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Margo Barbee
Margo Barbee (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 161. Barbee lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Barbee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Margo Barbee attended Minneapolis Business College in 1976 and earned a graduate degree from Savannah State University in 2002. Barbee's career experience includes working as a program director.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 161
Incumbent Bill Hitchens defeated Margo Barbee in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 161 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Hitchens (R) | 60.8 | 12,393 |
 | Margo Barbee (D)  | 39.2 | 7,984 | |
| Total votes: 20,377 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 161
Margo Barbee advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 161 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margo Barbee | 100.0 | 2,525 |
| Total votes: 2,525 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 161
Incumbent Bill Hitchens advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 161 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Hitchens | 100.0 | 5,147 |
| Total votes: 5,147 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Margo Barbee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Barbee's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Her employment and life experiences has afforded her the opportunity to remain a contributing community member of the great city of Port Wentworth. She continues to serve communities by volunteering for community service projects as a member of the Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce. Margo worked hand-in-hand with local and national business/agencies such as AmeriCorps and Step-Up Savannah that services communities to help eradicate poverty and injustices. While working with diverse developers and management companies that provide much needed housing for working families and individuals, she was able to transition many clients to employment, they were able to attain educational goals or even become entrepreneurs. She also worked with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded homeless agencies in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia.
- Healthcare for all Georgians
- Affordable Housing in terms of access and quality of dwellings
- Improved infrastructure, such as improved traffic conditions along state hwy 21 and hwy 30 corridors between Savannah to Rincon Georgia
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 3, 2022
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