Tyrone Brooks, Jr.

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Tyrone Brooks Jr.

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 24, 2022

Tyrone Brooks Jr. (Democratic Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. Brooks lost in the Democratic primary on May 24, 2022.

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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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2015

See also: Georgia state legislative special elections, 2015

Alysia Brown (D), Marie Metze (D), Michael B. Fitzgerald (D), Raghu Raju (D), Shelitha Robertson (D) and John Franklin Guest Jr. (I) faced off in a special election on June 16. Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Robertson and Metze, met in a runoff election on July 14, which Metze won.

Tyrone Brooks Jr. (D) was initially removed from the ballot on June 8 after he failed to prove that he had lived in the district for at least a year. However, he was temporarily placed back on the ballot by a Superior Court judge on June 11, 2015. A hearing was held on June 15 to determine Brooks' eligibility. Ultimately, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams sided with Secretary of State Brian Kemp's (R) original decision and ruled that Brooks was not eligible for the ballot.

The seat was vacant following the resignation of Tyrone Brooks Sr. (D) on April 9, 2015.

A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 55 was called for June 16. A runoff election took place on July 14. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 30.

Georgia House of Representatives, District 55, Runoff election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marie Metze	58.2%	1,421
	Democratic	Shelitha Robertson	41.8%	1,020
Total Votes				2,441

Georgia House of Representatives, District 55, Special Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Shelitha Robertson (advanced to runoff)	30.7%	851
	Democratic	Marie Metze (advanced to runoff)	30.4%	842
	Democratic	Michael B. Fitzgerald	22.4%	619
	Independent	John Franklin Guest Jr.	8.2%	226
	Democratic	Alysia Brown	6.5%	181
	Democratic	Raghu Raju	1.8%	50
Total Votes				2,769

Campaign themes

2022

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Noteworthy events

2015 ballot access

On June 8, 2015, Brooks was removed from the ballot after he failed to prove that he had lived in the district for at least a year.

However, on June 11, 2015, Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams issued a restraining order against Secretary of State Brian Kemp on behalf of Brooks that prevented Kemp from removing Brooks from the ballot. Adams set a hearing for the case on June 19—three days after the June 16 election. Kemp's legal team objected to the order from Adams, with Kemp telling the judge he would violate the order if the judge couldn't move the hearing date prior to the election. Brooks informed reporters late on June 12 that the hearing had been moved to June 15—just one day prior to the election.

Ultimately, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams sided with Secretary of State Brian Kemp's (R) original decision and ruled that Brooks was not eligible for the ballot. Votes cast for Brooks were not counted.

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