachman 13,549 30.66%
Grady A. Moore 6,694 15.15%
Judge, Superior Court of the Cobb Judicial Circuit –
Nonpartisan Candidates
J. Stephen Schuster (Incumbent) 26,929 60.09%
Joanne Elizabeth Elsey 10,322 23.03%
Cindie Alter 7,566 16.88%
Reprinted from EAST COBBER’s June/July 2016 issue
