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County Council Member, DeKalb County

District 3

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1
Term
4 years
Candidates
2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The county council is DeKalb County's fiscal body: it adopts the budget, sets tax rates and approves spending.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Brent WarfieldRepublican

    • Pledges to budget with existing revenue rather than raise taxesIn office
    • Supports considering tax relief for seniors and fixed-income homeownersIn office

  • Bobby YorkDemocratic

    • Supports a fair, sustainable tax policy that funds essential services

Public safety

  • Brent WarfieldRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Bobby YorkDemocratic

    • Supports stable public funding for volunteer fire departments

Roads & infrastructure

  • Brent WarfieldRepublican

    • Supports exploring fuel tax changes over relying on wheel taxIn office

  • Bobby YorkDemocratic

    • Supports routine investment to avoid costly deferred maintenance
    • Supports maintaining county roads used by farm and freight traffic

Environment & parks

  • Brent WarfieldRepublican

    • Opposes industrial solar on productive farmlandIn office

  • Bobby YorkDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 4 issues covered in this race.