Ernie Anaya
Ernie Anaya (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 103. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Ernie Anaya attended St. John's Military School. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Mississippi.[1] He also earned a bachelor's degree in astrophysics from the University of Mississippi in 1981 and a master's degree in business administration from Michigan State University in 1994. His career experience includes working as an army officer and as a principal and director in management consulting firms in the healthcare sector. Anaya served in the United States Army from 1984 to 1987. From 2007 to 2012, Anaya was cleared for top-secret clearance.[2]
As of 2020, Anaya was affiliated with the Military Order of Foreign Wars, Military Order of World Wars, Order of Daedalians for military aviators, and the American Legion.[2] He has earned the following information security certifications: CISSP, CRISC, CBCP, MBCI, NSA IAM, and NSA IEM. Anaya has experience working as vice-chair school council for Collins Hill High School.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 103
Soo Hong defeated Ernie Anaya in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 103 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Soo Hong (R) | 61.4 | 13,277 |
 | Ernie Anaya (D) | 38.6 | 8,346 | |
| Total votes: 21,623 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 103
Ernie Anaya advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 103 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ernie Anaya | 100.0 | 2,425 |
| Total votes: 2,425 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 103
Soo Hong advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 103 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Soo Hong | 100.0 | 5,590 |
| Total votes: 5,590 | |||
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2020
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 45
Clint Dixon defeated Matielyn Jones in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 45 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Clint Dixon (R) | 55.6 | 56,965 |
 | Matielyn Jones (D) | 44.4 | 45,493 | |
| Total votes: 102,458 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Arthur Tripp Jr. (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 45
Matielyn Jones defeated Ernie Anaya and Richard Smith in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 45 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matielyn Jones | 65.0 | 12,826 |
| Ernie Anaya | 22.6 | 4,451 | |
| Richard Smith | 12.4 | 2,451 | ||
| Total votes: 19,728 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 45
Clint Dixon defeated Sammy Baker and Noemi Puntier in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 45 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clint Dixon | 58.5 | 11,156 |
| Sammy Baker | 31.8 | 6,058 | ||
 | Noemi Puntier | 9.8 | 1,865 | |
| Total votes: 19,079 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Ernie Anaya completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Anaya's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Upon graduating from college, Ernie was commissioned as a US Army Officer, Field Artillery, earned Military Intelligence Branch qualification, Top Secret Clearance, executed the duties as Fire Support Team Leader, Division Artillery Aerial Observer, and Battalion S-4 Officer achieving the rank of Captain before pursuing a career in Fortune 500 corporate America.
He proudly served in active duty with the 1/82 Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division earning two Army Achievement Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, and US Army Cold War Recognition Certificate. He is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, and was awarded the US Field Artillery Honorable Order of St. Barbara.
Ernie graduated from St. John's Military School in Salina, Kansas, earned a BA in astrophysics, a second BA in history from Ole Miss, and an MBA from Michigan State University.
Ernie has held executive positions with Fortune 500 firms such as Abbott Labs, General Electric Healthcare, and Xerox; also, as a Client Solutions Director with EMC Corporation covering DoD in the US and Germany gaining Top Secret Clearance, and as a Principal with SunGard Consulting Services covering Healthcare in the US and Latin America. He has earned the following Information Security certifications: CISSP, CRISC, CBCP, MBCI, NSA IAM, and NSA IEM. Ernie made the Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide in 2008,- Help create high paying jobs through focus on training and Public Private Partnerships to fund entrepreneurship focusing on technology.
- Focus on Green Technologies that can fund environmental solutions to combat climate change.
- Focus on improving healthcare by improving the ACA free market based program and keeping our choice of providers
If we address these three areas - (1) Jobs and Education, (2) the environment, and (3) healthcare - we will improve our quality of life leading to prosperous communities we all can live, work, and enjoy.
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See also
2022 Elections
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