Mary Ward Cater
Mary Ward Cater was a 2014 Independent candidate for District 39 of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Biography
Ward Cater's professional experience includes working in the mortgage department of Georgia State Bank.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Ward Cater's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Public Safety
- Excerpt: "Public Safety is a growing concern because of the dangers that currently pose to individuals, as well as society. Therefore we need to make this society a place where officers would want to work (more officers), restructure the 911 system/schedule, increase higher police presence for private businesses, and increase punishments for criminal offenders."
Education
- Excerpt: "Enhancing professional competence and confidence for educators, building leadership qualities to lead higher academic achievement for students, as well as providing legislative and legal services are definite reasons why Mary will join hands with the Professional Association of Georgia Educators."
Employment
- Excerpt: "There are more employable jobs than workers globally. What sectors will help to create the number of jobs needed for our unemployed? We must support the U.S Labor Force, whose participation rate is a strong key component in long-term economic growth, almost more important than productivity."
Affordable HealthCare
- Excerpt: "While the healthcare system is largely funded through hard-working people who pay taxes, we must continue to keep our focus on one major goal of the healthcare system: to ensure good health and to respond to the expectations of the population. Affordable healthcare is a demand! We must fight for fair financial contribution from the people (based on family income) and the government, so that we can decrease the number of people who are actually dying of curable diseases."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with runoff elections taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Erica R. Thomas defeated C.D. "Branson" Wright and Monica Delancy in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[3][4][5]
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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65.7% | 1,623 |
Monica Delancy | 28.6% | 707 |
C.D. "Branson" Wright | 5.7% | 142 |
Total Votes | 2,472 |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Mary + Ward + Cater + Georgia + Senate"
See also
- Georgia House of Representatives
- Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Georgia State Legislature
- Georgia House of Representatives District 39
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ electmarywardcater.weebly.com, "About Mary Ward Carter," accessed April 2, 2014
- ↑ electmarywardcater.weebly.com, "Home," accessed April 2, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "GA - Election Results," accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "GA - Election Results," accessed November 13, 2014