Colton Thornton
Colton Thornton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 22. Thornton lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2019.
Thornton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Joseph Thomas defeated Hayes Dent in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Thomas (D) | 52.4 | 10,555 | |
| Hayes Dent (R) | 47.6 | 9,582 | ||
| Total votes: 20,137 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Terrence Edison Jr. (Independent)
- Calvin Stewart (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Joseph Thomas defeated Ruffin Smith in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Thomas | 60.7 | 3,272 | |
| Ruffin Smith | 39.3 | 2,122 | ||
| Total votes: 5,394 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Joseph Thomas and Ruffin Smith advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ermea Russell, Mark Buckner Sr., and Colton Thornton in the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Thomas | 32.6 | 2,867 | |
| ✔ | Ruffin Smith | 21.1 | 1,856 | |
 | Ermea Russell | 20.0 | 1,761 | |
| Mark Buckner Sr. | 19.9 | 1,751 | ||
 | Colton Thornton | 6.4 | 563 | |
| Total votes: 8,798 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vince Roberts (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Hayes Dent defeated Dwayne Self in the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hayes Dent | 69.3 | 4,274 | |
| Dwayne Self | 30.7 | 1,891 | ||
| Total votes: 6,165 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Colton Thornton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Thornton's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
1. Medicaid Expansion 2. Fully funding MAEP/Teacher pay raise 3. Rebuilding crumbling infrastructure
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Voting rights- I'm passionate about voting rights because I believe it's the most important issue of them all. All other issues are better addressed when we have an active voting population.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Accessibility and transparency are the two most important traits an elected official can have.
What do you perceive to be your state’s greatest challenges over the next decade?
We have to end the brain drain that is occurring in our state. It is a serious threat to the future of our state economy and our rural communities.
What process do you favor for redistricting?
I support the drawing of districts by non-partisan committees to eliminate gerrymandering.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
