Khadijah Abdur-Rahman

Democratic Party

Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

5

Predecessor:Joe Carn

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Personal

Profession

Business owner

Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (Democratic Party) is a member of theFulton County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, representingDistrict 6. Abdur-Rahman assumed office on January 1, 2021. Abdur-Rahman's current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Abdur-Rahman (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theFulton County Board of Commissioners to representDistrict 6 in Georgia. Abdur-Rahman won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2024)

General election

General election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

IncumbentKhadijah Abdur-Rahman won election in the general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (D)	100.0	72,481

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,481
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

IncumbentKhadijah Abdur-Rahman defeatedAli Carter andCiara Anderson in the Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman	55.2	10,848
		Ali Carter	27.9	5,482
	Submit photo	Ciara Anderson	17.0	3,333

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,663
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Endorsements

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2020)

General election

General election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Khadijah Abdur-Rahman won election in the general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (D)	100.0	78,062

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,062
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Khadijah Abdur-Rahman defeated incumbentJoe Carn in the Democratic primary for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman	57.7	22,561
	Submit photo	Joe Carn	42.3	16,563

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,124
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2019

See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2019)

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

Joe Carn defeatedGordon Joyner in the special general runoff election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on October 15, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joe Carn (Nonpartisan)	62.8	2,842
	Submit photo	Gordon Joyner (Nonpartisan)	37.2	1,684

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,526
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General election

Special general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 on September 17, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joe Carn (Nonpartisan)	26.3	1,607
✔	Submit photo	Gordon Joyner (Nonpartisan)	20.0	1,223
		Sojourner Grimmett (Nonpartisan)	15.9	971
		Rafer Johnson (Nonpartisan)	13.8	844
	Submit photo	Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (Nonpartisan)	12.6	772
	Submit photo	Yoshina Bradford (Nonpartisan)	5.0	307
	Submit photo	Sonia Francis-Rolle (Nonpartisan)	4.3	261
	Submit photo	Carl Dorsey Jr. (Nonpartisan)	1.1	66
	Submit photo	Warren Head Jr. (Nonpartisan)	0.9	52

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,103
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Campaign themes

2024

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2020

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2019

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