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Joe Hunt (Georgia)
Joe Hunt (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 10th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 22, 2018.
Biography
Hunt received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Georgia Southern University in 1999 and an MBA from the Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer University in 2016. His professional experience includes working as vice president of franchise relations at Zaxby's Franchising LLC.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 10
Incumbent Jody Hice defeated Tabitha Johnson-Green in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jody Hice (R) | 62.9 | 190,396 |
 | Tabitha Johnson-Green (D) | 37.1 | 112,339 | |
| Total votes: 302,735 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Patrick Moorehead (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10
Tabitha Johnson-Green defeated Chalis Montgomery and Richard Dien Winfield in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tabitha Johnson-Green | 50.2 | 17,020 |
 | Chalis Montgomery | 26.5 | 8,971 | |
 | Richard Dien Winfield | 23.3 | 7,911 | |
| Total votes: 33,902 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kellie Collins (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10
Incumbent Jody Hice defeated Bradley Griffin and Joe Hunt in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jody Hice | 78.9 | 42,960 |
 | Bradley Griffin | 10.7 | 5,846 | |
 | Joe Hunt | 10.4 | 5,644 | |
| Total votes: 54,450 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Joe Hunt (Georgia) participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Joe Hunt (Georgia)'s responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Public/Private vocational trade apprenticeships 2) Immigration modernization |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Economic empowermentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Joe Hunt (Georgia) answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | My mother. She has never believed in accepting negative outcomes. Her determination and grit allowed her to overcome career struggles and motivated her to become a small business owner and twice be recognized as the local entrepreneur of the year.[4] | ” |
| “ | Intellectual curiosity[4] | ” |
| “ | A willingness to seek understanding on issues that impact all of us on a human level and a firm commitment to seek and promote solid economic policies.[4] | ” |
| “ | Representing the interests of people of the 10th Congressional district and being a model representation of those people. Policy decisions should be based on the interests of the greater good.[4] | ” |
| “ | Economic empowerment[4] | ” |
| “ | The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan - 5 years old[4] | ” |
| “ | Grocery bagger at Ingles - 2 years[4] | ” |
| “ | Easter. The spring time is a vivid reminder of the birth of new life.[4] | ” |
| “ | Moneyball. Finding a new lens to look through same tasks using data and without human emotion allows us to identify innovative pathways for success.[4] | ” |
| “ | The basement. It's a place where I can find both entertainment and peaceful solitude.[4] | ” |
| “ | Live in the moment by Portugal the Man[4] | ” |
| “ | The US House is, on a federal level, the closest political office to the people.[4] | ” |
| “ | No. The most powerful idea about our democracy, and especially at the House of Representatives, is that your neighbor could be your representative.[4] | ” |
| “ | Economy National Security Role and size of the federal government[4] | ” |
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Georgia's 10th Congressional District election, 2018
- Georgia's 10th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on March 29, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Joe Hunt (Georgia)'s responses," March 29, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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