Rodney Upton
Rodney Upton was a 2015 Democratic special election candidate for District 43 of the Georgia State Senate.[1]
Upton was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 114 of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Elections
2015
A special election for the position of Georgia State Senate District 43 was called for November 3.[2] A runoff election took place on December 1.[3] The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 16.[2]
The seat was vacant following Ronald Ramsey's (D) resignation in July 2015 to become a judge on the DeKalb County traffic court.[4]
Tonya Anderson (D), Stan Williams (D), Sharon Griffin Sawyer (D), Rodney Upton (D), Marcus Jordan (D), Janice Frey Van Ness (R), Diane Adoma (R) and William "Bill" Kennedy (R) faced off in the special election. Angela Moore (I) was disqualified from the race, but remained on the ballot.[5][1] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Anderson and Frey Van Ness, met in a runoff election, which Frey Van Ness won.[6][7]
| Georgia State Senate, District 43, Special Election Runoff, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Janice Frey Van Ness |
50.5% | 3,865 | |
| Democratic | Tonya Anderson | 49.5% | 3,781 | |
| Total Votes | 7,646 | |||
| Georgia State Senate, District 43, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Janice Frey Van Ness (advanced to runoff) |
37.1% | 2,995 | |
| Democratic | Tonya Anderson (advanced to runoff) |
26.1% | 2,110 | |
| Democratic | Stan Williams | 14.5% | 1,170 | |
| Democratic | Sharon Griffin Sawyer | 9.4% | 763 | |
| Democratic | Marcus Jordan | 5.5% | 446 | |
| Republican | Diane D. Adoma | 3.4% | 278 | |
| Republican | William "Bill" Kennedy | 3.1% | 254 | |
| Democratic | Rodney Upton | 0.7% | 59 | |
| Total Votes | 8,075 | |||
2012
Upton ran in the 2012 election for Georgia House of Representatives District 114. Upton lost to incumbent Tom Kirby in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012. No candidates filed to run in the Democratic primary. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Tom Kirby Incumbent |
67.9% | 5,004 |
| Rodney Upton | 32.1% | 2,363 |
| Total Votes | 7,367 | |
2010
Upton was a Republican candidate for District 95 in the Georgia House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. Upton did not have any opposition in the July 20 primary for District 95. He lost to Pam Dickerson (D) in the November 2 general election.[11]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 95 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Pam Dickerson (D)
|
13,047 | 59.2% | ||
| Rodney Upton (R) | 8,976 | 40.8% | ||
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See also
- Georgia State Senate
- Georgia State Senate District 43
- State legislative special elections, 2015
- Georgia State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rockdale News, "Governor calls for District 43 Special Election," accessed September 8, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Call for Special Election in State Senate District 43," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ Rockdale News, "Special election for District 43 to be called," August 1, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Secretary of State Brian P. Kemp Releases Final Decision on Candidate Challenge," accessed October 20, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election Results for November 3, 2015," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election - December 1, 2015," accessed December 2, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed May 29, 2012
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, Unofficial Primary Election Results, accessed July 31, 2012
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election July 31, 2012," accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Election results," accessed April 16, 2014
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