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#Georgia voters! What is the most important election for you in the May 21st primaries? Mine is probably the DeKalb County CEO -- the incumbent is not seeking another term, three Democrats are (theatl.social)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here's more info for the DeKalb County area:
https://decaturish.com/2024/03/may-21-election-here-are-the-candidates-who-have-qualified-so-far/
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here are the campaign pages for the three candidates for DeKalb CEO:
- Steve Bradshaw: https://believeinsteve24.com/
- Lorraine Cochran-Johnson: https://lorrainefordekalbceo.com/meet-lorraine/
- Larry Johnson: https://www.lj4ceo.com/
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm trying to get a sense of what 'the issues' are based on the candidates' websites, just seeing the big-picture items they highlight on their platform/priority pages.
Johnson basically hits the big buckets of county government: improving infrastructure, supporting entrepreneurship, promoting health, and supporting emergency response capabilities. Cochran-Johnson puts here priorities into 9 buckets, getting more specific (but not addressing health as a specific issue), also highlighting housing, government accountability, and youth empowerment. Bradshaw's list seems idiosyncratic - it mentions crime reduction and business-promotion, but also softer topics like county leadership diversity targets and an anti-littering PR campaign.
I've seen a few Bradshaw yard signs around Decature.

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