Representative David Wilkerson

Upcoming town hall meeting

April 20, 2026
George E. Ford Center
4181 Atlanta Street
Powder Springs, GA 30127
6:30 pm

Georgia Republicans are pushing legislation that would make local elected officials non-partisan in five counties where they have found they cannot win. Only 5 counties in Georgia and not the other 154 counties.

Word to my Georgia Republican colleagues who think taking the party off of the ballot in local elections in Cobb will mean that people won't know you are a Republican.

In other states, the political parties make sure people know who is what party on the ballot. Not only for the ones that are normally partisan but also the local city council races and judges. Instead of decreasing partisanship, Georgia Republicans are about to supercharge partisanship in every election.

“So when the Senate does things like this, we have to really take the language as it comes back,” Republican state Rep. Chuck Efstration said.

He is Majority Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives.

Never heard that before. When did this start?

Senate passes new election bill making metro offices nonpartisan, goes to governor’s desk The bill would make most county elections non-partisan, but only in the five core metro Atlanta counties.