Derrick Grayson
Derrick Grayson (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. Senate to represent Georgia. He lost in the special general election on November 3, 2020.
Grayson was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Georgia.[1] Grayson was defeated by incumbent Johnny Isakson in the Republican primary on May 24, 2016.[2]
Grayson was a 2014 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia.[3] Grayson was defeated in the Republican primary on May 20, 2014.[4]
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Elections
2020
See also: United States Senate special election in Georgia, 2020
Special general runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock are running in the special general runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia on January 5, 2021.
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Special general election for U.S. Senate Georgia
The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. Senate Georgia on November 3, 2020.
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Raphael Warnock (D) |
32.9
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1,615,410 |
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Kelly Loeffler (R) |
25.9
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1,271,111 |
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Doug Collins (R) |
19.9
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978,929 | |
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Deborah Jackson (D) |
6.6
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323,801 | |
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Matt Lieberman (D) |
2.8
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135,875 | |
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Tamara Johnson-Shealey (D) |
2.2
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106,658 | |
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Jamesia James (D) |
1.9
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94,303 | |
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Derrick Grayson (R) |
1.0
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51,531 | |
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Joy Felicia Slade (D) |
0.9
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44,898 | |
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Annette Davis Jackson (R) |
0.9
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44,258 | |
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Kandiss Taylor (R) |
0.8
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40,287 | |
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A. Wayne Johnson (R) |
0.7
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36,136 | |
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Brian Slowinski (L) |
0.7
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35,387 | |
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Richard Dien Winfield (D) |
0.6
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28,652 | |
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Ed Tarver (D) |
0.5
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26,325 | |
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Allen Buckley (Independent) |
0.4
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17,940 | |
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John Fortuin (G) |
0.3
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15,279 | |
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Elbert Bartell (Independent) |
0.3
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14,625 | |
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Valencia Stovall (Independent) |
0.3
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13,296 | |
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Michael Todd Greene (Independent) |
0.3
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13,271 | |
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Rod Mack (Independent) (Write-in) |
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Total votes: 4,907,972 |
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Georgia's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Johnny Isakson (R) defeated Jim Barksdale (D), Allen Buckley (L), and Michelle Gates (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Isakson defeated Derrick Grayson and Mary Kay Bacallao in the Republican primary, while Barksdale defeated Cheryl Copeland and John Coyne to win the Democratic nomination. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016.[5][2]
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | 54.8% | 2,135,806 | ||
| Democratic | Jim Barksdale | 41% | 1,599,726 | |
| Libertarian | Allen Buckley | 4.2% | 162,260 | |
| Total Votes | 3,897,792 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
| U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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77.5% | 447,661 | ||
| Derrick Grayson | 12% | 69,101 | ||
| Mary Kay Bacallao | 10.5% | 60,898 | ||
| Total Votes | 577,660 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State |
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53.7% | 166,627 | ||
| Cheryl Copeland | 42.2% | 130,822 | ||
| John Coyne | 4.1% | 12,604 | ||
| Total Votes | 310,053 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State |
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2014
Grayson was a 2014 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia. Grayson was defeated in the Republican primary on May 20, 2014.[4]
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30.6% | 185,466 | ||
| 25.8% | 156,157 | |||
| Karen Handel | 22% | 132,944 | ||
| Phil Gingrey | 10% | 60,735 | ||
| Paul Broun | 9.6% | 58,297 | ||
| Derrick Grayson | 1% | 6,045 | ||
| Art Gardner | 0.9% | 5,711 | ||
| Total Votes | 605,355 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Derrick Grayson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
The following issues were listed on Grayson's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Derrick Grayson's campaign website, http://www.grayson2016.com/issues_home | ||
Campaign donors
2014
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Grayson's reports.[7]
| Derrick Grayson (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| October Quarterly[8] | October 15, 2013 | $806.59 | $1,158.90 | $(1,274.82) | $690.67 | ||||
| Year End[9] | January 31, 2014 | $690 | $2,027 | $(1,521) | $1,186 | ||||
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| $3,185.9 | $(2,795.82) | ||||||||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 12, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The New York Times, "Georgia Primary Results," May 24, 2016
- ↑ CLATL "Meet Derrick Grayson, 'The Minister of Truth,' yet another U.S. Senate candidate" accessed July 12, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Associated Press, "Georgia Election Results," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 12, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Derrick Grayson 2014 Summary reports," accessed November 12, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed November 12, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Committee, "Year End," accessed May 3, 2014
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