Andy Clark (Georgia)
Andy Clark (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 37. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Clark completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Andy Clark earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University in 1998 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2001. Clark's career experience includes working as a lawyer and a law professor.[1]
Elections
2018
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 37
Incumbent Lindsey Tippins defeated Andy Clark in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 37 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lindsey Tippins (R) | 58.9 | 48,464 |
 | Andy Clark (D)  | 41.1 | 33,798 | |
| Total votes: 82,262 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 37
Andy Clark advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 37 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Clark | 100.0 | 6,136 |
| Total votes: 6,136 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 37
Incumbent Lindsey Tippins advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 37 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lindsey Tippins | 100.0 | 10,567 |
| Total votes: 10,567 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Andy Clark participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 18, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Andy Clark's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. Provide health insurance to almost half a million Georgians by accepting Medicaid expansion. 2. Strengthen gun laws, including by requiring background checks for all gun sales. 3. Guarantee 8 weeks of paid family leave for new mothers and others with family medical needs.[3][4] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Health care, because no other public policy issue is bigger or more urgent. Education, because I want all Georgians to have the opportunities I've had. Civil rights, because protecting those rights is my job as an appeals lawyer.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Andy Clark answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | My pledge, as a candidate and as a Senator, is to be respectful. That means to respect our laws, institutions, and traditions; to respect our diversity; to respect the voters’ intelligence; to respect those I disagree with; and to respect ourselves.[4] | ” |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on April 3, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Andy Clark's responses," May 18, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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