Marcus Jordan
Marcus Jordan was a 2015 Democratic special election candidate for District 43 of the Georgia State Senate.[1]
Elections
2015
A special election for the position of Georgia State Senate District 43 was called for November 3.[2] A runoff election took place on December 1.[3] The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 16.[2]
The seat was vacant following Ronald Ramsey's (D) resignation in July 2015 to become a judge on the DeKalb County traffic court.[4]
Tonya Anderson (D), Stan Williams (D), Sharon Griffin Sawyer (D), Rodney Upton (D), Marcus Jordan (D), Janice Frey Van Ness (R), Diane Adoma (R) and William "Bill" Kennedy (R) faced off in the special election. Angela Moore (I) was disqualified from the race, but remained on the ballot.[5][1] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Anderson and Frey Van Ness, met in a runoff election, which Frey Van Ness won.[6][7]
| Georgia State Senate, District 43, Special Election Runoff, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Janice Frey Van Ness |
50.5% | 3,865 | |
| Democratic | Tonya Anderson | 49.5% | 3,781 | |
| Total Votes | 7,646 | |||
| Georgia State Senate, District 43, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Janice Frey Van Ness (advanced to runoff) |
37.1% | 2,995 | |
| Democratic | Tonya Anderson (advanced to runoff) |
26.1% | 2,110 | |
| Democratic | Stan Williams | 14.5% | 1,170 | |
| Democratic | Sharon Griffin Sawyer | 9.4% | 763 | |
| Democratic | Marcus Jordan | 5.5% | 446 | |
| Republican | Diane D. Adoma | 3.4% | 278 | |
| Republican | William "Bill" Kennedy | 3.1% | 254 | |
| Democratic | Rodney Upton | 0.7% | 59 | |
| Total Votes | 8,075 | |||
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See also
- Georgia State Senate
- Georgia State Senate District 43
- State legislative special elections, 2015
- Georgia State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rockdale News, "Governor calls for District 43 Special Election," accessed September 8, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Call for Special Election in State Senate District 43," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ Rockdale News, "Special election for District 43 to be called," August 1, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Secretary of State Brian P. Kemp Releases Final Decision on Candidate Challenge," accessed October 20, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election Results for November 3, 2015," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election - December 1, 2015," accessed December 2, 2015
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