Runoff Election For City Council Held Tuesday In Johns Creek

JOHNS CREEK, GA — Johns Creek voters will again take to the polls Tuesday for the General Municipal Runoff Election for three city council seats after no candidate received majority of the votes in November.

For Johns Creek City Council Post 2, Brian Weaver who received 3,253 votes will face Dilip Tunki who received 2,160 votes in a runoff. The third candidate Royce Reinecke took 1,696 votes.

Johns Creek Post 4 incumbent Chris Coughlin received 3,319 votes, and will face Marybeth Cooper, who had 1,342 votes, in a runoff. Other candidates Adam Thomas had 1,288 votes and Kent Altom with 1,052 votes.

Johns Creek Post 6 saw three vying for the seat, and Erin Elwood took 2,700 votes and will face Issure C. Yang, who had 2,258 votes, in a runoff. The third candidate Judy LeFave took 2,076 votes.

The Johns Creek City Council election is for the council seats of Post 2, Post 4, and Post 6.

Out of the 325,889 registered voters in the Nov. 5 Fulton County races, 38,936 voted, or nearly 12 percent. View the Nov. 5 election results.

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Municipal Elections are non-partisan and held in accordance with Title 2 of the Georgia Election Code. Candidates run at-large and are voted on by the registered voters; the candidate who receives the majority of votes cast wins their respective seat. Public officials have staggered four-year terms in Johns Creek, with elections every two years (Post 2, 4 and 6) and (Post 1, 3, 5 and mayor).

In 2018, the Johns Creek city charter was changed legislatively to reflect term limits for elected officials. Effective with the 2019 elections, neither the mayor nor council member shall serve for more than three consecutive terms, four-year terms of office and shall not include any partial terms of office. In addition, no terms of office served prior to January 1, 2020 and no terms of office served as council member shall be considered in determining if a person has served more than three consecutive terms of office.

Who's Running?

Post 2:

Brian Weaver weaverforjohnscreek.com

Dilip Tunki www.tunkiforjc.com

*There is no incumbent for this seat as current Post 2 Council Member Jay Lin is not seeking reelection

Post 4:

Chris Coughlin (incumbent) votechriscoughlin.com

Marybeth Cooper www.Cooperforthecreek.com

Post 6:

Erin Elwood www.erinforjohnscreek.com

Issure C. Yang Issureforjohnscreek.com

*There is no incumbent for this seat as current Post 6 Council Member Steve Broadbent is not seeking reelection

Learn about the candidates:

• Johns Creek Elections Guide 2019: Candidates Want City To Thrive
• Johns Creek Elections Guide 2019: Candidates Talk City Problems

Sample Ballot:

View the Johns Creek sample ballot or Fulton County sample ballot for all races within the county.

For voting information, visit the Fulton County Elections website or call 404-612-7020.