Four metro Atlanta district attorneys gathered in Liberty Plaza outside the State Capitol Wednesday to announce their plans to challenge a new Georgia law that makes their positions non-partisan in Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton counties. This comes after Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 369 into law recently following adjournment of the 2026 session of the Georgia General Assembly.
The new law they are challenging takes effect Jan. 1, 2028. It mandates that candidates for county governing authorities, tax commissioners, clerks of superior court and solicitor-generals must run in nonpartisan elections. County surveyors are also included where those roles are elected, though county sheriffs are exempt, according to information released at the press conference. This new law moves elections for most of those posts, excluding district attorneys, to lower-turnout May contests held alongside nonpartisan judicial races. However, nonpartisan district attorney elections would be held in November.
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