Ryan Graham

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Ryan Graham

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Georgia State University, 2010

Personal

Birthplace

Athens-Clarke County unified government, Ga.

Profession

IT project manager

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Ryan Graham (Libertarian Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Graham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Ryan Graham was born in Athens, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Georgia State University in 2010. Graham's career experience includes working as an IT project manager. He has been affiliated with the Libertarian Party of Georgia.

Elections

2022

See also: Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Burt Jones defeated Charlie Bailey and Ryan Graham in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Burt Jones (R)	51.4	2,009,617
		Charlie Bailey (D)	46.4	1,815,524
		Ryan Graham (L)	2.2	85,207

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,910,348
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Charlie Bailey defeated Kwanza Hall in the Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlie Bailey	63.1	162,771
		Kwanza Hall	36.9	95,375

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 258,146
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kwanza Hall	30.2	208,249
✔		Charlie Bailey	17.6	121,750
		Renitta Shannon	14.5	99,877
		Tyrone Brooks Jr.	10.8	74,855
		Erick Allen	9.2	63,222
		Derrick Jackson	8.8	60,706
		Tony Brown	4.0	27,905
		Jason Hayes	3.1	21,415
		Rashid Malik	1.8	12,610

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 690,589
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kolbey Gardner (D)
• Bryan Miller (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Burt Jones defeated Butch Miller, Mack McGregor, and Jeanne Seaver in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Burt Jones	50.1	558,979
		Butch Miller	31.1	347,547
		Mack McGregor	11.3	125,916
		Jeanne Seaver	7.5	84,225

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,116,667
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2018

See also: Georgia Public Service Commission election, 2018

General runoff election

General runoff election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3

Incumbent Chuck Eaton defeated Lindy Miller in the general runoff election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on December 4, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chuck Eaton (R)	51.7	758,553
		Lindy Miller (D)	48.3	707,267

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,465,820 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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General election

General election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3

Incumbent Chuck Eaton and Lindy Miller advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ryan Graham in the general election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chuck Eaton (R)	49.7	1,917,656
✔		Lindy Miller (D)	47.6	1,838,020
		Ryan Graham (L)	2.7	102,878

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,858,554
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3

Lindy Miller defeated John Noel and Johnny White in the Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lindy Miller	65.4	312,467
		John Noel	18.9	90,327
		Johnny White	15.7	74,777

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 477,571
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3

Incumbent Chuck Eaton advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chuck Eaton	100.0	471,261

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ryan Graham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Graham's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Ryan Graham lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and child. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Georgia State University in 2010 and currently works as an IT Project Manager. He is also currently the Chair of the Libertarian Party of Georgia.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Educational Freedom - Education should be between students, parents, and educators; not politicians and bureaucrats. I'd like to end mandated curriculums and allow educators to innovate their methods. I'd like to provide students and parents more education choices.
• Criminal Justice - People agree that our criminal justice system is flawed, but can't seem to ever do anything about it. Ending civil asset forfeiture and sovereign immunity are my top priorities in this realm.
• Healthcare Freedom - Bodily autonomy and consent are key principles our government should respect. Healthcare can't be mandated. The government also needs to get out of the way of establishing new healthcare providers in an area by getting rid of our Certificate of Need law.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The underlying principle that drives every public policy change I'd like to see are consent, consent for individuals to live their lives as long as they aren't committing violence or fraud against others. This will lead to innovation in stagnant industries like education and healthcare, and lead to more productive members of society by not criminalizing peaceful activity.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Libertarians practice the non aggression principle. That is, force is only ever moral in self defense. Most of what the government does goes directly against the non aggression principle by victimizing peaceful people for behaving in ways that politicians would rather they didn't. It's not up to politicians. It's important for elected officials to be able to let their own preferences go when creating or executing law and look to see if there is force or fraud in the situation. If not, leave it alone.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to leave office knowing that I have reduced the size and scope of government and stopped creating victims of government overreach. People should be free to make their own decisions, including mistakes, so long as they aren't committing force or fraud against another. Markets should be open and free. Peaceful people should be free.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I worked at Rich's at North Point Mall in Alpharetta. While I was there, it changed to Macy's. I worked for Macy's for 7 years at various locations until I graduated college and started working in Information Technology.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes

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