Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
JD Jordan
JD Jordan (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 56. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Jordan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
JD Jordan was born in East Ridge, Tennessee. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1999 and a graduate degree from the University of Georgia in 2007. His career experience includes working as an entrepreneur. Jordan was co-founder of J+E Creative, served as the executive design director for an Atlanta-based agency, and went on to become a partner at Sharpen Partners. He has also published a novel, been a contributing writer to multiple publications, and taught UX design and history. He has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
- Atlanta Writers Club
- Atlanta Youth Affirmed
- Cherokee County Democrats
- The Center for Freethought Equality
- Cobb County Democratic Party
- Friends of the Roswell Police Department
- Fulton County Democratic Party
- RoswellNEXT
- Trans Parents & Teens
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 56
Incumbent John Albers defeated JD Jordan in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Albers (R) | 61.2 | 72,392 |
 | JD Jordan (D)  | 38.8 | 45,836 | |
| Total votes: 118,228 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56
JD Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JD Jordan | 100.0 | 7,925 |
| Total votes: 7,925 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56
Incumbent John Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Albers | 100.0 | 12,551 |
| Total votes: 12,551 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Jordan in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
JD Jordan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jordan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
- Securing LGBTQ equality—Trans children are blocked from healthcare and LGBTQ residents enjoy no workplace protections. As a state Senator, I will work to roll back the anti-trans laws, create best-in-class workplace protections for all LGBTQ workers, and protect marriage and family equality.
- Restoring reproductive rights—Our opponent has pledged to oppose abortion even to save the life of the mother. But as a state Senator, I will join Democrats in the Senate calling for a State Constitutional amendment codifying bodily autonomy and a woman's right to choose.
- Making our state and schools more accessible and safer for kids of all ages and identities—As a state Senator, I'd support any state-level effort to curb the censorship powers currently awarded to school boards and administrators—libraries need to be run by ALA-certified professional librarians. I'll also fight to roll back the divisive topics bill, returning fact-based education to the social and hard sciences and I'll push for gun-safety measures that make guns safer at home and limit their ability to travel to schools and school events as well as for curbing concealed-carry laws and securing our campuses.
To say that our government is a technical laggard is generous at best. Not only is our constituent experience far behind our consumer-customer experiences and online user experiences, we’re way behind the curve compared to other wealthy countries.
Health and Human Services
Higher Education
Insurance and Labor
Public Safety
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Georgia State Senate District 56 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 16, 2024
.svg.png){kind=small}
