Georgia's 40th Senate district

Georgia's 40th State Senate district
Senator	Sally Harrell D – Atlanta
Demographics	43.69%  White 16.42%  Black 24.81%  Hispanic 10.84%  Asian 0.12%  Native American 0.04%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.65% Other 4.44%  Multiracial
Population (2020)  • Voting age	190,544 [1] 147,000

District40 of the Georgia Senate is located in Metro Atlanta.

The district includes northern DeKalb and western Gwinnett counties, including all or parts of Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, Dunwoody, Norcross, and Peachtree Corners. While the district includes many neighborhoods in DeKalb County with Atlanta addresses, there is no part of the city of Atlanta within the district.

The current senator is Sally Harrell, a Democrat from Atlanta first elected in 2018. ^[2]

Former occupants of the seat include Zell Miller, former governor and U.S. Senator, and Paul Coverdell, former U.S. Senator.

List of senators

Member	Party	Years	Residence	Electoral history	Counties
L.T. Mitchell		1947 – 1949	Clayton
Osbon L. Foster		1949 – 1951	Hiawassee
Bonnell Akins		1951 – 1953	Blairsville
Harry L. Brown		1953 – 1955	Mountain City
W. K. Dean		1955 – 1957	Young Harris
H. M. Edge		1957 – 1959	Blairsville
Russell Ellis Cannon		1959 – January 9, 1961	Clayton
Zell Miller		January 9, 1961 – January 14, 1963
Dan MacIntyre		January 14, 1963 – April 6, 1969
E. Earl Patton		June 4, 1969 – January 8, 1973
Paul D. Coverdell		January 8, 1973 – May 2, 1989
Michael J. Egan		June 1989 – January 2001
Rusty Paul		January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Liane Levetan		2003 – 2005
Dan Weber		2005 – 2011
Fran Millar		2011 – January 13, 2019
Sally Harrell		January 14, 2019 – present

References

1. "Georgia Senate Districts 2023" (PDF). Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office. 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
2. "Georgia General Assembly". www.legis.ga.gov. Retrieved 2025-11-28.