Al T. Franklin, a former city councilman in Lithonia, won the city’s recent special election to return to the board.

Franklin won the March 18 special election with 30 votes, or 51 percent of those cast. He takes his seat on the six-member council on April 7.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)