Gabriel Sanchez won his primary against a seven-year veteran, Democrat Teri Anulewicz.
SMYRNA, Ga. — A self-described “Democratic Socialist” and opponent of the Atlanta public safety training project won a primary in Cobb County Tuesday. Gabriel Sanchez unseated a Democrat and will face voters again in November, results show.
The effort to stop the training center has energized many liberals – as well as conservatives who support law enforcement. Many activists opposed to the training center project call it “Cop City.” One of the leaders of the “Stop Cop City” movement quietly showed up at the Capitol in March to qualify to run for state representative. At the time, Sanchez seemed a longshot.
“I’m currently working as a waiter to make ends meet. But I think that this is important,” Sanchez told 11Alive News in March.
Tuesday night Sanchez won his primary against a seven-year veteran, Democrat Teri Anulewicz. Her attorney husband, Chris Anulewicz, has represented a defendant in Fulton County’s election interference case. Sanchez’s backers used that to question the incumbent’s Democratic credentials.
