In his quest to become one of Georgia’s next Supreme Court justices, attorney and former Congressman John Barrow has picked up a number of endorsements.
His campaign made the announcement last week, saying the bipartisan list of more than 170 members of the state bar, district attorney’s offices, county sheriff’s and other elected officials, is among the ‘first round’ of endorsements. The campaign says it will release endorsements on a regional basis. The list below is from the Metro Atlanta area.
“I’m grateful for the support of these leaders all across the state,” Barrow said in a press release. “What they tell me is that I bring the kind of balance we need on our Supreme Court. My experience makes me uniquely qualified to understand the issues that matter to real people in the real world.”
Barrow is a candidate for the seat on the Georgia Supreme Court currently held by retiring Justice Robert Benham. The nonpartisan election will take place at the same time as
next year’s general primary election, on May 19. He will face Sara Doyle, an Appeals Court Judge.
Metro Atlanta Endorsements of John Barrow for the Georgia Supreme Court:
- Pinney Allen
- Teri Anulewicz, State Representative
- Roy Barnes, Former Governor
- John Bey
- Mike Bowers, Former Georgia Attorney General
- Ed Buckley
- Ken Canfield
- George Carley, Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice
- Max Cleland, Former Georgia Secretary of State, U.S. Senator
- Jen Cox
- Buddy Darden, Former U.S. Congressman
- Debra DeBerry, Clerk of State Court, DeKalb Co.
- Karla Drenner, State Representative
- Smythe DuVal, Libertarian Candidate for Secretary of State, 2018
- James Elliott, Assoc. Dean, Emory Law School, Former State Bar President
- Stacey Godfrey Evans, Former State Representative
- Scott Farrow
- Heather Fenton
- Rev. Dr. William E. Flippin, Sr. Pastor, Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church
- Steve Goldman
- Judson Graves
- Tricia Griffith
- Sally Harrell, State Senator
- Paul Howard, District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
- Ted Jackson, Sheriff, Fulton Co.
- Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, Presiding Prelate, Sixth Episcopal District, A.M.E. Church
- Jen Jordan, State Senator
- Halsey Knapp
- Stephe Koontz, Doraville City Council
- John Lewis, U.S. Congressman
- Keith Mason
- Sally McDaniel
- Josh McLaurin, State Representative
- Ted Metz, Libertarian Candidate for Governor, 2018
- Mary Margaret Oliver, State Representative
- Nan Orrock, State Senator
- Jon Ossoff
- Elena Parent, State Senator
- Andrew Patterson
- Danny Porter, District Attorney, Gwinnett Judicial Circuit
- Savannah Potter-Miller
- Pete Robinson, Former Chair, Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission
- Thomas G. Sampson
- Madeleine Simmons
- Fred Smith, Professor, Emory University Law School
- John and Mildred Spalding
- Stephanie Stuckey, Former State Representative
- Ted Terry, Mayor, Clarkston
- Mike Thurmond, Chair, DeKalb Co. Commission
- Norman Underwood, Former Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals
- Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, Sr. Pastor, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
- Matthew Weiss
- Ann Weltner
- Mike Wilensky, State Representative
- Nikema Williams, State Senator
- Matthew Wilson, State Representative
- David Worley
- Andrew Young, Former U.N. Ambassador, U.S. Congressman, Atlanta Mayor
- Cindy Zeldin, 2018 Candidate, Ga. Insurance Commissioner
