Kennesaw City Council Member
Passes laws and regulations for your city.
Full office description
- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy.
- City council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district.
- Most city council members in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan.
How this impacts you
Policing — City council has final say over how many police officers the city hires, what equipment the police get and how they are trained.
Quality of roads — City council has the power to improve roads and build new ones through specific projects.
Housing costs — City council can decide which housing developments to approve, require affordable housing and set property tax rates.
Election results
WINNER
Lynette Burnette
18.27%
1,756 votes
Madelyn Orochena
17.95%
1,725 votes
Jason Acree
13.74%
1,320 votes
Anthony Gutierrez
13.69%
1,315 votes
David Blinkhorn
13.29%
1,277 votes
Daniel Bowie
12.32%
1,184 votes
Jon Fred Bothers
10.74%
1,032 votes
Candidates (7)
Anthony Gutierrez
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Daniel Bowie
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David Blinkhorn
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Jason Acree
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Jon Fred Bothers
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Lynette Burnette
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Madelyn Orochena
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