Media Kit

In 2020, Commissioner Ted Terry was elected to serve as the Super District 6 Commissioner of DeKalb County. His district includes half of the County with portions of South, Central, and North DeKalb, totaling approximately 350,000 residents. He successfully was reelected and began his second term in January 2025. 

Commissioner Terry’s policy priorities include Resilient DeKalb, Aging in Placers, affordable housing, transit equity, protecting voting rights for DeKalb residents, and criminal justice reform. Commissioner Terry serves as the Chair of Finance and Budget (FAB) and is a member of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWI) committee. He previously served as the Chair of the Employee Relations and Public Safety committee (ERPS) and Chair of the Operations Committee (OPS) and as a member of the Planning, Economic Development and Community Service (PECS).  

The Commissioner also serves as a member of the National Association of Counties (NACo) as a member of the Healthy Counties Innovation Council, International Economic Development Innovation Council, Large Urban County Caucus (LUCC), and Resilient Counties Innovation Council. Locally, he serves on the Georgia Council for International Visitors Board of Trustees.  

Prior to his election, Commissioner Terry served as the Mayor of the most ethnically diverse square mile in America: Clarkston, Georgia from January 2014 – March 2020, where he was the youngest Mayor in Clarkston’s 135-year history. 

He resides in DeKalb County with his wife Andrea and 4-legged fur-babies.