What to know before voting in Gwinnett County's general primary election

Homestead exemption

• Question: “Shall the Act be approved which increases the homestead exemption from Gwinnett County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district, which represents a $4,000 increase in such exemption?”

Homestead exemption for public service employees

• Question: “Shall the Act be approved which provides an additional homestead exemption from Gwinnett County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $2,000 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district, who are public service employees?”

Incorporation of City of Mulberry

• Question: “Shall the Act incorporating the City of Mulberry in Gwinnett County according to the charter contained in the Act be approved?”

Races include:

• 6 Superior Court judgeships
• 5 State Court judgeships
• 1 probate court judge
• 1 chief magistrate
• 3 Board of Education seats

For Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court, seat of Tamela Adkins

• Tamela Adkins (incumbent, unopposed)

For Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court, seat of Ronnie K. Batchelor

• Kimberly Gallant
• Rodney Harris

For Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court, seat of Karen E. Beyers

• B. Thassanee Gutter-Parker
• Regina Matthews
• Tuwanda Rush Williams

For Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court, seat of Warren Davis

• Warren Davis (incumbent, unopposed)

For Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court, Deborah R. Fluker

• Deborah R. Fluker (incumbent, unopposed)

For Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court, seat of Tadia D. Whitner

• Tadia D. Whitner (incumbent, unopposed)

For Judge of State Court of Gwinnett County, seat of Emily Brantley

• Emily Brantley (incumbent, unopoposed)

For Judge of State Court of Gwinnett County, seat of Shawn F. Bratton

• Shawn F. Bratton (incumbent)
• Ramona Toole Sakhanokho

For Judge of State Court of Gwinnett County, seat of Carla E. Brown

• Carla E. Brown (incumbent, unopposed)

For Judge of State Court of Gwinnett County, seat of Veronica Cope

• Veronica Cope (incumbent, unopposed)

For Judge of State Court of Gwinnett County, seat of Jaletta Long

• Jaletta Long (incumbent, unopposed)

For Probate Court Judge

• Christopher A. Ballar (incumbent, unopposed)

For Chief Magistrate

• Kristina Hammer Blum (incumbent, unopposed)

For Board of Education, District 1 seat

• Karen Mulzac Watkins (incumbent)
• Leroy Ranel, Jr.
• Rachel Stone

For Board of Education, District 3 seat

• Domonique Cooper
• Yanin Cortes
• Steve Gasper
• Anthony Mulkey
• Shana V. White

For Board of Education, District 5 seat

• Tarece Johnson-Morgan (incumbent)
• Jacquelyn Evenezer-Gold
• Patrina King

For Georgia Supreme Court Justice, seat of Michael P. Boggs

• Michael P. Boggs (incumbent, unopposed)

For Georgia Supreme Court Justice, seat of John J. Ellington

• John J. Ellington (incumbent, unopposed)

For Georgia Supreme Court Justice, seat of Nels S.D. Peterson

• Nels S. D. Peterson (incumbent, unopposed)

For Georgia Supreme Court Justice, seat of Andrew A. Pinson

• Andrew A Pinson (incumbent)
• John Barrow

For Georgia Court of Appeals Judge, seat of Stephen Louis A. Dillard

• Stephen Dillard (incumbent, unopposed)

For Georgia Court of Appeals Judge, seat of Kenneth B. Hodges III

• Kenneth B. Hodges III (incumbent, unopposed)

For Georgia Court of Appeals Judge, seat of Benjamin A. Land

• Benjamin A. Land (incumbent, unopposed)

For Georgia Court of Appeals Judge, seat of Amanda H. Mercier

• Amanda H. Mercier (incumbent, unopposed)

For Georgia Court of Appeals Judge, seat of M. Yvette Miller

• Jeff Davis
• Tabitha Ponder

For Court of Appeals Judge, seat of Brian M. Rickman

• Brian M. Rickman (incumbent, unopposed)

For Court of Appeals Judge, seat of Jeffery A. Watkins

• Jeffery A. Watkins (incumbent, unopposed)

For U.S. House District 4

Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (incumbent, unopposed)

For U.S. House District 9

• Tambrei Cash (unopposed)

For U.S. House District 10 

• Alexandra "Lexy" Doherty
• Jessica Fore

For U.S. House District 13

• David Scott (incumbent)
• Mark Baker
• Marcus Flowers
• Brian K. Johnson
• Uloma Kama
• Rashid Malik
• Karen Rene'

For State Senate District 5

• Sheikh Raman (incumbent, unopposed)

For State Senate District 7

• Nabilah Islam Parkes (incumbent, unopposed)

For State Senate District 9

• Nikki Merritt (incumbent, unopposed)

For State Senate District 40

• Sally Harrell (incumbent)
• David Lubin

For State Senate District 43 

• Tonya P. Anderson (incumbent, unopposed)

For State Senate District 46 

• Gareth Fenley (unopposed)

For State Senate District 48

• Ashwin Ramaswami (unopposed)

For State Senate District 55

• Robin Biro
• Iris Knight-Hamilton
• Randal Mangham
• Osborn Murray III
• Verdaillia Turner

 For State House of Representatives District 30 

• Kim Floria (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 48

• Laura Murvatian (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 88

• Billy Mitchell (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 93

• Doreen Carter (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 94

• Karen Bennett (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 95

• Dar'shun Kendrick (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 96

• Arlene Beckles
• Sonia Lopez
• Neva Thompson

For State House of Representatives District 97

• Ruwa Romman (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 98

• Marvin Lim (incumbent)
• Jorge Luis Granados

For State House of Representatives District 99

• Michelle Kang (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 100

• Jennifer Ambler (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 102

• Gabe Okoye (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 103

• Chris Luchey (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 105

• Farooq Mughal (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 106

• Shelly Hutchinson (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 107

• Sam Park (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 108

• Jasmine Clark (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 109

• Dewey L. McClain (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 110

• Segun Adeyina (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 111

• Scott T. Jackson (unopposed)

For Gwinnett District Attorney

• Patsy Austin-Gatson (incumbent)
• Andrea Alabi
• Daryl E. Manns

For Clerk of Superior Court

• Tiana P. Garner (incumbent, unopposed)

For Sheriff

• Keybo Taylor (incumbent)
• Curtis Clemons
• Shurron B. Green
• Joseph "Joe" Mark
• Brian Whiteside

For Tax Commissioner

• Denise Mitchell (incumbent)
• Phillip Bonton III

For Gwinnett County Commission Chair

• Nicole Love Hendrickson (incumbent)
• Donna McLeod

For Gwinnett County Commission, District 1 seat

• Kirkland Dion Carden (incumbent, unopposed)

For Gwinnett County Commission, District 3 seat

• Jasper Watkins III (incumbent)
• Marqus A. Cole

• Question 1: "Should the United States and the State of Georgia protect Georgians from gun violence by banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, closing background check loopholes, and passing other common-sense gun safety reforms?"
• Question 2: "Should the State of Georgia incentivize clean energy production as part of a climate policy that recognizes the urgent threat that climate change poses to Georgians’ health, lives and future?"
• Question 3: "Should the State of Georgia expand voter access by allowing same-day voter registration, removing obstacles to voting by mail, and making secure ballot drop boxes accessible at all times through Election Day?"
• Question 4: "Should the State of Georgia protect reproductive freedom by repealing the current sixweek abortion ban, restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade and ensuring access to contraceptives, IVF, abortion and other reproductive health care?"
• Question 5: "Should the State of Georgia stop using taxpayer dollars intended for public education to pay for private school vouchers?"
• Question 6: "Should the State of Georgia raise the minimum wage to a living wage?"
• Question 7: "Should the portion of the Georgia state constitution allowing for involuntary servitude of prisoners and others convicted of offenses be repealed, thus prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude statewide?"
• Question 8: "Should the State of Georgia improve access to safe, affordable housing by increasing the affordable housing supply, protecting tenants’ rights to habitable living conditions, and cracking down on negligence or abuse by property management companies or landlords?"

For U.S. House District 4

• Eugene Yu (unopposed)

For U.S. House District 9

• Andrew Clyde (incumbent, unopposed)

For U.S. House District 10

• Mike Collins (incumbent, unopposed)

For U.S. House District 13

• Jonathan Chavez
• Johsie Cruz Fletcher

For State Senate District 5

• Lisa Babbage (unopposed)

For State Senate District 7

• Fred Clayton
• J. Gregory Howard
• Louis Ligon
• Clara Richardson-Olguin

For State Senate District 9

• Michael Gargiulo (unopposed)

For State Senate District 40

• Amelia K. Siamomua (unopposed)

For State Senate District 45

• Clint Dixon (incumbent, unopposed)

For State Senate District 46

• Bill Cowsert (incumbent, unopposed)

For State Senate District 48

• Shawn Still (incumbent, unopposed)

For State Senate District 55

• Mary Williams Benefield (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 30

• Derrick McCollum (incumbent)
• Norine Cantor

For State House of Representatives District 48

• Scott Hilton (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 88

• William Park Freeman (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 97

• Michael Allen Corbin (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 99

• Matt Reeves (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 100

• David Clark (incumbent)
• Michael Day

For State House of Representatives District 102

• J. Scott Vandiver (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 103

• Soo Hong (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 104

• Chuck Efstration (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 105

• Sandy Donatucci (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 107

• Hai Cao (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 108

• Elvia Davila (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 110

• Charles Lollar (unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 111

• Rey Martinez (incumbent, unopposed)

For State House of Representatives District 112

• Bruce Williamson (incumbent, unopposed)

For Sheriff

• Mike Baker
• Baron Reinhold
• Oladipupo Soyomokun

For Tax Commissioner

• Arefeen Chowdhury (unopposed)

For Gwinnett County Commission Chair

• Justice Nwaigwe
• John Sabic

For Gwinnett County Commission, District 1 seat

• Tim Le (unopposed)

For Gwinnett County Commission, District 3 seat

• Bobby Howard (unopposed)

• Question 1: "For future elections, do you want hand marked paper ballots, scanned and verified by hand count on live stream video?"
• Question 2: "Should the legislature enact the FairTax replacing the state income tax and state sales tax with a consumption tax equal to current state funding and taxing no legal citizen or family up to the poverty level of spending?"
• Question 3: "Should the legislature ban registered lobbyists from serving on the State Elections Board?"
• Question 4: "Should the Georgia Republican Primary have a closed primary, meaning that only registered Republicans would be allowed to vote in the Republican Primary?"
• Question 5: "Should public officials who allow illegal migration to occur be held responsible for crimes committed by illegal aliens?"
• Question 6: "Would you support a statewide vote to allow gaming in Georgia so the voters can decide this issue instead of politicians in Atlanta?"
• Question 7: "Currently, hundreds of thousands of hours and dollars are spent every year cleaning up voter rolls. Would you support an amendment to the National Voting Rights Act that would require registered voters to renew their registration every four years?"
• Question 8: "Do you believe unelected and unaccountable international bureaucrats, like the UN controlled World Health Organization (WHO), should have complete control over management of future pandemics in the United States and authority to regulate your healthcare and personal health choices?"

Local Gwinnett County Republican Party questions

• Question 1: "Do you support issuing school vouchers?"
• Question 2: "Do you believe, at this time, Gwinnett has too many high density housing units?"
• Question 3: "Should there be a moratorium on building additional high density apartment homes?"
• Question 4: "Would you support a $17 BILLION 30 year sales tax for transit only in Gwinnett County?"
• Question 5: "Do you believe that increasing crime is a major problem in Gwinnett?"

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