The HD47 runoff is Tuesday: where the candidates stand

The House District 47 runoff is this Tuesday, June 16 — polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and with early voting now closed, Tuesday is the day. To help you decide, we asked Jack Miller and Brian Cochran the same five questions. Here's the short version of where they stand; the complete, word-for-word answers are in our voter guide.

1. Property tax relief
Cochran: Expand the homestead exemption for owner-occupied homes, paid for by cutting "wasteful" government spending rather than raising other taxes.
Miller: Senior-focused relief — a 100% Fulton schools senior exemption at 65 and raising the senior homestead exemption to $100,000 — funded by growth in the tax base, not higher rates.

2. Preservation vs. growth
Cochran: Protect Milton's heritage from overdevelopment and expand tax credits for agricultural landowners to ease the pressure to sell to developers.
Miller: Keep zoning and land-use decisions local rather than with the state, and oppose any effort to weaken Milton's authority over its own zoning.

3. Birmingham Crossroads & GDOT
Cochran: Press GDOT to keep Milton officials leading the project, and favor long-term traffic solutions over simply widening roads.
Miller: Push GDOT to give Milton a greater say over State Route 372 — like the authority the city won over Highway 9 in 2025.

4. One vote they'd cast differently
Cochran: He'd have voted no on House Bill 1009, the statewide school device ban the retiring incumbent supported, calling it state overreach — local schools should set their own rules.
Miller: He'd have voted against any industry-specific tax break that lacked a cost-benefit analysis, a sunset date, and a follow-up review.

5. Accountability
Cochran: Regular town halls for feedback on upcoming bills, plus one-on-one meetings with constituents.
Miller: A public voting record and a post-session budget analysis on his website, and meeting constituents in the district instead of in Atlanta.

That’s the condensed version — read every answer in full, verbatim and side by side, in our HD47 voter guide. One thing to know before you go: with early voting closed, you’ll vote at your assigned precinct on Tuesday — look up your location and sample ballot at My Voter Page.

Sources: candidate questionnaires (The Roundabout); Fulton County Registration & Elections.