On Tuesday, November 3, East Cobb residents, along with the rest of Georgia and American citizens, participated in elections to vote for Republican and Democratic candidates for a variety of public offices. In Cobb County, 395,407– 73.55% out of a total of 537,611registered voters exercised their right to vote. The state vote count listed below was keyed in Thursday, November 5 at 7P.M. Listed below are the vote tally of some of the local contested races, SPLOST, and constitutional amendments that East Cobb County voters were asked to vote on.

We have not included the presidential election vote tally because, at the time of compiling this info, a winner in Georgia’s presidential contest has not been decided because the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is too early to call, with all Georgia ballots yet to be counted. Trump and Biden are locked in a tight contest to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

 

UNITED STATES SENATE 

David A. Perdue (R) (Incumbent)

State: 2,441,024, 49.95%

Cobb: 169,173, 43.41%

 

Jon Ossoff (D)

State: 2,333,242, 47.74%

Cobb: 210,280, 53.96%

All of the statewide ballots have not been counted at the time of compiling these vote tallies. Incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue has fallen just below the 50% vote threshold to win reelection outright against Democrat challenger Jon Ossoff, and both campaigns may have to win  a potential January 5 runoff election.

 

UNITED STATES SENATE 

Kelly Loeffler (R)

State: 1,266,277 26.00%

Cobb:98,288, 25.34%

 

Raphael Warnock (D)

State:1,599,569  32.84%

Cobb:145,814, 37.59%

The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, a Democrat, emerged as the leader over Senator Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, in a special election to fill a Georgia Senate seat that will now be decided in a January 5 runoff.

 

US HOUSE DISTRICT 6

Karen Handel (R)

State: 178,883, 45.43%

Cobb: 58,251, 51.27%

Lucy McBath (D)

State: 214,907, 54.57%

Cobb: 55,372 48.73%

 

STATE SENATE DISTRICT 6

Harrison Lance (R) 38,544, 38.48%

Jennifer Jordan (D) 61,632, 61.52%

 

STATE SENATE DISTRICT 32

Kay Kirkpatrick (R) 63,180, 55.91%    

Christine Triebsch (D) 49,825, 44.09%

 

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 37

Rose Wing (R) 13,591, 46.04%

Mary Frances Williams (D) 15,931, 53.96%

 

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 43

Sharon Cooper (R) 15,920, 50.77%

Luisa Wakeman (D) 15,439, 49.23%

 

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 44

Don L. Parsons (R) 16,798, 51.84%

Connie DiCicco (D) 15,606, 48.16%

 

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 45

Matt Dollar (R) 19,263, 54.81%

Sara Tindall Ghazal (D) 15,884, 45.19%

 

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 46

John Carson (R) 21,680, 61.48%

Caroline L. Holko (D) 13,583, 38.52%

 

COBB COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Joyette Holmes (R) 186,729, 48.65%

Flynn D. Broady, Jr. (D) 197,070 51.35%

 

COBB COUNTY SHERIFF

Neil Warren (R) 172,225, 44.75%

Craig D. Owens (D) 212,626, 55.25%

 

COBB COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR

Mike Boyce (R) 179,172, 46.84%

Lisa Cupid (D) 203,354, 53.16%

 

COBB COUNTY COMMISSION – DISTRICT 2

Fitz Johnson (R) 52,418, 49.42%

Jerica Richardson (D) 53,642, 50.58%

COBB COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION – DISTRICT 5

David Banks(R) 29,542, 52.34%

Julia Hurtado(D) 26,903 47.66%

 

COBB COUNTY CLERK OF SUPERIOR 

COURT

Rebecca Keaton (R) 183,709, 47.93%

Connie Taylor (D) 199,591, 52.07%

 

COBB COUNTY SPECIAL PURPOSE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX (SPLOST)

YES 254,035, 66.41%

NO 128,463, 33.59%

 

STATE AMENDMENT 1

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to dedicate revenues derived from fees or taxes to the public purpose for which such fees or taxes were intended?

Cobb County Votes

YES 317,878, 84.29%
NO 59,245, 15.71%

State Votes
YES 3,813,514, 81.62%
NO 858,700, 18.38%

 

STATE AMENDMENT 2

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to waive sovereign immunity and allow the people of Georgia to petition the superior court for relief from governmental acts done outside the scope of lawful authority or which violate the laws of this state, the Constitution of Georgia, or the Constitution of the United States?

Cobb County Votes

YES 287,707, 77.00%
NO 85,939, 23.00%

 

State Votes 

YES 3,446,283, 74.43%
NO 1,183,231, 25.56%

 

REFERENDUM A

Shall the Act be approved which provides an exemption from ad valorem taxes for all real property owned by a purely public charity, if such charity is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and such real property is held exclusively for the purpose of building or repairing single-family homes to be financed by such charity to individuals using loans that shall not bear interest?

 

Cobb County Votes

YES 276,807, 73.45%
NO 100,043 26.55%

 

State Votes 

YES 3,406,532, 73.07%

NO 1,255,486, 26.93%

 

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