Portia Shepherd
Portia Shepherd (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Alabama State Senate to represent District 23. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Shepherd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Portia Shepherd was born in Demopolis, Alabama. She earned a bachelor's degree from Miles College in 2007 and a graduate degree from New England College in 2016. Her career experience includes working as the executive director of Blackbelt Women Rising.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Alabama State Senate District 23
Robert Stewart defeated Michael Nimmer and Portia Shepherd in the general election for Alabama State Senate District 23 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Stewart (D)  | 53.4 | 25,953 |
| Michael Nimmer (R) | 44.6 | 21,682 | ||
 | Portia Shepherd (L) | 2.0 | 959 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 48,612 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Alabama State Senate District 23
Robert Stewart defeated Hank Sanders in the Democratic primary runoff for Alabama State Senate District 23 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Stewart | 55.6 | 8,255 |
| Hank Sanders | 44.4 | 6,602 | ||
| Total votes: 14,857 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Alabama State Senate District 23
Hank Sanders and Robert Stewart advanced to a runoff. They defeated Darrio Melton and Thayer Spencer in the Democratic primary for Alabama State Senate District 23 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hank Sanders | 44.7 | 10,634 | |
| ✔ | | Robert Stewart | 30.1 | 7,166 |
 | Darrio Melton | 23.3 | 5,543 | |
| Thayer Spencer | 1.9 | 456 | ||
| Total votes: 23,799 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Michael Nimmer advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Senate District 23.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Portia Shepherd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Shepherd's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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New Leadership Delivering Results for Our Community!
A motivated professional with a proven track record of building relationships and implementing life changing strategies, Portia Shepherd is a woman for the people. Struggling internally in high school, Portia dropped out. Yet, she didn't give up. Portia was determined to better herself. As a result, she received her GED the same year and went on to pursue higher education.
Portia is a consultant and keynote speaker with more than fifteen years of experience across various industries including but not limited to: political campaigns, environmental improvements, nonprofit and professional services, and environmental improvements. In 2019, Portia was recognized as an expert in Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence.
Portia is the Founder & Executive Director of Blackbelt Women Rising and World History teacher at Selma High School.
Through her efforts of working with citizens of the Blackbelt region who are fighting for health and environmental improvements, she has appeared on FOX News w/ Tucker Carson, The Washington Post, NowThis, BBC World News, HBO Last Week Tonight, local television stations, and newspapers.- Education
- Environmental Improvements
- Economic Development
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Alabama State Senate District 23 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 23, 2022
