Meet Gwinnett’s 2020 primary runoff candidates

July 21, 2020 6:39 am·

For the 2020 primaries, GwinnettForum asked all candidates facing opposition in Gwinnett County, and also asked all statewide candidates, to visit for 30 minutes, which qualified these visitors to answers six questions in 100 words each. You can read their answers below by clicking on the links below.

PROFILE KEY

(DNR) indicates a candidate did not respond to our interview request.
indicates a candidate has received GwinnettForum’s Runoff endorsement.

2020 Georgia Primary Runoff Candidates

2020 GWINNETT COUNTY CANDIDATES

County Commission Chair

Democrats

Nicole Love Hendrickson
Lee Thompson Jr. (suspended campaign)

County Commission District 3

Democrats

Republicans

Ben Archer
Matt DeReimer

Sheriff of Gwinnett County

Democrats

Curtis Clemons
Keybo Taylor

Tax Commissioner of Gwinnett County

Democrats

Regina M. Carden
Tiffany Porter

2020 GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES

Senate District 9

Democrats

Nikki Merritt
Gabe Okoye

Senate District 41

Democrats

Mohammed Jahangir Hossain DNR
Kim Jackson

2020 NON-PARTISAN JUDICIAL CANDIDATES

Superior Court Judge (Schrader Seat)

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Continuing objectives

Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:

Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.

Interested in Gwinnett history?

Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.

The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.

Meet Gwinnett’s 2020 primary runoff candidates