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Carl Sprayberry
Carl Sprayberry (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 139. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 139
Incumbent Carmen Rice defeated Carl Sprayberry and Robert Mallard in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 139 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carmen Rice (R) | 64.0 | 19,069 |
| Carl Sprayberry (D) | 35.8 | 10,665 | ||
 | Robert Mallard (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 40 | |
| Total votes: 29,774 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 139
Carl Sprayberry advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 139 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carl Sprayberry | 100.0 | 1,804 | |
| Total votes: 1,804 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 139
Incumbent Carmen Rice defeated Sean Knox in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 139 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carmen Rice | 56.8 | 2,204 |
| Sean Knox | 43.2 | 1,679 | ||
| Total votes: 3,883 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donald Moeller (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Sprayberry in this election.
Pledges
Sprayberry signed the following pledges.
2020
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 134
Incumbent Richard H. Smith defeated Carl Sprayberry in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 134 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Richard H. Smith (R) | 64.1 | 17,591 |
| Carl Sprayberry (D) | 35.9 | 9,831 | ||
| Total votes: 27,422 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 134
Carl Sprayberry defeated William Tauxe in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 134 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carl Sprayberry | 63.0 | 2,968 | |
| William Tauxe | 37.0 | 1,744 | ||
| Total votes: 4,712 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 134
Incumbent Richard H. Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 134 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard H. Smith | 100.0 | 5,741 |
| Total votes: 5,741 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carl Sprayberry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Carl Sprayberry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sprayberry's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Extending financial aid to all Georgians impacted by the coronavirus
- Expand Medicare coverage and make healthcare more affordable in Georgia; expanded Medicare would help several rural hospitals stay open
- Expand our state's clean energy production through wind and solar and ensure the Vogtle nuclear expansion is completed
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Campaign finance summary
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Noteworthy events
2025 human trafficking arrest
During an operation that took place from April 25-28, 2025, Sprayberry and 19 other individuals were arrested in a sting operation that targeted individuals seeking to purchase sex with a minor. According to officials, those arrested engaged in sexually explicit communication online with people they believed to be minors and arranged to meet them for sex. Sprayberry and the others were not aware that they were communicating with undercover agents.[1][2]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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