Doug Woodruff
Doug Woodruff was a 2014 special election Republican candidate for District 2 of the Georgia House of Representatives.[1]
Elections
2014
Republicans Neal Florence, Steve Tarvin and Doug Woodruff faced off in the special election, which took place on January 7.[1][2][3] As no candidate received more than fifty percent of the vote, the top-two vote-getters - Tarvin and Florence - met in a runoff on February 4, which Tarvin won.[4][5]
The seat was vacant following Jay Neal's (R) resignation to serve as executive director of the Governor’s Office of Transition, Support and Re-entry.[6]
A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 2 was called for January 7, with a runoff if necessary on February 4. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was November 20, 2013.[7]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | ![]() |
53.9% | 1,925 | |
Republican | Neal Florence | 46.1% | 1,649 | |
Total Votes | 3,574 |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 qual.sos.state.ga.us, "Official candidate list," accessed November 21, 2013
- ↑ wrcbtv.com, "Northwest Georgia special election results," January 7, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official special election results," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ Dalton Daily Citizen, "Tarvin wins runoff for state House seat," February 4, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official runoff election results," accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ daltondailycitizen.com, "Neal appointment means special election coming up," November 2, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ sos.ga.gov, "Secretary of State Kemp Sets Qualifying Dates for the Special Elections in State House District 2 and State House District 22," November 12, 2013