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Jones is the first African American to serve as CEO of the county. [6] In April 2001, shortly after Jones became CEO, he voted, along with five other DeKalb County Commissioners, to offer life and health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of gay and unmarried County employees. DeKalb was the first county in Georgia to offer such ...
A Democrat, he was previously the Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County and a representative in the Georgia Assembly. Thurmond served as the interim superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, the third largest district in the state of Georgia from 2013 to 2015. The district serves nearly 99,000 students with over 13,400 employees.
When DeKalb County Commissioner Ken Davis made the decision to run for CEO instead of seeking re-election, Ellis decided to run to replace Davis. In the November 2000 election, Ellis defeated two challengers to serve the citizens in the commission's fourth district, and he was reelected in 2004.
Steen Miles, former state senator, candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2006 and candidate for DeKalb County CEO in 2000 and 2008 [126] Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light and daughter of former U.S. senator Sam Nunn [127] Branko Radulovacki, physician [128] Todd Robinson, Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor and former U.S. Army ...
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Election officials in Cobb County, Georgia’s third-largest county, mailed more than 3,000 absentee ballots late, sending them out late last week. They must arrive in Georgia by the end of ...
Martin, current Georgia Commissioner of Human Resources, former member of the Georgia General Assembly, Vietnam War veteran, and 2006 candidate for lieutenant governor, secured the Democratic nomination after defeating DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones by a 59% to 41% margin in the August 5 run-off election.
Police in DeKalb County, Georgia are investigating seven bomb threats received on Election Day. DeKalb, part of metro Atlanta, is a deep blue county that voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden in 2020.