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Leah Aldridge

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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 6, 2018

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Leah Aldridge (Republican Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 6. Aldridge lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Aldridge was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 6 of the Georgia State Senate.

Elections

2018

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Jen Jordan defeated Leah Aldridge in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jen Jordan
Jen Jordan (D)
 
58.4
 
46,667
Leah Aldridge (R)
 
41.6
 
33,213

Total votes: 79,880
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Jen Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jen Jordan
Jen Jordan
 
100.0
 
10,030

Total votes: 10,030
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6

Leah Aldridge defeated John Gordon in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Leah Aldridge
 
56.8
 
5,974
Image of John Gordon
John Gordon
 
43.2
 
4,552

Total votes: 10,526
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2017

See also: Georgia state legislative special elections, 2017

A special election for the position of Georgia State Senate District 6 was called for November 7, 2017. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, a special runoff election between the top-two candidates was held on December 5, 2017. It featured two Democrats: Jaha Howard and Jen Jordan. Because there was no Republican in the runoff, this seat flipped from Republican to Democratic control. Although two Democratic candidates advanced in the November 7 election, the five Republican candidates in the election received a higher share of the overall vote than the three Democrats, winning 50.7 percent. Jen Jordan (D) won the runoff election with 64 percent of the vote and flipped the seat for Democrats.[1]

The candidate filing deadline was September 15.[2] The Democratic candidates who successfully qualified were Howard, Jordan, and Taos Wynn. Howard challenged Hill in the 2016 election. He lost by 3.8 points. The Republican candidates who successfully qualified were Charlie Fiveash, Kathy Eichenblatt, Leah Aldridge, Leo Smith, and Matt Bentley.

The seat became vacant following Hunter Hill's (R) resignation in September 2017 to focus on his run for governor.

Georgia State Senate, District 6, Runoff Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJen Jordan 63.9% 10,688
     Democratic Jaha Howard 36.1% 6,028
Total Votes 16,716
Source: Georgia Secretary of State


Georgia State Senate, District 6, Special Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJen Jordan (advanced to runoff) 24.4% 5,868
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJaha Howard (advanced to runoff) 22.5% 5,408
     Republican Leah Aldridge 18.4% 4,431
     Republican Charlie Fiveash 16.8% 4,026
     Republican Matt Bentley 11.2% 2,695
     Republican Kathy Eichenblatt 3% 728
     Democratic Taos Wynn 2.3% 562
     Republican Leo Smith 1.2% 299
Total Votes 24,017
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

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