Duke Blackburn

Duke Blackburn
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Candidate for
Georgia State Senate District 28
Party	Republican
Personal
Profession	Retired
Websites
Campaign website

Duke Blackburn was a Republican candidate in the November 8, 2011 special election for the Georgia State Senate, District 28. The special election was called to fill the vacancy created when Mitch Seabaugh (R) resigned to accept an appointment to the position of deputy state treasurer.

Elections

2011

See also: State legislative special elections, 2011

On November 8, Blackburn faced fellow Republicans Matt Brass, Mike Crane, Kyle Frank, Dale Pepper, Edward Stone, and Mark Washington as well as Democrats Wayne Seabolt and Jammie Williams. Cynthia Bennett ran as a non-partisan candidate. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, the top two vote getters--Blackburn and Crane--proceeded to a run-off election on December 6 where Blackburn was defeated.

Additional reading

• Times-Herald, "Saturday only weekend day to vote early for Senate District 28 seat," November 25, 2011
• The Citizen, "Blackburn, Crane to face-off in Dec. 6 Senate runoff election," November 10, 2011
• The Citizen, "Candidates for Seabaugh’s seat have their say at forum," November 3, 2011 (Debate Coverage)

External links

Suggest a link

• Duke Blackburn, Campaign site
• Duke Blackburn, Facebook page