2026 Georgia Primary Election

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Marvin S. Arrington Jr. earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his law degree from Emory Law School.

Marvin has served as the District 5 Commissioner on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for 11 years

Marvin is a partner at Arrington & Phillips, LLP, and principal at Arrington Law.

Seeks to provide specific funding for the arts and culture, stating "they are economic drivers, community builders, and a reflection of who we are as a county."

Wants to strengthen senior services by ensuring access to reliable transportation and ensuring engaging and consistent programming at senior centers.

Wants to expand personalized, team-based services to address the complex needs of veterans, such as mental health, housing, and employment.

Wants to create strategic healthcare partnerships to advance health equity and eliminate areas without sufficient healthcare.

- Seeks to provide specific funding for the arts and culture, stating "they are economic drivers, community builders, and a reflection of who we are as a county."
- Wants to strengthen senior services by ensuring access to reliable transportation and ensuring engaging and consistent programming at senior centers.
- Wants to expand personalized, team-based services to address the complex needs of veterans, such as mental health, housing, and employment.
- Wants to create strategic healthcare partnerships to advance health equity and eliminate areas without sufficient healthcare.

Public Services

Advocates for inclusive economic development driven by strong partnerships between the county's 15 cities and the local business community.

Seeks to build strong partnerships with cities and the business community to ensure growth, attract investment, and creates opportunities.

Wants to invest in the workforce to improve living conditions and build stable futures.

Believes government workers and public servants deserve compensation and support that reflects the dignity of their work.

- Advocates for inclusive economic development driven by strong partnerships between the county's 15 cities and the local business community.
- Seeks to build strong partnerships with cities and the business community to ensure growth, attract investment, and creates opportunities.
- Wants to invest in the workforce to improve living conditions and build stable futures.
- Believes government workers and public servants deserve compensation and support that reflects the dignity of their work.

Economy

As of March 11, 2026, Marvin S. Arrington Jr.’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Education

Supports funding the justice system to deliver a fair, effective, and accountable system.

- Supports funding the justice system to deliver a fair, effective, and accountable system.

Public Safety

Supports strategic redevelopment projects that successfully build community wealth while preserving the existing neighborhood fabric and protecting residents.

- Supports strategic redevelopment projects that successfully build community wealth while preserving the existing neighborhood fabric and protecting residents.

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to improve mobility through transportation and infrastructure investments that connect people to jobs, schools, and services.

- Wants to improve mobility through transportation and infrastructure investments that connect people to jobs, schools, and services.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Marvin S. Arrington Jr.

- Advocates for inclusive economic development driven by strong partnerships between the county's 15 cities and the local business community.

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Mauricio Mendez

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Mo Ivory earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Spelman College and a law degree from Temple University's James E. Beasley School of Law. Mo lives with her husband, Robert, and their six kids in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mo previously served on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, representing District 4. She served one term from 2025 to 2026. She previously ran for the Atlanta City Council to represent District 1 in 2017, but did not win.

Mo is currently the owner and principal consultant of Ivory Consulting, LLC, and works as the professor and director of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Initiative for the Georgia State University College of Law. She previously worked as an adjunct professor of law for the Howard University School of Law, a radio host, the chief of staff to the Executive Vice President for Warner Music Group, and the general counsel for Ivory Properties, LLC. She also worked as a contract attorney, assistant general counsel, and associate.

Hosted "Mo Knows" town halls and a podcast, helping her community better understand how county government works.

- Hosted "Mo Knows" town halls and a podcast, helping her community better understand how county government works.

Supports budget transparency with stronger oversight so investments reflect what taxpayers want, including clear explanations of major budget decisions.

Promises to get the funding and staffing needed by the Department of Registration and Elections to keep elections run smoothly.

Plans to eliminate waste and strengthen oversight of county contracts to make sure public funds are used responsibly.

- Supports budget transparency with stronger oversight so investments reflect what taxpayers want, including clear explanations of major budget decisions.
- Promises to get the funding and staffing needed by the Department of Registration and Elections to keep elections run smoothly.
- Plans to eliminate waste and strengthen oversight of county contracts to make sure public funds are used responsibly.

As of March 11, 2026, Mo Ivory’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Commissioner Mo Ivory sparks debate after bailing inmates out of Fulton jail

Showcased the overcrowding of the Fulton County Jail by bailing out three people held on non-violent charges.

Plans to make sure the local courts are properly funded.

Pushing for the implementation of immediate safety and staffing reforms at the county jail.

- Showcased the overcrowding of the Fulton County Jail by bailing out three people held on non-violent charges.
- Plans to make sure the local courts are properly funded.
- Pushing for the implementation of immediate safety and staffing reforms at the county jail.

Promises to strengthen public healthcare within the county by pushing for new public hospital capacity.

Supports the expansion of neighborhood-based clinics to provide people with earlier and closer care.

- Promises to strengthen public healthcare within the county by pushing for new public hospital capacity.
- Supports the expansion of neighborhood-based clinics to provide people with earlier and closer care.

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Robert Pitts has degrees in education, business, languages, and Latin American studies at  Ohio University, La Academia Hispanoamericana, Kent State University, and La Universidad Interamericana.

 Robert previously served on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for 12 years and on the Atlanta City Council for 20 years. 

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Robert Pitts is the owner of R.L.P. Corporation, an international business. He previously worked as a professor at Clark Atlanta University, Oberlin College, and Kent State University. 

Prioritizes "blocking attempts to strip [voting] rights."

Wants to clear the county's backlog of court  cases.

Seeks to provide leadership to ensure continued growth, development, and prosperity for everyone.

Used American Rescue and Recovery funds to reduce county court case backlogs during COVID-19.

Sponsored legislation to phase out single-use plastics and substitute them with non-plastic alternatives to reduce Fulton County's carbon footprint.

Supported building a new animal shelter in the county.

Supports maintaining steady funding and improvements to county libraries and hospitals.

Advocates for the state to pass a law that will prohibit any governmental entity from paying a ransom as a way to protect taxpayer dollars.

- Prioritizes "blocking attempts to strip [voting] rights."
- Wants to clear the county's backlog of court  cases.
- Seeks to provide leadership to ensure continued growth, development, and prosperity for everyone.
- Used American Rescue and Recovery funds to reduce county court case backlogs during COVID-19.
- Sponsored legislation to phase out single-use plastics and substitute them with non-plastic alternatives to reduce Fulton County's carbon footprint.
- Supported building a new animal shelter in the county.
- Supports maintaining steady funding and improvements to county libraries and hospitals.
- Advocates for the state to pass a law that will prohibit any governmental entity from paying a ransom as a way to protect taxpayer dollars.

Prioritizes uplifting minority-owned businesses.

Encourages the boycott of brands that publicly rolled back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

- Seeks to keep property taxes low.
- Prioritizes uplifting minority-owned businesses.
- Encourages the boycott of brands that publicly rolled back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

As of March 11, 2026, Robert Pitts’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wants to increase the use of the county's diversion center for individuals struggling with substance abuse or mental health as an alternative to jail and to address jail overcrowding.

- Wants to increase the use of the county's diversion center for individuals struggling with substance abuse or mental health as an alternative to jail and to address jail overcrowding.

Supports expanding transport options and reducing traffic in South Fulton.

- Supports expanding transport options and reducing traffic in South Fulton.
- Seeks to improve infrastructure.

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- County Commission Chairs oversee the Board of County Commissioners, which create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- The County Commission Chair is specifically responsible for preparing the county budget, which must be passed by the rest of the County Commissioners. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commission Chairs have additional executive duties including coordinating with the office of the Mayor for your county, appointing Commissioners to committees, and representing your county at official functions.
- County Commission Chairs are elected to 4-year terms in county-wide elections.

Acts as the head of your county's governing board.

Fulton County Commission Chair, Democratic Primary

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