Jay King
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Jay King (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Alabama House of Representatives to represent District 74. King lost in the special Republican primary on June 11, 2019.
Biography
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King joined the Alabama Army National Guard in 1990. He has worked for the Montgomery Police Department since 1994. He works for the Montgomery Police Department as a Police Lieutenant and as the ComStat & GIS Analyst.
Elections
2019
See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2019
General election
Special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Charlotte Meadows defeated Rayford Mack in the special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on November 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Charlotte Meadows (R) | 68.0 | 1,664 |
 | Rayford Mack (D) | 31.4 | 767 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 2,446 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Charlotte Meadows defeated Michael Fritz in the special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charlotte Meadows | 55.1 | 3,807 |
 | Michael Fritz | 44.9 | 3,105 | |
| Total votes: 6,912 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Rayford Mack advanced from the special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 11, 2019.
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| ✔ | | Rayford Mack |
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 11, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charlotte Meadows | 44.0 | 1,220 |
| ✔ | | Michael Fritz | 22.3 | 619 |
| Jesse Heifner | 11.6 | 321 | ||
 | Daniel Sparkman | 11.1 | 307 | |
 | Tobias Grant | 7.0 | 193 | |
 | Jay King | 4.1 | 115 | |
| Total votes: 2,775 | |||
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2010
King was defeated in the November 2 general election by incumbent Republican Jay Love.[1]
| Alabama House of Representatives, District 74 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Jay Love (R)
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8,714 | |||
| Jay King (I) | 2,562 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2010
King's website listed the following issues:[2]
- Public Safety & Crime
- Excerpt: "Jay King has served as a Law Enforcement Officer in both the military and civilian worlds. He understands that legislation needs to keep our families safe and violent criminals behind bars."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Our future is dependent upon the education of our children. We must work together to improve the quality of our K-12 and secondary education systems."
- Taxes
- Excerpt: "Alabama must work towards living within its means. We must be more vigilant when forming our budget and not rely on taxes to cover shortfalls."
- Jobs
- Excerpt: "We need to work towards keeping our best and brightest here by providing the jobs they seek. We need to continue to bring the industry and technology jobs to Alabama in order to strengthen our economy."
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Jay King's Campaign Webpage
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Independent general election candidate list
- The Wetumpka Herald, Senate, House elections will be critical
Footnotes
Current members of the Alabama House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Nathaniel Ledbetter
Majority Leader:Scott Stadthagen
Minority Leader:Anthony Daniels
Representatives
District 1
Phillip Pettus (R)
District 2
Ben Harrison (R)
District 3
Kerry Underwood (R)
District 4
Parker Moore (R)
District 5
Danny Crawford (R)
District 6
Andy Whitt (R)
District 7
Ernie Yarbrough (R)
District 8
Terri Collins (R)
District 9
Scott Stadthagen (R)
District 10
Marilyn Lands (D)
District 11
Heath Allbright (R)
District 12
Vacant
District 13
Vacant
District 14
Tim Wadsworth (R)
District 15
Leigh Hulsey (R)
District 16
Bryan Brinyark (R)
District 17
Tracy Estes (R)
District 18
Jamie Kiel (R)
District 19
Laura Hall (D)
District 20
James Lomax (R)
District 21
Rex Reynolds (R)
District 22
Ritchie Whorton (R)
District 23
Mike Kirkland (R)
District 24
District 25
Phillip Rigsby (R)
District 26
Brock Colvin (R)
District 27
Jeana Ross (R)
District 28
Mack Butler (R)
District 29
Mark Gidley (R)
District 30
District 31
Troy Stubbs (R)
District 32
Barbara Boyd (D)
District 33
Ben Robbins (R)
District 34
David Standridge (R)
District 35
Steve Hurst (R)
District 36
Randy Wood (R)
District 37
Bob Fincher (R)
District 38
Vacant
District 39
Ginny Shaver (R)
District 40
Chad Robertson (R)
District 41
Corley Ellis (R)
District 42
Ivan Smith (R)
District 43
Arnold Mooney (R)
District 44
Danny Garrett (R)
District 45
Susan DuBose (R)
District 46
David Faulkner (R)
District 47
Mike Shaw (R)
District 48
Jim Carns (R)
District 49
Russell Bedsole (R)
District 50
Jim Hill (R)
District 51
Allen Treadaway (R)
District 52
Kelvin Datcher (D)
District 53
Anthony Daniels (D)
District 54
Neil Rafferty (D)
District 55
Travis Hendrix (D)
District 56
Ontario Tillman (D)
District 57
Patrick Sellers (D)
District 58
Rolanda Hollis (D)
District 59
Mary Moore (D)
District 60
Juandalynn Givan (D)
District 61
Ron Bolton (R)
District 62
Bill Lamb (R)
District 63
Vacant
District 64
Donna Givens (R)
District 65
District 66
Alan Baker (R)
District 67
Prince Chestnut (D)
District 68
Thomas Jackson (D)
District 69
Kelvin Lawrence (D)
District 70
District 71
Artis McCampbell (D)
District 72
Curtis Travis (D)
District 73
Kenneth Paschal (R)
District 74
Phillip Ensler (D)
District 75
Reed Ingram (R)
District 76
Patrice McClammy (D)
District 77
TaShina Morris (D)
District 78
Kenyatté Hassell (D)
District 79
Joe Lovvorn (R)
District 80
Chris Blackshear (R)
District 81
Ed Oliver (R)
District 82
Pebblin Warren (D)
District 83
Jeremy Gray (D)
District 84
Berry Forte (D)
District 85
Rick Rehm (R)
District 86
Paul Lee (R)
District 87
Jeff Sorrells (R)
District 88
Jerry Starnes (R)
District 89
Marcus Paramore (R)
District 90
Chris Sells (R)
District 91
Rhett Marques (R)
District 92
Matthew Hammett (R)
District 93
Steve Clouse (R)
District 94
Jennifer Fidler (R)
District 95
District 96
Matt Simpson (R)
District 97
Adline Clarke (D)
District 98
Napoleon Bracy (D)
District 99
Sam Jones (D)
District 100
Mark Shirey (R)
District 101
Chris Pringle (R)
District 102
Shane Stringer (R)
District 103
Barbara Drummond (D)
District 104
Margie Wilcox (R)
District 105
Chip Brown (R)
Republican Party (72)
Democratic Party (29)
Vacancies (4)
