By Carlen Hultgren
Nobody received 50% of the vote in the November 4 special election and so there will be a run-off to decide who will represent East Atlanta on the DeKalb County Commission.
The highest vote total in the district went to Nicole Massiah with 30,693 votes or 42%. Second was Andrew Bell with 17,288 or 23% of the vote. The total vote in this district was less than half the number of votes received by the two leading candidates in the 7th district special election. Low turnout here likely brought down the total vote for Harris in the presidential race.
In East Atlanta’s two precincts, Burgess Peterson and Metropolitan (New Iconium) Massiah did a little better than in the rest of the district. She came very close to the magic 50% in both.
The runoff election on December 3 will determine who will be the new commissioner to represent the neighborhood. The seat on the Commission has been vacant since Larry Johnson resigned to run for the County Executive position.
The City Council District 3 race is At Large and is for everyone living in the city limits north, south, east and west including our area within Dekalb limits which includes all of East Atlanta (inside the city limits). This needs to me made clear in the last paragraph of the commish runoff article. (ie, it is the Dekalb County Commission) That representative is for not only East Atlanta, but for all of South West Dekalb County including East Atlanta.
The City Council District 3 race is At Large and is for everyone living in the city limits north, south, east and west including the NPU-W area within Dekalb limits which includes all of East Atlanta (inside the city limits). Dekalb County Commission District 3 covers all of southwest Dekalb County including East Atlanta.
