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Eric Castater
Eric Castater (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 45. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Castater completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Eric Castater was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His career experience includes working as a professor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 45
Incumbent Sharon Cooper defeated Eric Castater in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 45 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sharon Cooper (R) | 57.5 | 21,650 |
 | Eric Castater (D)  | 42.5 | 16,027 | |
| Total votes: 37,677 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 45
Eric Castater advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 45 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Castater | 100.0 | 3,141 |
| Total votes: 3,141 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 45
Incumbent Sharon Cooper advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 45 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Cooper | 100.0 | 4,317 |
| Total votes: 4,317 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Castater in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eric Castater completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Castater's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Restoring a woman's right to choose in Georgia. More broadly, protecting women's reproductive freedom, including access to birth control and IVF.
- Ensuring we have free and fair elections in our state. This includes campaign finance reform, banning gerrymandering, and ensuring politicians cannot overturn election results.
- Investing the billions of surplus dollars in our state's rainy day funds in pre-k through higher education and technical colleges; mental and behavioral health care; and traffic reduction in the Metro Atlanta area.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Georgia House of Representatives District 45 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 12, 2024
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