Park Cannon
Park Cannon (Democratic Party) is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 58. She assumed office on February 22, 2016. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Cannon (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 58. She will not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on May 19, 2026.
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
2025-2026
Cannon was assigned to the following committees:
- House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
- Creative Arts & Entertainment Committee
- House Ethics Committee
- Human Relations and Aging Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Public and Community Health
- House Urban Affairs
2023-2024
Cannon was assigned to the following committees:
- Code Revision Committee
- Creative Arts & Entertainment Committee
- House Ethics Committee
- Human Relations and Aging Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Small Business Development Committee
2021-2022
Cannon was assigned to the following committees:
- Code Revision Committee
- Creative Arts & Entertainment Committee
- House Ethics Committee
- Human Relations and Aging Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Small Business Development Committee
2019-2020
Cannon was assigned to the following committees:
- Code Revision Committee
- Human Relations and Aging Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Small Business Development Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Georgia committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Code Revision |
| • Human Relations and Aging |
| • Insurance |
| • Small Business Development |
Elections
2026
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Demetria Henderson, Edith Ladipo, Kyle Lamont, and Mathewos Samson are running in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on May 19, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Park Cannon (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Torrey Balam is running in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on May 19, 2026.
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2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon (D) | 100.0 | 25,422 | |
| Total votes: 25,422 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon | 100.0 | 5,460 | |
| Total votes: 5,460 | |||
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Endorsements
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Pledges
Cannon signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon (D) | 100.0 | 18,866 | |
| Total votes: 18,866 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon defeated Brandon Tonge in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon | 82.4 | 5,931 | |
| Brandon Tonge | 17.6 | 1,271 | ||
| Total votes: 7,202 | |||
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2020
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon (D) | 100.0 | 28,021 | |
| Total votes: 28,021 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon | 100.0 | 11,161 | |
| Total votes: 11,161 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon (D) | 100.0 | 23,663 | |
| Total votes: 23,663 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Park Cannon defeated Bonnie Clark in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 58 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Park Cannon | 67.6 | 4,242 | |
 | Bonnie Clark | 32.4 | 2,030 | |
| Total votes: 6,272 | |||
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2016
General election
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 Park Cannon ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 58 general election.[1][2]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 58 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Park Cannon Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 23,287 | |
| Total Votes | 23,287 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Park Cannon ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 58 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 58 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Park Cannon Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Special election
A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 58 was called for January 19. A special runoff election was held on February 16.[5]
The seat was vacant following Simone Bell's (D) resignation on November 13, 2015, to take a job at Lambda Legal.[6]
Democrats Kwame Thompson, Park Cannon and Ralph Long, III faced off in the special election.[5] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Cannon and Long, met in a runoff election, which Cannon won.[7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Park Cannon (advanced to the runoff) |
47.4% | 396 | |
| Democratic | Ralph Long, III (advanced to the runoff) |
33.7% | 281 | |
| Democratic | Kwame Thompson | 18.9% | 158 | |
| Total Votes | 835 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Park Cannon |
59% | 668 | |
| Democratic | Ralph Long, III | 41% | 464 | |
| Total Votes | 1,132 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
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2022
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2025.
- The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2024.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Georgia Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2023.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2022.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2021.
- ACLU of Georgia — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to civil rights issues.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2020.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Georgia Environment — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2019.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2018.
- Georgia Center for Opportunity — Legislators are scored on their votes on children's education.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2017.
- Americans for Prosperity - Georgia — Legislators are scored on their stances on economic issues.
- Georgia Center for Opportunity — Legislators are scored on their votes on children's education.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Georgia Environment — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Georgia General Assembly in 2016.
- Americans for Prosperity - Georgia — Legislators are scored on their stances on economic issues.
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Noteworthy events
Arrest for knocking on Gov. Kemp's door (2021)
Cannon was arrested on March 25, 2021 for continuing to knock on Gov. Brian Kemp's (R) office door after Georgia State Patrol troopers requested that she stop. The arrest warrant for Cannon also alleges that she stomped on an officer's foot three times as she was being escorted out. Cannon said later that she was arrested for "fighting voter suppression." She faces charges for obstructing law enforcement officers by use of threats or violence and for disrupting general assembly sessions.[9]
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate Georgia House of Representatives District 58 |
Officeholder Georgia House of Representatives District 58 |
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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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Peach Pundit, "The Special Election Contenders for House District 58!" accessed December 23, 2015
- ↑ Project Q Atlanta, "Lesbian state lawmaker quits Georgia House," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election - State House District 58 - January 19, 2016," accessed January 20, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election Runoff Results," accessed February 17, 2016
- ↑ NPR, "Georgia Lawmaker Arrested As Governor Signs Law Overhauling Elections," March 26, 2021
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