Marie Metze
Marie Robinson Metze (Democratic Party) was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 55. She assumed office on July 30, 2015. She left office on January 9, 2023.
Metze (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 55. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on May 24, 2022.
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Metze was assigned to the following committees:
- House Economic Development and Tourism Committee
- House Higher Education Committee
- House Interstate Cooperation Committee
- Special Rules Committee
2019-2020
Metze was assigned to the following committees:
- House Economic Development and Tourism Committee
- House Higher Education Committee
- House Interstate Cooperation Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Georgia committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Economic Development and Tourism |
| • Higher Education |
| • Interstate Cooperation |
| • Special Rules |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 55
Inga Willis defeated Samuel Lenaeus in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 55 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Inga Willis (D)  | 78.3 | 17,644 |
 | Samuel Lenaeus (R) | 21.7 | 4,880 | |
| Total votes: 22,524 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55
Inga Willis defeated Nate Green in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Inga Willis | 53.5 | 3,326 |
 | Nate Green | 46.5 | 2,893 | |
| Total votes: 6,219 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55
Samuel Lenaeus advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samuel Lenaeus | 100.0 | 1,857 |
| Total votes: 1,857 | |||
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2020
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 55
Incumbent Marie Robinson Metze won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 55 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marie Robinson Metze (D) | 100.0 | 27,041 | |
| Total votes: 27,041 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55
Incumbent Marie Robinson Metze defeated Fred Quinn in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marie Robinson Metze | 60.8 | 8,219 | |
 | Fred Quinn | 39.2 | 5,291 | |
| Total votes: 13,510 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 55
Incumbent Marie Robinson Metze won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 55 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marie Robinson Metze (D) | 100.0 | 23,310 | |
| Total votes: 23,310 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55
Incumbent Marie Robinson Metze advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 55 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marie Robinson Metze | 100.0 | 6,744 | |
| Total votes: 6,744 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.
Incumbent Marie Metze ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 55 general election.[1][2]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 55 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Marie Metze Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 23,111 | |
| Total Votes | 23,111 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Marie Metze ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 55 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 55 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Marie Metze Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2015
Alysia Brown (D), Marie Metze (D), Michael B. Fitzgerald (D), Raghu Raju (D), Shelitha Robertson (D) and John Franklin Guest Jr. (I) faced off in a special election on June 16.[5] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Robertson and Metze, met in a runoff election on July 14, which Metze won.[6][7]
Tyrone Brooks Jr. (D) was initially removed from the ballot on June 8 after he failed to prove that he had lived in the district for at least a year.[8] However, he was temporarily placed back on the ballot by a Superior Court judge on June 11, 2015. A hearing was held on June 15 to determine Brooks' eligibility.[9] Ultimately, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams sided with Secretary of State Brian Kemp's (R) original decision and ruled that Brooks was not eligible for the ballot.[10]
The seat was vacant following the resignation of Tyrone Brooks Sr. (D) on April 9, 2015.[11]
A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 55 was called for June 16. A runoff election took place on July 14. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 30.[11]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 55, Runoff election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marie Metze |
58.2% | 1,421 | |
| Democratic | Shelitha Robertson | 41.8% | 1,020 | |
| Total Votes | 2,441 | |||
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 55, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Shelitha Robertson (advanced to runoff) |
30.7% | 851 | |
| Democratic | Marie Metze (advanced to runoff) |
30.4% | 842 | |
| Democratic | Michael B. Fitzgerald | 22.4% | 619 | |
| Independent | John Franklin Guest Jr. | 8.2% | 226 | |
| Democratic | Alysia Brown | 6.5% | 181 | |
| Democratic | Raghu Raju | 1.8% | 50 | |
| Total Votes | 2,769 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Campaign themes
2022
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2020
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2022
In 2022, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 11 to March 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 26. The session was suspended from March 13 through June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 14 through April 2.
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2018
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In 2018, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 8 through March 29.
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2017
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In 2017, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 9 through March 31.
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2016
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In 2016, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 11 through March 24.
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2015
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In 2015, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 12 through April 2.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ neighbornewspapers.com, "Candidates throw hats in ring for House District 55 seat," accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Election Results, "Statewide results for Special Election Runoff," accessed June 17, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Election Results, "Statewide results for special election," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ politics.blog.ajc.com, "Brian Kemp orders Tyrone Brooks Jr. struck from June 16 contest to fill father’s seat," accessed June 10, 2015
- ↑ Jim Galloway, AJC, "Fulton County judge moves Tyrone Brooks Jr. eligibility hearing to Monday," June 12, 2015
- ↑ AJC.com, "It’s final: Tyrone Brooks Jr. removed from today’s House District 55 ballot," June 16, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Call for Special Election in State House of Representatives District 55," accessed April 22, 2015
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Georgia House of Representatives District 55 2015-2023 |
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