Marietta, GA — Participating members of the Cobb County Republican Assembly met today at the Cobb County GOP Headquarters to hear speeches by local candidates and to vote on whether to endorse them and others nominated by the membership. It takes a two-thirds majority of the participating membership for a candidate to be endorsed by the RAs. The local endorsement convention ran from 10:30 am and run until 2pm, and included lunch. Here are the candidates the Cobb RAs voted to endorse:

Legislative Offices

• For State Senate District 37: David Delk (West Cobb & Southeast Bartow)
  • Challenging Scott Johnson and Ed Setzler with a vote score of “C” 52% (2017), “B” 60% (2018), “C” 52% (2019), and “D” 35% (2020).
• For State House District 45: Carminthia Moore (East Cobb)
  • Challenging Republican incumbent Sharon Cooper with a vote score of 38% “F” (2017), 38% “F” (2018), 45% “D” (2019), and 43% “D” (2020).
• For State House District 43: Anna Tillman (east Marietta)
• For State House District 39: Olivia Angel (south Cobb County area)
• For State House District 37: Tess Redding (south Marietta area) 

County Commissioners

• For Cobb County Commission District 3: Judy Sarden (north central Cobb)
  • Challenging incumbent Republican JoAnn Birrell with a poor vote score
• For Cobb County Commission District 1: Keli Gambrill (West Cobb)
  • Also won endorsement four years ago when challenging an incumbent & has maintained a strong vote score since being elected

Cobb School Board

• For Post 4: David Chastain (incumbent)
• For Post 2: Matthew Anthony Sears

For Solicitor General: Courtney Brubaker