Kwame Thompson
Kwame Thompson was a 2016 Democratic special election candidate for District 58 of the Georgia House of Representatives.[1]
Elections
2016
A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 58 was called for January 19. A special runoff election was held on February 16.[1]
The seat was vacant following Simone Bell's (D) resignation on November 13, 2015, to take a job at Lambda Legal.[2]
Democrats Kwame Thompson, Park Cannon and Ralph Long, III faced off in the special election.[1] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Cannon and Long, met in a runoff election, which Cannon won.[3][4]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | ![]() |
59% | 668 | |
Democratic | Ralph Long, III | 41% | 464 | |
Total Votes | 1,132 |
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See also
- Georgia House of Representatives
- Georgia House of Representatives District 58
- State legislative special elections, 2016
- Georgia State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Peach Pundit, "The Special Election Contenders for House District 58!" accessed December 23, 2015
- ↑ Project Q Atlanta, "Lesbian state lawmaker quits Georgia House," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election - State House District 58 - January 19, 2016," accessed January 20, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election Runoff Results," accessed February 17, 2016