Ben Truman

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Ben Truman

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 9, 2020

Ben Truman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the DeKalb County Commission to represent District 1 in Georgia. Truman lost in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2020)

General election

General election for DeKalb County Commission District 1

Robert Patrick defeated incumbent Nancy Jester in the general election for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Patrick (D)	57.2	40,123
	Submit photo	Nancy Jester (R)	42.8	30,069

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,192
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for DeKalb County Commission District 1

Robert Patrick defeated Cynthia Yaxon in the Democratic primary runoff for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Patrick	54.6	4,194
		Cynthia Yaxon	45.4	3,481

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,675 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1

Cynthia Yaxon and Robert Patrick advanced to a runoff. They defeated Md Naser and Ben Truman in the Democratic primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Yaxon	34.3	6,753
✔		Robert Patrick	33.3	6,561
	Submit photo	Md Naser	23.2	4,579
	Submit photo	Ben Truman	9.2	1,819

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,712
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1

Incumbent Nancy Jester advanced from the Republican primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Nancy Jester	100.0	8,618

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,618
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Campaign themes

2020

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