Paulette Smith

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Paulette Smith

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 24, 2022

Personal

Birthplace

Miami, Fla.

Profession

Musician

Paulette Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.

Biography

Paulette Smith was born in Miami, Florida. Smith earned a master's degree in cosmetology. Her career experience includes working as a recording artist with TK Productions and an international artist with Capital Records.

Elections

2022

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Rich McCormick defeated Bob Christian in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick (R)	62.2	206,886
		Bob Christian (D)	37.8	125,612

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 332,498
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Rich McCormick defeated Jake Evans in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick	66.5	27,455
		Jake Evans	33.5	13,808

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,263
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Bob Christian defeated Wayne White in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Christian	55.5	18,776
		Wayne White	44.5	15,025

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,801
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kimberly Reuter (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick	43.1	48,967
✔		Jake Evans	23.0	26,160
		Mallory Staples	9.0	10,178
		Meagan Hanson	8.4	9,539
		Eugene Yu	6.5	7,411
		Blake Harbin	3.7	4,171
		Byron Gatewood	3.0	3,358
		Suzi Voyles	2.3	2,646
		Paulette Smith	1.0	1,123

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,553
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Harold Earls (R)
• Eric Welsh (R)

2020

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)

Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath defeated Karen Handel in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath (D)	54.6	216,775
		Karen Handel (R)	45.4	180,329

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 397,104
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jayla Harrison (Commandments Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	100.0	90,660

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,660
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Karen Handel defeated Joe Profit, Blake Harbin, Mykel Lynn Barthelemy, and Paulette Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Handel	74.4	47,986
		Joe Profit	14.8	9,528
		Blake Harbin	4.9	3,143
		Mykel Lynn Barthelemy	4.3	2,780
		Paulette Smith	1.7	1,103

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,540
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicole Rodden (R)
• Brandon Beach (R)
• Donnie Bolena (R)
• Kenneth Brown (R)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign website

Smith's campaign website stated the following:

“	EDUCATION Paulette opposes Critical Race Theory (CRT) being taught in our schools, colleges, military, and workplaces. She believes that the government should not make decisions in a parent's household or schools concerning CRT. Paulette will take legislative action to oppose CRT taught in our schools, colleges, military, and workplaces. PUTTING AMERICA FIRST Paulette Smith will support all Republican initiatives to build our infrastructure, Build the Wall and fix our broken immigration system. Additionally, she believes in school choice, term limits, fair elections, and smaller government. ALL LIVES MATTER Ms. Smith believes "ALL LIVES MATTER," so she will fight to protect the Sanctity of Life [Civil Rights for the Unborn]. PROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS She stands firm on our constitutional values for Freedom of Speech and the Right to Bear Arms.	”
—Paulette Smith's campaign website (2022)

2020

Paulette Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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Georgia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Representatives

District 1

Earl Carter (R)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (D)

District 3

Brian Jack (R)

District 4

Hank Johnson (D)

District 5

Nikema Williams (D)

District 6

Lucy McBath (D)

District 7

Rich McCormick (R)

District 8

Austin Scott (R)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (R)

District 10

Mike Collins (R)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (R)

District 12

Rick Allen (R)

District 13

David Scott (D)

District 14

Marjorie Greene (R)

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