Loretta Grant
Loretta Grant (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Alabama House of Representatives to represent District 78. Grant lost in the special general election on September 7, 2021.
Loretta Grant was also a candidate for District 4 representative on the Montgomery Board of Education in Alabama. Grant lost to Arica Watkins-Smith (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Previously, Grant was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 69 of the Alabama House of Representatives.
Biography
Grant is the co-founder and managing editor of The Alabama Gazette.[2]
Elections
2021
See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2021
General election
Special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 78
Kenyatté Hassell defeated Loretta Grant in the special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 78 on September 7, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kenyatté Hassell (D) | 80.2 | 1,031 |
| Loretta Grant (R) | 19.8 | 254 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 1,286 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Special Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 78
Kenyatté Hassell defeated Donald Williams in the special Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 78 on June 22, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenyatté Hassell | 64.8 | 678 |
| Donald Williams | 35.2 | 368 | ||
| Total votes: 1,046 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 78
Kenyatté Hassell and Donald Williams advanced to a runoff. They defeated Terance Dawson and Roderick Thornton in the special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 78 on May 25, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenyatté Hassell | 48.1 | 554 |
| ✔ | Donald Williams | 23.0 | 265 | |
| Terance Dawson | 18.9 | 218 | ||
| Roderick Thornton | 9.9 | 114 | ||
| Total votes: 1,151 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Loretta Grant advanced from the special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 78.
2016
Two of the seven seats on the Montgomery Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on March 1, 2016.
District 4 incumbent Mary Briers (D) filed for re-election, while District 7 incumbent Beverly Ross opted against seeking another term. Briers defeated Michael Cheatham (D) in the primary election on March 1, 2016. Incumbent Roberta Collins (D), Phyllis Harvey-Hall (D), and Arica Watkins-Smith (D) ran in the primary to replace Ross. Collins and Watkins-Smith advanced from the primary to a runoff election on April 12, 2016, because no candidate received a majority of the District 7 primary vote. Watkins-Smith defeated Collins in the runoff election and won without opposition in the general election. Briers defeated Loretta Grant (R) in the general election.[1]
Results
| Montgomery Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 6-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Mary Briers Incumbent |
78.77% | 9,892 | |
| Republican | Loretta Grant | 21.03% | 2,641 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.2% | 25 | ||
| Total Votes | 12,558 | |||
| Source: Madison County, Alabama, "Election Results," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||||
Funding
Grant reported no contributions or expenditures to the Alabama Secretary of State as of October 5, 2016.[3]
2014
Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Kelvin Lawrence was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Loretta Grant was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lawrence defeated Grant and Cedric Coley (Independence Party) in the general election.[4][5][6][7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kelvin J. Lawrence |
66.3% | 9,396 | |
| Republican | Loretta G. Grant | 30.6% | 4,340 | |
| Independence Party of America | Cedric Coley | 3% | 425 | |
| NA | Write-In | 0% | 7 | |
| Total Votes | 14,168 | |||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Loretta Grant did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Montgomery County, Alabama, "Democratic Primary Sample Ballot," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ The Alabama Gazette, "About Alabama Gazette," accessed October 21, 2016
- ↑ Alabama Votes, "Alabama Electronic Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA) Reporting System," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified candidates for public office list," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Republican Party, "State Senate," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Democratic Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Republican Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Montgomery Advertiser, "Campaign 2014: Results for Alabama state elections," November 5, 2014
