Roy Benifield

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Roy Benifield
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Roy Benifield was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 50 of the Georgia State Senate.[1]

Campaign themes

2016

Benifield's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]

No tax increases

  • Excerpt: "Atlanta insiders passed the largest tax increase in state history in 2015 – nearly $1 billion in new transportation taxes each year. [...] Roy will fight to roll back this tax and he vows to listen to the people and to never raise your taxes."

Term limits

  • Excerpt: "Elected officials are sent to Atlanta to do part-time work, but once they get there, they become insiders who make it a full-time career. That’s why Roy supports strict term limits for all politicians."

Defend the rule of law

  • Excerpt: "If elected, Roy will support defending the laws we have and enforcing them fairly and evenly to all."

Elections

2016

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Georgia State Senate 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 John Wilkinson ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 50 general election.[3][4]

Georgia State Senate, District 50 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Wilkinson Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 61,180
Total Votes 61,180
Source: Georgia Secretary of State



Incumbent John Wilkinson defeated Roy Benifield in the Georgia State Senate District 50 Republican primary.[5][6]

Georgia State Senate, District 50 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Wilkinson Incumbent 69.62% 17,712
     Republican Roy Benifield 30.38% 7,729
Total Votes 25,441


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 11, 2016
  2. ↑ Roy for Senate, "The issues," accessed May 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
  4. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
  5. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
  6. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016


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