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Jim Hickey

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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

The United States Military Academy at West Point, 1972

Graduate

C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, 1981

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1972 - 2000

Personal
Birthplace
Chattahoochee, Fla.
Religion
Roman Catholic
Profession
Certified financial educator
Contact

Jim Hickey (Republican Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 39. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Hickey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Jim Hickey was born in Chattahoochee, Florida. Hickey served in the U.S. Army from 1972 to 2000. He earned a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point in 1972. He earned a master's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1979. He earned a master's degree from Long Island University Post campus in 1981. Hickey's career experience includes working as a certified financial educator. He has served as a minister with Holy Spirit Catholic Church, as a mentor with the Superior Court of Cobb County, as a member with American Legion Post 29, as an associate member with the Cobb County Republican Women's Club, as a member with the South Cobb Lions, and as a member with the Georgia Online Kiwanis.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 39

Incumbent Erica Thomas defeated Jim Hickey in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 39 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Erica Thomas
Erica Thomas (D)
 
82.4
 
20,613
Jim Hickey (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.6
 
4,411

Total votes: 25,024
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 39

Incumbent Erica Thomas defeated Terry Cummings in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 39 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Erica Thomas
Erica Thomas
 
65.2
 
6,901
Image of Terry Cummings
Terry Cummings
 
34.8
 
3,687

Total votes: 10,588
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 39

Jim Hickey advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 39 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim Hickey Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,272

Total votes: 1,272
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Jim Hickey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hickey's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I was born in Chattahoochee, Florida, and attended high school in Lake City, Florida. While attending the University of Florida, I re-focused my life to service of others in the military. I graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and pursued an exciting adventure and career as an Engineer officer. While living and working at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, I met my future wife, Barbara. We were married exactly one year to the day of our first meeting. While attending Georgia Tech for a graduate degree before my assignment as assistant professor at the U.S. Military Academy, Barbara and I lived in Cobb County. We decided then that someday we would return to Georgia and to Cobb County. In 2000, after a career in the Army - and 13 moves in 27 years with Barbara and four children - we finally returned to Cobb County, Mableton, for good.
  • Truth. Clear, incontrovertible facts identifying the harder right instead of the easier wrong.
  • Transparency. Being open, honest, credible as seen by my constituents.
  • Trust. The sum of truth and transparency. Being accountable to and being held accountable by my constituents each day, every day without exception.
Affordable, Accessible Health Care. We must authorize methods that allow individual Georgians to choose their best form of care instead of bureaucrats making those decisions for them.

Better Jobs for South Cobb. We must sustain Cobb's position as the #1 County in the #1 State to do business.

Build a Stronger, Peaceful Community. We must properly fund our public safety and first responders while simultaneously fight organized gang activity in the area. Citizens should also be protected in their rights to defend themselves with the right to bear arms. More so than ever, Georgia must continue to do more in fighting the scourge of human trafficking while standing up and defending the sanctity of life.

Support Safe and Healthy Schools. Investing in our schools is the single most important way to build positive change in our community. With the threats against our students, we must ensure that enhanced security measures are implemented and first responders are capable of preventing violence. Parents must be encouraged and empowered to affect positive change when they see a problem with their children's education, and above all else, we must sustain the HOPE Scholarship for future generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 20, 2020


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