Paul Walton
Paul Walton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 10th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 24, 2022.
Walton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Paul Walton was born in Los Angeles, California. Walton has served as the mayor of Hull, Georgia.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 10
Mike Collins defeated Tabitha Johnson-Green in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Collins (R)  | 64.5 | 198,523 |
 | Tabitha Johnson-Green (D) | 35.5 | 109,107 | |
| Total votes: 307,630 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 10
Tabitha Johnson-Green defeated Jessica Fore in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tabitha Johnson-Green | 64.4 | 9,070 |
 | Jessica Fore | 35.6 | 5,024 | |
| Total votes: 14,094 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 10
Mike Collins defeated Vernon Jones in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Collins | 74.5 | 30,536 |
 | Vernon Jones | 25.5 | 10,469 | |
| Total votes: 41,005 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10
Tabitha Johnson-Green and Jessica Fore advanced to a runoff. They defeated Phyllis Hatcher, Femi Oduwole, and Paul Walton in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tabitha Johnson-Green | 42.0 | 15,821 |
| ✔ | | Jessica Fore | 19.2 | 7,257 |
 | Phyllis Hatcher | 18.9 | 7,120 | |
 | Femi Oduwole | 11.7 | 4,427 | |
 | Paul Walton | 8.2 | 3,077 | |
| Total votes: 37,702 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kimberly Reuter (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 10 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Collins | 25.6 | 28,741 |
| ✔ | | Vernon Jones | 21.5 | 24,165 |
 | Timothy Barr | 14.3 | 16,007 | |
 | Paul C. Broun | 13.3 | 14,901 | |
 | David Curry | 9.4 | 10,557 | |
 | Alan Sims | 6.6 | 7,388 | |
 | Marc McMain | 4.7 | 5,222 | |
 | Mitchell Swan | 4.6 | 5,184 | |
| Total votes: 112,165 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Richards (R)
- Andrew Alvey (R)
- Patrick Witt (R)
- Charles Rupert (R)
- Todd Heussner (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Paul Walton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Walton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- The first one is to form a more perfect union. All of us have common interests whether Democrat or Republican or Independent. I want to focus on those common interests not on those divisive words, misinformation and party labels that are thrown around.
- We all have a common interest in Health Care. Number five of the goals of the Constitution is to promote General welfare. Some people think of this as Socialism, but they confuse socialism with Fascism because so many socialistic countries are ruled by a Fascist government. One party, one leader. But everyone having access to healthcare is not socialistic. Bismarck introduced universal healthcare in Germany early in the 20th century and Bismarck was no socialist. The point is that there are many ways to achieve the goal of promoting general welfare.
- You should vote for me because I will work to meet our common interests in a way that supports the goals of the Constitution. And I am also like you. I have to work for a living. I have to support a family. I have to be sure my children are educated and able to survive as adults. I have to pay taxes. I have to seek medical treatment from time to time and pay for prescriptions. The House of Representatives is called The People’s House because it is supposed to be made up of us. You and I. Support me because I am one of us and know why our Constitution was written and what it is instructing us to do.
He was able to listen and debate an opinion that is different or opposite his opinion. He has lead the fight for the middle and lower classes against the interests of the richest.
I would have to say honesty, integrity, humility, courage and compassion. Overall ethics, independence, transparency, integrity, competence and fairness. Last but not least, you have to be a great deal maker.
Oversight and reform Committee.
Term limits would bring new perspectives to Congress, encouraging those with fresh ideas to run for office. Term limits also would diminish incentives for election-related spending that have proliferated in the careerist Congress (especially following the Supreme Court's 2010 decision validating the solicitation and receipt of unlimited campaign contributions).
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Campaign website
Walton's campaign website stated the following:
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Justice Reform Paul Walton’s plan for Justice Reform is coming soon.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act responds to current conditions in voting today by restoring the full protections of the original, bipartisan Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was last reauthorized by Congress in 2006, but gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act creates a new coverage formula that applies to all states and hinges on a finding of repeated voting rights violations in the preceding 25 years.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act establishes a targeted process for reviewing voting changes in jurisdictions nationwide, focused on measures that have historically been used to discriminate against voters.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act also –
We need to expand Medicaid to include dental, vision, and mental health care. We really need universal healthcare, but it must be designed logically. Expanded Medicaid and healthcare is a response to the Constitution’s principles of promoting the general welfare. One of the things that expanded Medicaid does is permit people to contribute to our economy by freeing them from some physical limitations and the ability to participate in other activities.
It’s spending on the things you need to promote the common welfare such as roads, education, defense and health while making sure you pay for them with a fair, well administered tax system. Just as when you have a family you provide food and shelter while being sure that you have the income to pay for it. You can’t support a family with credit cards just as you can’t run a country on borrowed money.
But the establishment of justice doesn’t end there. Justice extends to the ability to vote. It extends to the right to control of your own body. Attempts to make voting more difficult is an attack of establishing justice. Removing the right to control a person’s body violates the establishment of justice because it takes no responsibility for the result or cost of that decision. Unlike the decision to vaccinate does take the responsibility for administering the vaccine as part of that decision. But removing a woman’s choice also violates the principle of securing the blessings of liberty because it removes that blessing from her.[2] |
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| —Paul Walton's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Walton for Congress, "Meet Paul," accessed April 8, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Walton for Congress, “Platform,” accessed March 31, 2022
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