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Benjamin Souther
Benjamin Souther (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 9th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.
Souther completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Benjamin Souther was born in Gainesville, Georgia. Souther earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 2015.[1] His career experience includes founding The Souther Real Estate Brokerage and The North Georgia Company and working as a special agent with the FBI. Souther served on the Emerging Professionals Board of Peach State Bank & Trust.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 9
Incumbent Andrew Clyde defeated Michael Ford in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Clyde (R) | 72.4 | 212,820 |
 | Michael Ford (D)  | 27.6 | 81,318 | |
| Total votes: 294,138 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 9
Michael Ford advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 9 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Ford | 100.0 | 21,434 |
| Total votes: 21,434 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 9
Incumbent Andrew Clyde defeated Benjamin Souther, Michael Boggus, J. Gregory Howard, and John London in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 9 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Clyde | 76.4 | 90,535 |
 | Benjamin Souther | 15.1 | 17,922 | |
 | Michael Boggus | 3.6 | 4,230 | |
| J. Gregory Howard | 2.9 | 3,463 | ||
| John London | 2.0 | 2,359 | ||
| Total votes: 118,509 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tyler Tolin (R)
Campaign themes
2022
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| Video submitted to Ballotpedia Released Jan 28, 2022 |
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Benjamin Souther completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Souther's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Prior to announcing his run for US Congress, Souther was a Special Agent in the FBI. In federal law enforcement, Souther saw, firsthand, the issues affecting the Country. He also saw how large federal government cannot effectively prioritize issues.
Souther is a fierce advocate for energy independence and critical manufacturing being brought back to the United States. Politicizing common sense issues, such as energy, manufacturing, and border security have put the United States in a terrible position to negotiate in protecting our homeland and economy.- Restore Energy Independence in America. We need to stop relying on foreign countries to supply our energy and reopen the XL pipeline.When we rely on other countries to provide our energy, it becomes a national security threat.
- Bring manufacturing back to the USA and solve the supply chain crisis: China is not our friend. Our nation will be crippled in the decades to come if we allow most of our products to be imported. We need common sense business leaders to be the minds behind fixing our broken supply chain.
- Protect the sanctity of life. This includes support for the foster care system and adoption process.
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Campaign website
Souther's campaign website stated the following:
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Current Issues
Economy
Crime / National Security
Education
Freedom & Justice for All Review the Bill of Rights. We have highlighted three of these.
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| —Benjamin Souther's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 13, 2022
- ↑ Souther for Congress, "About," accessed April 5, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Souther for Congress, “Issues,” accessed March 28, 2022
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