2026 Georgia Primary Election

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Jodi Merriday is from Atlanta. She has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Hampton University, a master's in development management from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in African-American studies from Temple University. 

Jodi Merriday

Jodi previously ran for Atlanta City Council in 2021 but did not win.

Dr. Jodi Merriday, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jodi currently serves as an Ombudsman of Neighborhoods for the City of Atlanta and is the founder and executive director of The Southwest Atlanta Foundation. She previously served as an Ombudsman of Atlanta Public Schools. 

Supports reducing property taxes to support home owners.

Believes in promoting fiscal accountability and transparency.

- Supports reducing property taxes to support home owners.
- Believes in promoting fiscal accountability and transparency.

Economy

Wants to enrich arts programs and leverage libraries to increase literacy.

- Prioritizes ensuring fair elections.
- Wants to enrich arts programs and leverage libraries to increase literacy.

Public Services

Prioritizes building hospitals and increasing mental health and senior services.

- Prioritizes building hospitals and increasing mental health and senior services.

Housing & Urban Development

Prioritizes strengthening public safety to decrease crime.

Said, "[T]here is a consent decree from the Department of Justice requiring improvements to the jail. No one should die due to unconstitutional, unsafe, and unsanitary conditions."

Supports recruiting, retaining, promoting, and training community-based public safety responders.

- Prioritizes strengthening public safety to decrease crime.
- Said, "[T]here is a consent decree from the Department of Justice requiring improvements to the jail. No one should die due to unconstitutional, unsafe, and unsanitary conditions."
- Supports recruiting, retaining, promoting, and training community-based public safety responders.

Public Safety

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

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Kiddada Grey is from Syracuse, New York. She earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and religious studies from Colgate University, a bachelor's degree in organizational management and human resources from Colorado Christian University, and a master's degree in conflict management in Kennesaw State University. Kiddada lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Kiddada's campaign for the Fulton County Commission to represent District 3 is her first run for public office.

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Kiddada currently works as the executive director and movement consultant for Community First Solutions, the community impact director for the I Know Why She Stayed Initiative, and a political and business consultant and public speaker for Kaleidescope. She is also the owner and the chief executive officer of Kiddada Asmaa Grey, LLC and Transformed Living, and the founder of Grown Gurl Spaces. Kiddada previously worked in other roles, including an implementation consultant for Tyler Technologies and an information technology (IT) business consultant for CGI, an IT and business consulting services firm.

Promises to fight for targeted property tax relief for homeowners—including seniors on fixed incomes.

- Promises to fight for targeted property tax relief for homeowners—including seniors on fixed incomes.

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

Plans to champion affordable housing and attract jobs that will keep young professionals in the county.

- Plans to champion affordable housing and attract jobs that will keep young professionals in the county.

Survivor Justice Initiative

Supported the push to get the Georgia Survivor Justice Act signed into law, which allows survivors to have their situation's full context considered at trial and sentencing.

Supports fully funding the county's elections department to ensure it "remains a national model for free, fair, and secure elections."

Supports community policing to keep neighborhoods "thriving" and "connected."

- Supported the push to get the Georgia Survivor Justice Act signed into law, which allows survivors to have their situation's full context considered at trial and sentencing.
- Supports fully funding the county's elections department to ensure it "remains a national model for free, fair, and secure elections."
- Supports community policing to keep neighborhoods "thriving" and "connected."

Wants to align resources and collaborate with cities to fix roads, improve water systems, and address housing, public safety, and transit.

- Wants to align resources and collaborate with cities to fix roads, improve water systems, and address housing, public safety, and transit.

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Kimberly Bean is involved in her local church.

Kimberly has more than 15 years of experience in finance and currently works as an operations manager at an aerospace company.

Promises to wisely invest taxpayer dollars.

- Promises to wisely invest taxpayer dollars.

Committed to delivering efficient services.

- Committed to delivering efficient services.

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

Wants budgeting that prioritizes public safety, housing stability, and essential services

- Wants budgeting that prioritizes public safety, housing stability, and essential services

Kimberly Bean

As of March 11, 2026, Kimberly Bean did not have a website or any information online.

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Lee Morris graduated from Duke University in just three years before attending Emory University for his law degree.

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Lee previously served two terms as the District 3 Fulton County Commissioner and, prior to that, served two terms as an Atlanta City Councilmember. 

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

Sponsored what is widely considered the first transit-oriented development zoning around the Buckhead MARTA Station.

- Sponsored what is widely considered the first transit-oriented development zoning around the Buckhead MARTA Station.

Sponsored a county audit investigating the undervaluation of commercial properties.

- Sponsored a county audit investigating the undervaluation of commercial properties.

Believes the county must ensure law enforcement has the funding necessary to keep neighborhoods safe.

- Believes the county must ensure law enforcement has the funding necessary to keep neighborhoods safe.

Lee Morris

Reed Stillson has spent nearly two decades in the service and hospitality industry. He entered the workforce at age 14.

Advocates for establishing a progressive tax structure at the local level.

Aims to enact policies that directly combat the rising cost of living and skyrocketing healthcare costs for working-class families.

- Advocates for establishing a progressive tax structure at the local level.
- Aims to enact policies that directly combat the rising cost of living and skyrocketing healthcare costs for working-class families.

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

Aims to address the barriers of stagnant wages and unreasonable housing costs to ensure young adults can achieve the dream of homeownership.

- Aims to address the barriers of stagnant wages and unreasonable housing costs to ensure young adults can achieve the dream of homeownership.

Advocates for long-term solutions to crime and community healing over short-sighted policies.

- Advocates for long-term solutions to crime and community healing over short-sighted policies.

Reed Stillson

Reed Stillson lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He has a degree from the University of Central Florida. 

Reed's campaign for county commissioner is his first run for public office. 

Reed works in the service and hospitality industry and is a general manager at Dancing Goats Coffe. He has worked as a server, cook, bartender, barista, and team lead. 

- Advocates for establishing a progressive tax structure at the local level.
- Aims to enact policies that directly combat the rising cost of living and skyrocketing healthcare costs for working-class families.
- Seeks to make healthcare, rent, and other services more affordable by banding together at the local level and enacting policies that benefit working class people.
- Supports establishing a "progressive tax structure so the burden isn't always on those who can least afford it."

- Advocates for free and fair elections, an election board the people can trust, and elections that are properly staffed and well funded.

- Advocates for long-term solutions to crime that create a safe and secure community instead of "short-sighted policies," stating that the Fulton County Jail "remains overcrowded, understaffed, and rife with violence and unsafe living conditions."

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay in property and sales taxes, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms in staggered years. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.

Creates new laws and passes the budget for your county

Fulton County Commissioner, District 3, Democratic Primary

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