Jason Hayes

Jason Hayes (Democratic Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 24, 2022.

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Hayes was the Democratic nominee for Georgia House of Representatives District 49 in 2020. He defeated Ken Lawler (D) in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020. Hayes was defeated by Charles Martin Jr. (R) in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Biography

Jason T. Hayes, M.D., was born in Willingboro, New Jersey, and grew up in Opelousas, Louisiana. He began living in Alpharetta, Georgia, in 2015. Hayes earned his B.S. in chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1999. He earned his M.D. and M.S. in public health from Meharry Medical College in 2004. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in 2007. He earned a physician executive M.B.A. from Haslam College of Business in 2016.^[1]^[2]

His professional experience includes working as a CDC epidemiology intern, as a congressional intern with Rep. Jim Cooper (D), as a National Health Service Corp physician, as an A.C.P. Leadership Day patient advocate, and as a board-certified internal medicine physician. He owns a small business/medical practice in Alpharetta.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Organizations and professional credentials

As of his 2022 campaign, Hayes was affiliated with the following organizations and held the following credentials:^[3]^[4]

Medical student election and active member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Active Fellow of the College, American College of Physicians
Active membership, National Medical Association/Atlanta Medical Association
Volunteer, 100 Black Men of North Metro^[2]

M.D. - Doctor of Medicine
M.S.P.H. - Master of Science in Public Health
M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration
F.A.C.P. - Fellow American College of Physicians^[2]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Burt Jones defeated Charlie Bailey and Ryan Graham in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Burt Jones (R)	51.4	2,009,617
	Charlie Bailey (D)	46.4	1,815,524
	Ryan Graham (L)	2.2	85,207

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,910,348
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Charlie Bailey defeated Kwanza Hall in the Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Charlie Bailey	63.1	162,771
	Kwanza Hall	36.9	95,375

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 258,146
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kwanza Hall	30.2	208,249
✔	Charlie Bailey	17.6	121,750
	Renitta Shannon	14.5	99,877
	Tyrone Brooks Jr.	10.8	74,855
	Erick Allen	9.2	63,222
	Derrick Jackson	8.8	60,706
	Tony Brown	4.0	27,905
	Jason Hayes	3.1	21,415
	Rashid Malik	1.8	12,610

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 690,589
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Kolbey Gardner (D)
Bryan Miller (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Burt Jones defeated Butch Miller, Mack McGregor, and Jeanne Seaver in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Burt Jones	50.1	558,979
	Butch Miller	31.1	347,547
	Mack McGregor	11.3	125,916
	Jeanne Seaver	7.5	84,225

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,116,667
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