Josh McNair

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Last election

June 9, 2020

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Josh McNair (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 56. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.

McNair was a candidate for District 4 representative on the Fulton County Commission in Georgia. McNair was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.


Elections

2020

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 56

Mesha Mainor won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 56 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mesha Mainor
Mesha Mainor (D) Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
19,664

Total votes: 19,664
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 56

Mesha Mainor defeated Josh McNair and Darryl Terry II in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 56 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mesha Mainor
Mesha Mainor Candidate Connection
 
54.0
 
4,571
Image of Josh McNair
Josh McNair
 
33.7
 
2,852
Image of Darryl Terry II
Darryl Terry II Candidate Connection
 
12.4
 
1,049

Total votes: 8,472
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2017)

Fulton County, Georgia, held a special election for two county commission seats on November 7, 2017. These elections were necessary because of the resignation of Chairman John Eaves to run for mayor of Atlanta and the death of District 4 Commissioner Joan Garner. If no candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the general election votes cast for a seat, a runoff election for the top two vote recipients took place on December 5, 2017. The filing deadline for the District 4 election was August 25, 2017, while the filing deadline for the chair election was September 20, 2017.[1][2][3] The following candidates ran in the general election for the District 4 seat on the Fulton County Commission.

Fulton County Commission, District 4 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kathryn Flowers 28.12% 6,158
Green check mark transparent.png Natalie Hall 27.16% 5,949
Josh McNair 14.38% 3,150
Steven Lee 11.48% 2,514
Eddie Brewster 11.32% 2,480
Reese McCranie 7.53% 1,650
Total Votes 21,901
Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "November 7, 2017 Municipal General and Special Elections," accessed November 7, 2017

Campaign themes

2020

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2017

McNair's campaign website included the following themes for 2017:

Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform

  • Public Safety is on everyone's mind. As public safety chair for NPU-T, Josh knows first hand the challenges that we face in our community when it comes to crime. While cutting crime is important, we still spend too much money on jails. The Sheriff's budget is $80M for 2017, yet we're still having to release violent offenders soon after they're apprehended.
  • We can solve jail overcrowding and give our youth better opportunities by shifting those dollars toward decriminalizing non-violent offenses and boosting resources at our arts centers, health centers, and libraries.
  • We must lobby the state to increase the number of superior court judges to tackle the backlog in our court system.

Public Health

  • Fulton County has some of the highest HIV infection rates in the nation. As a clinical consultant that sells HIV resistance testing, Josh is the only candidate with first-hand experience around what public education and treatment around this issue will take.
  • Grady Hospital is a lifeline to many in our region. We must ensure that we provide adequate funding so that residents will be able to receive quality healthcare.

Tax Reform

  • We were recently faced with high property assessments which would have resulted in a major tax increase for everyone. Josh plans to tackle the problem head on.
  • The Commission should review the process by which assessments are done so that they are equitable in each neighborhood.
  • The tax assessor should regularly perform assessments so that the values don’t skyrocket
  • The City of Atlanta and Atlanta School Board should also be encouraged that if taxes rise sharply, to roll back millage rates so that although there may be a property tax increase it won’t push citizens out of the county.[4][5]
—Josh McNair (2017)

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Footnotes



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