Three years after being appointed to office, Fulton County Chief Magistrate Judge Cassandra Kirk—the first to preside over the court since the General Assembly made the position an elected office—has drawn a challenger.

Levenson & Associates principal Louis Levenson, who spent 30 years as an appointed Fulton magistrate before he resigned shortly after Kirk’s appointment, announced Monday he will seek the position in the nonpartisan May 22 election.