Related Research Articles
John Nathan Deal is an American politician and former lawyer who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,he previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The 1992 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3,1992. In the general election,which occurred simultaneously with the presidential election,incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler received more votes,but did not achieve a simple majority. Under Georgia law,this demanded a runoff. Paul Coverdell,the former Director of the Peace Corps,edged out Fowler in the November 24 runoff by a narrow margin,flipping the seat to the Republicans. It was the first Senate runoff election to be held in Georgia since runoffs were first mandated in 1964. This was the third consecutive United States Senate election in Georgia for this seat in which the incumbent United States Senator from Georgia lost re-election.
A municipal election in the City of Atlanta was held on Tuesday,November 3,2009. Atlanta is the capital of the state of Georgia and is the largest city in Georgia and is the center of the Atlanta metropolitan area,the largest metropolitan area in the South.
Kwanza Levern Hall is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district. He previously served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for the 2nd district. He was first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. He represented the neighborhoods of Atlantic Station,Castleberry Hill,Downtown,Home Park,Inman Park,the Marietta Artery,Sweet Auburn and the Martin Luther King Historic District,Midtown,Poncey-Highland,and the Old Fourth Ward. He opted to not run for re-election in 2017,and was a candidate in the 2017 Atlanta mayoral election.
Mable Thomas is an American politician serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 56. She previously represented District 55,which includes areas immediately west and southwest of Downtown Atlanta and areas west and northwest of Midtown Atlanta.
Cathy Woolard is an American politician who served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for District 6 from November 1998 to 2002,and as President of the Council from 2002 to 2004. When she began her term in 1997,she was the first openly-gay elected official in Georgia history,and she was the first woman to be President of the Council.
Brandon Lamont Beach is an American politician serving as a member of the Georgia State Senate. Beach was first elected in the 2012 general election and serves Georgia's 21st district,which includes portions of Cherokee and Fulton counties.
Connie Stokes is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party,she is a former DeKalb County Commissioner,and formerly served in the Georgia State Senate. Stokes ran for lieutenant governor in 2014.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 4,2014. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives and all seats in both houses of the Georgia General Assembly. Primary elections were held on May 20,2014. Primary runoffs,necessary if no candidate wins a majority of the vote,were held on July 22,2014.
The 2017 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 7,2017,with a runoff election held on December 5,2017. Incumbent mayor Kasim Reed,a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 2010,was ineligible to run for reelection due to a personal crisis.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 6,2018. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Neither U.S. Senate seat was up for election in 2018. The Republican Party won every statewide office in 2018.
A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 6th congressional district was held on April 18,2017,with a runoff held two months later on June 20. Republican Karen Handel narrowly defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the runoff vote,51.8% to 48.2%. Handel succeeded Tom Price,who resigned from the seat following his confirmation as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. The runoff election was necessary when no individual candidate earned the majority of votes in the election on April 18. Ossoff received 48.1% of the vote in the first round,followed by Handel with 19.8%.
Dee Dawkins-Haigler is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Democrat,she was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 91st district from 2008 until 2017. She has also run twice as a candidate for secretary of state of Georgia. She is a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Matthew Levi Gurtler is an American politician who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 8th district from 2017 to 2021. A Republican,he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat for Georgia's 9th congressional district in the 2020 election.
The 2021 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 2,2021,with a runoff between the top two candidates taking place on November 30. Incumbent mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms did not seek reelection. City council member Andre Dickens defeated council president Felicia Moore in the runoff by a margin of more than 20%. Candidates eliminated in the general election included former mayor Kasim Reed and attorney Sharon Gay.
Charles "Chuck" Eaton Jr. is a Judge on the Fulton County Superior Court in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. He was appointed to the Court by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on August 12,2021.
Robert Gabriel Sterling is an American politician and elections official from the state of Georgia. He is the chief operating officer (COO) in the office of the Georgia Secretary of State. He previously served on the city council for Sandy Springs,Georgia. Sterling received widespread attention for his speech denouncing false claims of election fraud in the 2020 election,stating "someone is going to get shot" if the claims and related harassment continue;weeks later,Ashli Babbitt,a pro-Trump rioter,was shot by police during the January 6 attack.
Several elections took place in the U.S. state of Georgia in 2022. The general election was held on November 8,2022. A runoff election for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate was held on December 6,2022. The runoff was scheduled because none of the candidates for Senate received 50% of the statewide vote in the general election. In addition to the Senate seat,all of Georgia's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Also up for election were all of Georgia's executive officers and legislative seats,as well as one seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The Republican Party decisively won every single statewide office in Georgia except for the Federal Senate race which narrowly went Democratic in 2022.
The 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won re-election to a second term. Raffensperger emerged as a major national figure in early January,2021 when he faced significant pressure from then-President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The party primary elections took place on May 24,with runoffs scheduled for June 21. Trump had been taped in a phone call asking Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number needed for Trump to carry the state.
The 2022 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. It coincided with various other statewide elections,including for U.S. Senate,U.S. House,and Governor of Georgia. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
References
- 1 2 "State Rep. Keisha Waites" (PDF). House.ga.gov. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ↑ Atlanta City Council: Submission Applications, May 13, 2004 Archived January 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , accessed February 8, 2012
- ↑ Dyana Bagby (January 11, 2012). "Atlanta lesbian Keisha Waites running for public office — for ninth time". The GA Voice.
- ↑ "List of Candidates on the February 07, 2012 Special Election Ballot". Georgia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Laura Douglas-Brown (February 7, 2012). "Election results: Keisha Waites to become fourth openly gay Ga. state legislator". The GA Voice.
- ↑ "LGBT state lawmaker quits to run for Fulton chair". Project Q Atlanta. September 19, 2017.
- ↑ Kass, Arielle. "Robb Pitts, Keisha Waites face off to lead Fulton County commission". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ↑ "Pitts to remain Fulton County chair in close win". Reporternewspapers.net. May 23, 2018.
- ↑ Mitchell, Tia; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta. "Election 2020: Scott avoids runoff, wins Democratic primary in Georgia's 13th". Ajc.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Several prominent Democrats line up to succeed John Lewis in Congress". Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
- ↑ Wells, Myrydd (November 19, 2021). "The Atlanta City Council runoff election—explained in 10 minutes". Atlantamagazine.com. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ↑ Greg Bluestein, Political Insider blog. "The nation's first black and lesbian lawmaker resigns from Georgia Legislature". Ajc.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020.