Fred Clayton
Fred Clayton (Republican Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 7. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on June 18, 2024.
Clayton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 7
Incumbent Nabilah Islam Parkes defeated J. Gregory Howard in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nabilah Islam Parkes (D)  | 55.0 | 46,748 |
| J. Gregory Howard (R) | 45.0 | 38,222 | ||
| Total votes: 84,970 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Georgia State Senate District 7
J. Gregory Howard defeated Fred Clayton in the Republican primary runoff for Georgia State Senate District 7 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | J. Gregory Howard | 61.6 | 1,349 | |
 | Fred Clayton | 38.4 | 841 | |
| Total votes: 2,190 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 7
Incumbent Nabilah Islam Parkes advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 7 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nabilah Islam Parkes | 100.0 | 6,915 |
| Total votes: 6,915 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 7
J. Gregory Howard and Fred Clayton advanced to a runoff. They defeated Clara Richardson-Olguin and Louis Ligon in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 7 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | J. Gregory Howard | 34.6 | 2,017 | |
| ✔ | | Fred Clayton | 30.2 | 1,761 |
 | Clara Richardson-Olguin | 24.3 | 1,416 | |
 | Louis Ligon | 10.9 | 633 | |
| Total votes: 5,827 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Clayton in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Fred Clayton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clayton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- SAFER SCHOOLS You shouldn’t have to be afraid when you send your kid to school if they’re going to come home or not. There’s an increase in school violence over the past few years and we need to address and solve that issue. Our kids need to feel safe in the class room, halls, buses and locker rooms.
- SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS On a simple level, it means no gangs, street racing, minimize illegal immigration, people feel safe in their community, people feel more comfortable talking to the police = more comfortability with police = support and strengthen community and law enforcement connections - my sister is a police officer so I understand both sides. I back the blue. Home owners over squatters.
- LOWER TAXES It means giving a break to regular people. I want to focus on lowering property tax so mortgage payments will be lower. Lower property taxes mean lower mortgages means more money to spend on groceries and to pay other bills.
I’d cut gas tax, our GA government ended up with a surplus of taxes after almost half of last year of no gas tax then I say let’s make some cuts.
These two taxes more than most help everyday life because you’ll always have to buy gas and you’ll always have to pay your mortgage.
Politicians NEED to solve problems instead of keeping the problems around for job security.
Whose example would you like to follow? My Mom, She sacrificed to give me everything I needed.
We need somebody that will fight for the people of this community and will be humbled by the people that they serve.
I do think it’s beneficial for state legislators to have experience in government or politics however, I also think sometimes you need to mix things up and get a fresh set of eyes on a problem to be able to fix it
I was frustrated finding that the government could not help them temporary housing for them and their families, even though they had met all the requirements, but they were turned away because they had too many other applicants in front of them.
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See also
2024 Elections
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