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Tom Owens
Tom Owens was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 79 of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2016
Owens' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
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1. Automatic 6 months license revocation for DUI's registering in excess of twice the legal limit provided that the offender completes alcoholic rehabilitation counseling. No permits for driving to work---this exacerbates the problem. 2. Withholding state Quality Based Education (QBE) funding for any school district which fails to meet mandatory attendance guidelines for students. 3. Mandatory weekly unannounced monitoring of contractors who have entered E-Verify program. Failure to comply resulting in loss of state funding to city of county responsible for enforcement. 4. 50% mandatory reduction of refugee quota regardless of the reaction of the Federal government. 5. State codification of federal refugee resettlement law. This would require resettlement contractors to justify quarterly the location of new refugees in a geographical area---schools, health facilities, courts, jails, police, fire, etc.--- prior to relocation of additional refugees. Make this information public and require it to be advertised in local newspaper at expense of the contractor. Allow counties and cities to op-out of the program. Civil penalties against the contractor for refugees who commit acts of terrorism similar to the South Carolina statute.[2] |
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Elections
2016
Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives 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 Tom Taylor ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 79 general election.[3][4]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 79 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Tom Taylor Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 18,108 | |
| Total Votes | 18,108 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Tom Taylor defeated Tom Owens in the Georgia House of Representatives District 79 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 79 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tom Taylor Incumbent |
72.60% | 2,191 | |
| Republican | Tom Owens | 27.40% | 827 | |
| Total Votes | 3,018 | |||
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See also
- Georgia House of Representatives
- Georgia House of Representatives District 79
- Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2016
- Georgia State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Tom Owens for DeKalb, "The issues," accessed May 3, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
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