South Fulton, Georgia sample ballot 2026

Mo Ivory is an attorney and law professor who served about 14 months as the District 4 commissioner before resigning in March 2026 to run for chairman, per the certified candidate list and Rough Draft Atlanta.

Eric J. Tatum is an attorney, the chief financial officer and a family law partner at Banks, Stubbs and McFarland with about 15 years in family, juvenile, and adoption law, per his campaign site and the certified candidate list.

Zane Placie is an actuary, per the county candidate list.

Bridget Thorne is a software designer and the sitting District 1 commissioner, serving since January 2023, per the county's official commission roster and the certified candidate list.

Maggie Goldman is a realtor and former chair of the Fulton County Continuum of Care Board making a rematch run after being the district's 2022 nominee, per her campaign site and the certified candidate list.

Jodi Merriday is the City of Atlanta's Ombudsman of Neighborhoods, founder of The Southwest Atlanta Foundation, and holds a doctorate from Temple, per her campaign site and the certified candidate list.

Paul Burton of Sandy Springs is a retired former head of IBM Asia Pacific and a U.S. Army veteran making his first run, per his campaign site and the certified candidate list.

Aaron A. Sampson, Jr. is a nonprofit executive and former CEO of the Atlanta ToolBank with about 30 years leading nonprofits, and a District 4 resident of more than 25 years, per his campaign site.

Rohit Malhotra is the founder and executive director of the Center for Civic Innovation, with earlier service at the ONE Campaign and as a White House Office of Management and Budget fellow, per his campaign site.

Helen Zenobia Willis is a payroll tax accountant and former South Fulton city councilmember first elected in 2017, per her campaign site and the certified candidate list.

Ossoff is a U.S. Senator from Georgia who previously worked as an investigative journalist, producing reporting on corruption and war crimes for international news organizations, per the campaign site. He was educated at Georgetown University and the London School of Economics, per the campaign site.

• Voted for legislation requiring detention of certain noncitizens charged with theft-related crimes and other offenses. Supported
• Used appropriations and oversight work to seek federal funding for Georgia infrastructure, farms, ports, and military communities. Supported

Mike Collins is Georgia's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2026 and currently represents Georgia's 10th Congressional District. A trucking-company owner and House Republican, he has campaigned on border security, conservative economic policy, support for Donald Trump, public safety, and opposition to Democratic control in Washington.

• Backed House Republican positions on taxes, spending, regulation, and federal agency oversight. Supported

Jackson is a Georgia businessman and philanthropist who began his career in commission sales before acquiring the company he worked for and building it into a healthcare-related business operating in all 50 states, per the campaign site. He grew up in foster care across five homes and thirteen schools and has since backed legislation offering former foster youth tuition-free college, per the campaign site.

Keisha Lance Bottoms is the Democratic nominee for Georgia governor, former mayor of Atlanta, and former senior adviser in the Biden administration. Her campaign emphasizes opportunity, equity, public safety, economic mobility, and a more united state government.

Dolezal grew up on a family farm in Georgia and founded and led companies in manufacturing, healthcare, technology and services, per the campaign site. He worked over a decade in Christian ministry, including helping launch Passion City Church in Atlanta, before his 2018 election to the Georgia State Senate, where he chairs the Transportation Committee, per the campaign site.

McLaurin is an attorney and Georgia state senator serving his fourth legislative term, and a graduate of the University of Georgia, per the campaign site.

• Used his state Senate seat to oppose Republican-backed legislation he argued would weaken rights, accountability, or democratic access. Opposed

Brian Strickland is the Republican nominee for Georgia attorney general and a state senator who has chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. His public record includes criminal-justice legislation, mental-health policy, public safety, and conservative legal priorities.

Tanya Miller is a Democratic candidate for Georgia attorney general, a state representative, and a former prosecutor. Her campaign emphasizes consumer protection, civil rights, criminal-justice experience, reproductive rights, and holding powerful actors accountable under state law.

• Used her state House role and legal background to support Democratic priorities on rights, accountability, and public safety. Supported

Tim Fleming is the Republican nominee for Georgia secretary of state and a state representative from Covington. His campaign emphasizes election administration, business services, conservative election policy, and succeeding Brad Raffensperger in the state's chief elections office.

• Used his state House seat to support Republican election, business, and administrative policy priorities. Supported

Tyler Harper is Georgia's incumbent agriculture commissioner and the Republican nominee for re-election. His office oversees agriculture markets, food safety, animal health, fuel and weights-and-measures regulation, and support for Georgia farmers.

King is running for re-election as Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner; the campaign site describes him as a retired major general, former police chief, and the first Hispanic elected to statewide office in Georgia, per the campaign site.

Keisha Sean Waites is a former state representative. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Barbara Rivera Holmes has served as Georgia's Labor Commissioner since being appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in April 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Labor's website. She has led an initiative to modernize the department's unemployment insurance system and expand workforce training partnerships, per her campaign site.

Porcher is a candidate for Georgia Labor Commissioner and a veteran, educator, and community advocate who served in the U.S. Air Force, taught in Georgia's public schools, and led a national nonprofit supporting small businesses, per the campaign site.

Richard Woods has served as Georgia's State School Superintendent for more than 10 years and has more than 32 years of experience in education, including 15 years as a classroom teacher and service as a principal, assistant principal and curriculum director, according to his campaign site and the Georgia Department of Education.

Lydia Powell has more than 26 years of experience in education as a certified teacher, including 11 years in educational leadership, according to her campaign site. She has taught in Lee County, Florida, and in DeKalb, Henry, Clayton and Fayette County schools in Georgia, and chairs the City of Fayetteville Ethics Committee, per the site.

Peter Hubbard was sworn in as a Georgia Public Service Commissioner in January 2026, according to the Georgia Public Service Commission's website. Before joining the Commission, he worked for a solar developer building grid scale solar and energy storage systems and spent six years advocating for consumers before the Commission through a nonprofit he formed, per his campaign site.

Josh Tolbert holds four engineering degrees, including a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states, according to his campaign site. He has worked as an engineer, educator, expert witness and small business owner across the nuclear, coal, oil and gas, biomass, geothermal and renewable energy industries, per the site.

Shelia Edwards is a community advocate, journalist and business owner with more than 35 years of leadership experience in corporate America and in government at the local, state and federal levels, according to her campaign site. Early in her career she worked at Kennedy Space Center for Lockheed Space Operations supporting NASA's Space Shuttle Program, per the site.