Too bad she’ll have a bit of an uphill battle ahead of her as it so happens that the incumbent she’s challenging is an orthodox liberal in one of the most Democratic districts in the state.
Commissioner Connie Stokes will announce later this month her campaign against U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson.
Stokes declined to give specifics about her campaign, but told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday that she is planning to seek the Democratic nomination for the 4th Congressional District.
Unfortunately, the major take away here is that Stokes, chair of DeKalb County’s budget committee, is running at a time when the county is experiencing major budget shortfalls. And if DeKalb commissioner Lee May runs as well, conventional wisdom would hint that these campaigns would be detrimental to the efficacy of DeKalb’s government. There are only seven commissioners after all.
I should note that the AJC et al. is reporting that former-DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones is also mulling a run. For a race that as of yet doesn’t have a candidate named Cynthia, the GA-4 is looking pretty interesting right about now.
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