Tracy Taylor (Georgia)

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Tracy Taylor

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Tracy Taylor (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 153. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2024.

Taylor (Republican Party) also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 2nd Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.

Elections

2024

Georgia House of Representatives

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

Incumbent David Sampson defeated Brenda Battle in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Sampson (D)	67.1	14,014
		Brenda Battle (R)	32.9	6,875

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,889
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

Incumbent David Sampson defeated Joshua Anthony and Tracy Taylor in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Sampson	57.9	2,644
		Joshua Anthony	21.5	982
		Tracy Taylor	20.6	943

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,569
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

Brenda Battle advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brenda Battle	100.0	860

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 860
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Endorsements

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U.S. House

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 2

Incumbent Sanford Bishop Jr. defeated A. Wayne Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sanford Bishop Jr. (D)	56.3	176,028
		A. Wayne Johnson (R)	43.7	136,473

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 312,501
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Colleen Massey (Independent)
• David Gregors (L)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 2

A. Wayne Johnson defeated Chuck Hand in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on June 18, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		A. Wayne Johnson	65.8	7,807
		Chuck Hand	34.2	4,063

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,870
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2

Incumbent Sanford Bishop Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sanford Bishop Jr.	100.0	46,379

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,379
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2

A. Wayne Johnson and Chuck Hand advanced to a runoff. They defeated Michael Nixon and Regina Liparoto in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		A. Wayne Johnson	44.6	14,152
✔		Chuck Hand	32.0	10,136
		Michael Nixon	18.7	5,924
	Submit photo	Regina Liparoto	4.7	1,493

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,705
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tracy Taylor (R)

Endorsements

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2022

U.S. house of representatives

See also: Georgia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 2

Incumbent Sanford Bishop Jr. defeated Chris West in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sanford Bishop Jr. (D)	55.0	132,675
		Chris West (R)	45.0	108,665

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 241,340
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 2

Chris West defeated Jeremy Hunt in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris West	51.3	14,622
		Jeremy Hunt	48.7	13,875

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,497
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2

Incumbent Sanford Bishop Jr. defeated Joseph O'Hara in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sanford Bishop Jr.	93.5	54,991
	Submit photo	Joseph O'Hara	6.5	3,814

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,805
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeremy Hunt	37.0	22,923
✔		Chris West	30.1	18,658
		A. Wayne Johnson	18.7	11,574
		Vivian Childs	6.4	3,986
		Richard Robertson	4.6	2,832
		Paul Whitehead	3.3	2,037

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,010
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tracy Taylor (R)
• Chris Benoit (R)

Georgia house of representatives

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

David Sampson defeated Tracy Taylor in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Sampson (D)	65.1	10,843
		Tracy Taylor (R)	34.9	5,814

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,657
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

David Sampson defeated Al Wynn in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Sampson	75.5	4,048
	Submit photo	Al Wynn	24.5	1,315

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,363
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Demetrius Love (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

Tracy Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tracy Taylor	100.0	2,307

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,307
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 12

Incumbent Freddie Sims defeated Tracy Taylor in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims (D)	64.2	40,396
		Tracy Taylor (R)	35.8	22,546

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,942
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12

Incumbent Freddie Sims defeated Edward Ball in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims	76.8	17,835
	Submit photo	Edward Ball	23.2	5,398

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,233
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 12

Tracy Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 12 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tracy Taylor	100.0	7,050

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,050
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2018

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

CaMia Jackson defeated Tracy Taylor in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		CaMia Jackson (D)	65.5	10,512
		Tracy Taylor (R)	34.5	5,543

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,055
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

CaMia Jackson defeated incumbent Darrel Ealum in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		CaMia Jackson	51.3	1,931
		Darrel Ealum	48.7	1,835

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 3,766
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153

Tracy Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 153 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tracy Taylor	100.0	1,253

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,253
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

U.S. House

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Georgia House of Representatives

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Tracy Taylor campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Georgia House of Representatives District 153	Lost primary	$5,431	$5,431
2024*	U.S. House Georgia District 2	Withdrew primary	$20,806	$16,978
2022	Georgia House of Representatives District 153	Lost general	$3,000	$0
2022	U.S. House Georgia District 2	Withdrew primary	$1,846	$1,846
2018	Georgia House of Representatives District 153	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$31,083	$24,254
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Current members of the Georgia House of Representatives

Leadership

Minority Leader:Carolyn Hugley

Representatives

District 1

Mike Cameron (R)

District 2

Steve Tarvin (R)

District 3

Mitchell Horner (R)

District 4

Kasey Carpenter (R)

District 5

Matt Barton (R)

District 6

Jason Ridley (R)

District 7

Johnny Chastain (R)

District 8

Stan Gunter (R)

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Will Wade (R)

District 10

Victor Anderson (R)

District 11

Rick Jasperse (R)

District 12

Eddie Lumsden (R)

District 13

Katie Dempsey (R)

District 14

Mitchell Scoggins (R)

District 15

Matthew Gambill (R)

District 16

Trey Kelley (R)

District 17

Martin Momtahan (R)

District 18

Tyler Smith (R)

District 19

Joseph Gullett (R)

District 20

Charlice Byrd (R)

District 21

Brad Thomas (R)

District 22

Jordan Ridley (R)

District 23

Mandi Ballinger (R)

District 24

Carter Barrett (R)

District 25

Todd Jones (R)

District 26

Lauren McDonald (R)

District 27

Lee Hawkins (R)

District 28

Brent Cox (R)

District 29

Matt Dubnik (R)

District 30

Derrick McCollum (R)

District 31

Emory Dunahoo (R)

District 32

Chris Erwin (R)

District 33

Alan Powell (R)

District 34

Devan Seabaugh (R)

District 35

Lisa Campbell (D)

District 36

Ginny Ehrhart (R)

District 37

Mary Frances Williams (D)

District 38

David Wilkerson (D)

District 39

Terry Cummings (D)

District 40

Kimberly New (R)

District 41

Michael Smith (D)

District 42

Gabriel Sanchez (D)

District 43

Solomon Adesanya (D)

District 44

Don Parsons (R)

District 45

Sharon Cooper (R)

District 46

John Carson (R)

District 47

Jan Jones (R)

District 48

Scott Hilton (R)

District 49

Charles Martin (R)

District 50

Michelle Au (D)

District 51

Esther Panitch (D)

District 52

Shea Roberts (D)

District 53

Deborah Silcox (R)

District 54

Betsy Holland (D)

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Inga Willis (D)

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Bryce Berry (D)

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Stacey Evans (D)

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Park Cannon (D)

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Phil Olaleye (D)

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Sheila Jones (D)

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Mekyah McQueen (D)

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Tanya Miller (D)

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Kim Schofield (D)

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Sylvia Wayfer (D)

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Robert Dawson (D)

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Kimberly Alexander (D)

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Lydia Glaize (D)

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Derrick Jackson (D)

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Debra Bazemore (D)

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Lynn Smith (R)

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Justin Howard (R)

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David Huddleston (R)

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Josh Bonner (R)

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Robert Flournoy (D)

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Eric Bell (D)

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Sandra Scott (D)

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Rhonda Burnough (D)

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Demetrius Douglas (D)

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Yasmin Neal (D)

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Long Tran (D)

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Noelle Kahaian (R)

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Karen Mathiak (R)

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Karen Lupton (D)

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Mary Oliver (D)

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Karla Drenner (D)

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Imani Barnes (D)

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Viola Davis (D)

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Billy Mitchell (D)

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Omari Crawford (D)

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Saira Draper (D)

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Angela Moore (D)

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Rhonda Taylor (D)

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Doreen Carter (D)

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Karen Bennett (D)

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Dar'shun Kendrick (D)

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Arlene Beckles (D)

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Ruwa Romman (D)

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Marvin Lim (D)

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Matt Reeves (R)

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David Clark (R)

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Scott Holcomb (D)

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Gabe Okoye (D)

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Soo Hong (R)

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Chuck Efstration (R)

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Sandy Donatucci (R)

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Samuel Park (D)

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Jasmine Clark (D)

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Dewey McClain (D)

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Segun Adeyina (D)

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Rey Martinez (R)

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Bruce Williamson (R)

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Sharon Henderson (D)

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Tim Fleming (R)

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Regina Lewis-Ward (D)

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El-Mahdi Holly (D)

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Mary Santos (D)

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Clint Crowe (R)

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Holt Persinger (R)

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Houston Gaines (R)

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Marcus Wiedower (R)

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Spencer Frye (D)

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Rob Leverett (R)

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Trey Rhodes (R)

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Gary Richardson (R)

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L.C. Myles (D)

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Mark Newton (R)

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Mack Jackson (D)

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Karlton Howard (D)

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Lynn Gladney (D)

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Rob Clifton (R)

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Brian Prince (D)

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Danny Mathis (R)

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Robert Dickey (R)

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Beth Camp (R)

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David Jenkins (R)

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Debbie Buckner (D)

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Vance Smith (R)

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Carmen Rice (R)

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Teddy Reese (D)

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Carolyn Hugley (D)

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Miriam Paris (D)

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Anissa Jones (D)

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Dale Washburn (R)

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Herring (D)

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Shaw Blackmon (R)

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Bethany Ballard (R)

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Noel Williams (R)

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Floyd Griffin (D)

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Patty Stinson (D)

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Mike Cheokas (R)

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Bill Yearta (R)

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David Sampson (D)

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Gerald Greene (R)

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Matt Hatchett (R)

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Leesa Hagan (R)

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Steven Meeks (R)

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