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Matthew Hammett (Georgia)
Matthew Hammett (Republican Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 67. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Hammett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Matthew Hammett was born in Newnan, Georgia. Hammett earned a high school diploma from Northgate High School, a bachelor's degree from the University of West Georgia in 2019, and a law degree from the Emory Law in 2022. His career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 67
Incumbent Lydia Glaize defeated Matthew Hammett in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 67 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lydia Glaize (D) | 66.5 | 19,629 |
 | Matthew Hammett (R)  | 33.5 | 9,891 | |
| Total votes: 29,520 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 67
Incumbent Lydia Glaize advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 67 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lydia Glaize | 100.0 | 4,445 |
| Total votes: 4,445 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 67
Matthew Hammett defeated Kevin G. Smith in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 67 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matthew Hammett | 73.0 | 1,339 |
| Kevin G. Smith | 27.0 | 494 | ||
| Total votes: 1,833 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hammett in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matthew Hammett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hammett's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Economic prosperity: The current economy is hurting everyone, but especially the lower and middle classes. To help kickstart our economy and ease this burden, I shall push for lower taxes as well as for the development and maintenance of our infrastructure.
- Education: Many philosophers throughout the ages have noted that democracies often fall because the People were not sufficiently educated. Therefore, it is key to the survival of our republic that the next generation is well-educated. As such, I shall push to improve access to good education for all.
- Law: As a lawyer, I spent years learning how to read and understand the laws. Even so, many laws are so complex that even lawyers have a hard time figuring them out. What hope do non-lawyers have to ever even begin to understand the basics of the law? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it democratic to subject the People to laws that they could never hope to understand? I promise that every law I help write shall be written in plain, common English so that non-lawyers will be able to at least understand the meaning of the law.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 19, 2024
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