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Christian Zimm
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Christian Zimm (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Zimm completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Christian Zimm lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Zimm's career experience includes working as an attorney. He has served as the president of the Buckhead Young Republicans.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Georgia's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 5

Incumbent Nikema Williams defeated Christian Zimm in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 5 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nikema Williams
Nikema Williams (D)
 
82.5
 
243,687
Image of Christian Zimm
Christian Zimm (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.5
 
51,769

Total votes: 295,456
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 5

Incumbent Nikema Williams defeated Valencia Stovall and Charlotte Macbagito in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 5 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nikema Williams
Nikema Williams
 
86.3
 
78,440
Image of Valencia Stovall
Valencia Stovall
 
9.6
 
8,701
Image of Charlotte Macbagito
Charlotte Macbagito Candidate Connection
 
4.2
 
3,791

Total votes: 90,932
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 5

Christian Zimm advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 5 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christian Zimm
Christian Zimm Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
21,540

Total votes: 21,540
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Christian Zimm completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zimm's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Estate planning attorney

Real Estate professional

Entrepreneur
Lowering crime, protecting single-family residential zoning, investing in Atlanta's infrastructure

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Campaign website

Zimm's campaign website stated the following:

1. Reduce crime​

  • Hire more police officers
  • Hire more 911 operators
  • More funding for police departments
  • Respect our police again
  • Prosecutors and judges get tougher on sentencing
  • Eliminate signature bonds for violent criminals

2. Get the Economy Going​

  • Encourage strong fiscal policies
  • Lower taxes for individuals and businesses
  • Get Americans back to work and off unemployment

3. Inflation is out of control​

  • Atlanta's inflation is over 10%, second worst in the country for a city
  • Cost of living is becoming too expensive
  • Wages must increase to keep up with inflation
  • Stop increasing the deficit
  • Do not cancel student loan debt as it will only balloon the deficit further

4. Local Issues​

  • Supports the right to vote for Buckhead residents on cityhood
  • More School Choice
  • Maintain single-family residential zoning, do not mix multi-family with single family unless community consents​​

​5. Social Issues​

  • Supports Marriage Equality​
  • Supports right for LGBTQ community to adopt
  • Supports decriminalization of marijuana​

6. Other National Issues ​

  • Supports the 2nd Amendment
  • Stands with Israel​
  • Supports Term Limits
  • No federal mask or vaccine mandates​​
  • Election integrity to ensure voting is safe and secure[2]
—Christian Zimm's campaign website (2022)[3]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Christian Zimm for Congress, "Meet Christian," accessed April 6, 2022
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. Christian Zimm for Congress, “The Issues,” accessed November 4, 2022


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