Former Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory won the Democratic primary runoff election for chair of the Board of Commissioners. Ivory captured about 66% of the votes, according to unofficial results. Current Commissioner Pitts has been a fixture in local politics for more than 40 years, serving on the Atlanta City Council and as city council president before winning seats on the Fulton County Commission.
Ivory, 57, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution she was grateful the voters elected her overwhelmingly to be “the new generation of leadership” in Fulton County. “I just promise to serve in the way that I ran, which is with transparency, accountability and to work on the problems that Fulton has been facing for decades, which is what I’ve been saying the whole entire time: fix the jail, fund the courts, build hospitals and protect elections.”
Before she became a commissioner, Ivory worked for years behind the scenes as a political consultant for campaigns, using her background as an entertainment lawyer and radio personality to bring out celebrities and influencers to support her candidates. A Grant Park resident and professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, Ivory ran unsuccessfully for Atlanta City Council in 2017. With Tuesday’s win, Ivory will face Eric Tatum, a Republican attorney running for the at-large seat in a Democratic-leaning county, in the November general election.
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