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Vote Cobb - 2012 elections

Get all the latest information on the 2012 Elections as we head to the primary vote on July 31, 2012.

Analysis and opinion combined with the quality reporting you expect from the Marietta Daily Journal.

Join us on this page on election night for a live blog, and full coverage as the returns come in.

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Final Cobb election results
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August 01, 2012 09:08 AM | 14

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Sample Ballots for the July 31 Primary
View and download sample ballots for the upcoming Primary Election.

July 30, 2012 07:36 AM | 0

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Candidate Profiles and Voter Guides
Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce Profile - Voter Guide Bill Byrne Profile - Voter Guide Tim Lee Profile - Voter Guide Larry Savage Profile - Voter Guide Cobb County Comm...

July 25, 2012 02:00 PM | 0

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Write-in candidate seeks post
British-born Kennesaw resident Allan Levene, a naturalized citizen, knows he has an uphill battle on his hands in the race for Congress’ District 11 seat on Nov. 6. Besides challenging a popular in...

October 09, 2012 01:56 AM | 2

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Democrat focuses on economy
Democrat Patrick Thompson, 55, of Woodstock is bringing energy to the race for Congressional District 11 — not just in the level of activity in his to-do list if elected, but also as one of the cor...

October 09, 2012 01:55 AM | 2

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Gingrey seeking sixth term
The previous two times U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D., encountered a challenge for Congress, the Marietta Republican beat back his opponents two-to-one.

October 09, 2012 01:53 AM | 1

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Smith wins nod from Democrats
Democrats in House District 41, in south-central Cobb, selected Michael Smith to take on Republican candidate Phil Daniell on Nov. 6.

August 22, 2012 01:46 AM | 0

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Wheeler moves on to Nov. race
First-time candidate Brad Wheeler has won the Republican nomination for the west-central Cobb School Board seat and will face Democratic incumbent Alison Bartlett on Nov. 6.

August 22, 2012 01:45 AM | 2

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Rebecca Keaton, center, shares the good news with Angie Cunningham, left, and Peggy Young as she pulls away from John Skelton to win the office of Cobb Superior Court Clerk.<br>Staff/Todd Hull

Keaton wins Clerk’s race
Marsha Lake easily elected to State Court bench

August 22, 2012 01:42 AM | 38

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Lee, Byrne in runoff to decide chairman
Voters decide today who will lead Cobb: Incumbent or former chairman

August 21, 2012 12:18 AM | 8

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Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee (MDJ File Photo)

Critical contest for chairman
In the final days before the runoff election for the county chairman’s seat, current chairman Tim Lee and former chairman Bill Byrne continued their bitter attacks on each other.

August 18, 2012 11:41 PM | 10

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Lee’s fundraising total dwarfs Byrne
Incumbent’s fundraising totals $441,000 to $75,000 for challenger

August 18, 2012 12:32 AM | 4

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School runoff candidates cite hot-button issues
Teach for America, school calendar on people’s minds, Wheeler and Darnell say

August 17, 2012 12:41 AM | 5

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Lisa Cupid easily outdistanced incumbent Woody Thompson in the primary election but didn’t get the 50 percent plus one vote to win outright. <br> Photo by Jon-Michael Sullivan

Cupid says it’s time for a change
Lisa Cupid said she is running to replace southwest Cobb Commissioner Woody Thompson because the area needs better representation.

August 16, 2012 01:01 AM | 7

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Woody Thompson says he’s running on his record and points to improvements that have been made in his district or are in the works. <br> Photo by Laura Moon

Thompson touts experience on job
Southwest Cobb Commissioner Woody Thompson, who is vying to hang on to his seat in Tuesday’s runoff, admits his fight for a fourth term is the toughest of his career. On July 31, he placed a distan...

August 16, 2012 12:57 AM | 9

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Byrne debates an empty seat at Press Club
Bill Byrne faced off against an empty chair Wednesday morning because the Atlanta Press Club elected to go on with a debate between the two candidates in the Tuesday runoff for chairman of the Cobb...

August 16, 2012 12:55 AM | 18

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Invite goes out only to Lee for Chamber event
A week before an election that will determine if he continues as county chairman, Tim Lee gave an upbeat speech at the Cobb Chamber of Commerce’s Cumberland Area Council meeting Wednesday that touc...

August 16, 2012 12:55 AM | 15

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Employees at Total Wine in Kennesaw stock the shelves on Wednesday. Tuesday’s referendum to allow Sunday alcohol package sales in unincorporated parts of the county was strongly supported by Cobb’s six cities. The measure, which allows Sunday sales between 12:30 and 11:30 p.m., passed by a total of 89,888 votes for, or 73 percent, to 33,772 votes against, or 27 percent. <br> Photo by Jon-Michael Sullivan

Cobb Sunday sales OK’d
Cities strongly support referendum for unincorporated parts of county

August 02, 2012 12:43 AM | 24

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What went wrong?: Despite ‘next day’ results, election official claims ‘everything went according to plan’
Eveler said several polls throughout the county still had voters lined up at 7 p.m. Tuesday when polls were scheduled to close.

August 02, 2012 12:42 AM | 17

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Cobb Chairman Tim Lee, left, and challenger Bill Byrne.<br>Staff/Todd Hull

Lee vs. Byrne: ‘Purely a turnout issue’
Former Cobb chairman candidate Mike Boyce said he’s not sure if he will endorse anyone in the chairman’s runoff set for Aug. 21.

August 02, 2012 12:34 AM | 43

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Readers sound off on TSPLOST loss
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is a selection of the responses from readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories. Cobb gives tax a thumbs down … Kennesaw Voter — We still need transporta...

August 02, 2012 12:01 AM | 0

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Morris regains seat on Marietta City Council
Morris earned 1,465 votes, or 57 percent, in Tuesday’s special election to fill the vacancy in Ward 4 created when attorney Van Pearlberg resigned to run for a seat on the Cobb Superior Court bench...

August 01, 2012 03:06 AM | 3

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Incumbents Banks, Morgan hang on to school board seats
In west central Cobb, Republican candidates Brad Wheeler and Larry Darnell are heading to a runoff on Aug. 21. The winner of that election will take on Democratic incumbent Alison Bartlett in the N...

August 01, 2012 03:03 AM | 29

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Poole, Green win Superior Court seats
In the three-way race to succeed Cobb’s first female and longest-serving Judge Dorothy Robinson, Poole has avoided a runoff, earning 47,325 votes (51%). In a separate contest, voters retained Judg...

August 01, 2012 03:01 AM | 8

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Challenger Cupid leads incumbent Thompson into runoff
Incumbent Commissioner Woody Thompson of Mableton and Lisa Cupid of Austell are headed to an Aug. 21 runoff to be the only Democrat on the Cobb Board of Commissioners.

August 01, 2012 02:57 AM | 6

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Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee, right, looks over the shoulder of Chris Cunningham while they check the chairman’s race numbers as they start rolling in Tuesday night. <br> Photo by Laura Moon

Chairman Lee headed for a runoff
Incumbent leads, but former chairman Byrne manages to stay close

August 01, 2012 02:54 AM | 21

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Cobb District Attorney candidate Vic Reynolds, left, celebrates with Marietta attorney Joel Pugh as early numbers show him taking the lead to succeed retiring District Attorney Pat Head.<br>Staff/Jon-Michael Sullivan

Reynolds takes DA race
Vic Reynolds ran against Republican Cindi Yeager of Marietta in the GOP primary on Tuesday, and with no Democratic candidate on the November ballot, the winner will likely take over the DA’s office...

August 01, 2012 02:49 AM | 3

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There’s no doubt about which way A.J. Warren of east Cobb, left, cast her vote Tuesday on the proposed transportation tax. Meanwhile, pro-tax supporters Mary Lou Stephens with the Town Center Area CID and lobbyist Michael Paris take the news in stride. <br> Photo by Nathan Self

Region, Cobb give TSPLOST a resounding thumbs down
Despite a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz and predictions of disaster if it failed, voters in Cobb and the 10-county metro region firmly rejected the proposed $8.5 billion tax increase for tr...

August 01, 2012 02:35 AM | 52

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