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Simone Bell

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Simone Bell
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Prior offices
Georgia House of Representatives District 58

Education

Bachelor's

Agnes Scott College

Contact

Simone Bell is a former Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 58 from a special election in 2009 to her resignation on November 13, 2015. She resigned to take a job at Lambda Legal.[1]

Biography

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Bell earned her B.S. from Agnes Scott College.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bell served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Bell served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Bell served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Bell served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2014

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with runoff elections taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent Simone Bell defeated Erica Morris Long in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[2][3][4]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 58 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSimone Bell Incumbent 63.3% 2,282
Erica Morris Long 36.7% 1,323
Total Votes 3,605

2012

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2012

Bell ran in the 2012 election for Georgia House of Representatives District 58. Bell defeated incumbent Ralph Long in the Democratic primary on July 31, 2012.[5] Earl Cooper ran unopposed in the Republican primary. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7] Bell defeated Earl Cooper in the general election.[8]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 58, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSimone Bell Incumbent 87.1% 18,313
     Republican Earl Cooper 12.9% 2,707
Total Votes 21,020
Georgia House of Representatives District 58 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSimone Bell Incumbent 58.7% 3,804
Ralph Long Incumbent 41.3% 2,680
Total Votes 6,484

2010

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2010

Bell ran for re-election to the 58th District seat in 2010. She had no opposition in the July 20 primary and no one filed to run against her in the general election. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[9]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 58 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Simone Bell (D) 10,130 100.0%

Campaign finance summary


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Simone Bell campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Georgia House of Representatives, District 58Won $4,600 N/A**
2012Georgia State House, District 58Won $38,239 N/A**
2010Georgia State House, District 58Won $8,554 N/A**
Grand total$51,393 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2015

In 2015, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 12 through April 2.

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2014


2013


2012

Recent news

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Georgia House of Representatives District 58
2009–November 13, 2015
Succeeded by
Park Cannon (D)


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