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Mo Ivory | |
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| Member of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners from District 4 | |
| In office January 1, 2025 – March 6, 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Natalie Hall |
| Succeeded by | Vacant (special election pending) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Moraima Ivory New York City, New York |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Robert Ivory |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | Spelman College (BA) Temple University Beasley School of Law (JD) |
| Occupation | Attorney, politician, professor, media personality |
| Website | moivory |
Moraima "Mo" Ivory is an American attorney, broadcaster, law professor, and politician who won the 2026 Democratic nomination for Chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in Georgia. She previously served as a member of the commission representing District 4 from January 2025 until March 2026, when she resigned to run for the chairmanship.[1][2] In June 2026, she defeated longtime incumbent chairman Robb Pitts in the Democratic primary runoff, securing the party's nomination ahead of the November 2026 general election.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Ivory was raised in New York City and attended Cardinal Spellman High School. She moved to Atlanta to attend Spelman College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1991.[4] She went on to earn her Juris Doctor from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1994.[5]
Legal, academic, and media career
[edit]Ivory practiced corporate, commercial, and entertainment law for several decades, including work for the firm King & Spalding and as in-house counsel for Scientific-Atlanta, Turner Broadcasting, and Cisco Systems.[6]
As a broadcaster, Ivory hosted radio programs including *The Mo Ivory Show* on SiriusXM and served as an on-air host for Atlanta drive-time programming on V-103 FM and WAOK 1380 AM, and has appeared as a legal and political commentator on CNN, MSNBC, HLN, and Fox 5 Atlanta.[4] In academia, she has worked as a Professor of Practice and director of the Entertainment, Sports, and Media Law initiative at the Georgia State University College of Law, and a 2024 news report described her in that role during her first run for county commission.[7] She previously taught entertainment law as an adjunct professor at the Howard University School of Law from 2016 to 2018.[5]
Political career
[edit]Fulton County Commission, District 4 (2025–2026)
[edit]Ivory entered electoral politics in 2024, challenging incumbent District 4 commissioner Natalie Hall, whose tenure had been marked by a sexual harassment settlement that cost the county roughly $1 million.[8] After neither candidate won a majority in the May 2024 primary, Ivory defeated Hall by a wide margin in the June 18, 2024, Democratic runoff and ran unopposed in the general election, taking office on January 1, 2025.[9] She resigned the seat on March 6, 2026, after roughly 14 months in office, as state law required her to step down before campaigning for the countywide chairmanship; the vacant seat was set for a special election on November 3, 2026.[1][2]
2026 campaign for Commission Chair
[edit]In 2026, Ivory ran for Fulton County Commission Chair against incumbent Robb Pitts and fellow commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. In the three-way Democratic primary on May 19, 2026, she placed first with about 40% of the vote, ahead of Pitts (about 35%) and Arrington (about 25%); because no candidate reached a majority, Ivory and Pitts advanced to a runoff.[10]
Ahead of the June 16, 2026, runoff, Ivory was endorsed by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat.[11] She won the runoff, defeating Pitts to capture the Democratic nomination for the November 2026 general election, where she is set to face Republican nominee Eric Tatum.[3][12]
Personal life
[edit]Ivory resides in Atlanta with her husband, Robert. They have a blended family of six children and two grandchildren. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and The Links, Incorporated.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Marazzi Sassoon, Alessandro (March 20, 2026). "Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory steps down to run for chair". Rough Draft Atlanta. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ a b Marazzi Sassoon, Alessandro (March 17, 2026). "Special election for Fulton Commission District 4 will be Nov. 3". Atlanta Civic Circle. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ a b "Mo Ivory ousts Rob Pitts in Democratic Fulton commission chair runoff election". Atlanta News First. June 17, 2026. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ a b c "Mo Ivory Biography". Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ a b "Moraima "Mo" Ivory". BallotReady. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ Murchison, Adrianne. "Robb Pitts, Mo Ivory face off for Fulton chair". SaportaReport. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ "Incumbent Fulton commissioner faces a tough runoff challenge". Atlanta Civic Circle. June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ "Challengers unite to unseat Natalie Hall in Fulton commission runoff". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ "Challenger wins District 4 seat on Fulton commission". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 19, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ "Three Fulton County Commission Races Head To A Runoff Election". Atlanta Civic Circle. May 20, 2026. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ "Live Results: 2026 Georgia primary runoff election results as voting wraps up". CBS News Atlanta. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ "Election Results: Fulton County Commission Chair Democratic Primary Runoff". 11Alive. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
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