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Barrow County was created from portions of Gwinnett, Jackson, and Walton counties when Georgia voters approved a constitutional amendment on November 3, 1914, making Barrow County the 149th Georgia county; there are now 159. Barrow County was named after David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr., a University of Georgia mathematics and engineering professor ...
Barrow also campaigned to succeed Keith R. Blackwell in 2020, but that election was similarly cancelled by Kemp's appointment of Shawn Ellen LaGrua, and again with the appointment of Verda Colvin to succeed retiring justice Harold Melton in 2021. [19] Finally, in 2022, Kemp cancelled a potential election by appointing Pinson to succeed Nahmias.
In 1990, voters from the City of Athens and Clarke County voted to consolidate the two governing bodies. Barrow was elected to the newly created Athens-Clarke County Commission, representing the county's fourth district. He won re-election in 1992, 1996, and in 2000.
In Clarke County, the only runoff election is for the District 2 Board of Education seat between front runner Claudia Butts with 319 votes and Mary P. Bagby with 299 votes in Tuesday's primary.
The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) were the 2012 congressional elections. Located in the eastern part of the state, the district boundaries include the cities of Athens, Eatonton, Jackson, Monroe, Washington, Watkinsville, and Winder.
The party primary elections were held on July 31, 2012, and the run-off on August 21, 2012. The new congressional map, drawn and passed by the Republican-controlled Georgia General Assembly, was signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal on September 7, 2011. The new district, numbered the 9th, is based in Hall County.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Georgia, one from each of the state's 14 congressional districts.
The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. It was held concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election , as well as elections for the United States Senate and elections for the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections .