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Prior offices
Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia State Senate District 34
Successor: Kenya Wicks
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Valencia Seay (Democratic Party) was a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 34. She assumed office in 2003. She left office on January 13, 2025.

Seay (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 34. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Seay was born on July 6, 1953. Her professional experience includes working as Assistant Vice President for Wachovia Bank and president/CEO of Seay and Associates.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Seay was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Seay was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Seay was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Georgia committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations
• Government Oversight
• Public Safety
• Science and Technology
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Seay 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

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

Valencia Seay did not file to run for re-election.

2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 34

Incumbent Valencia Seay defeated Tommy Smith in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 34 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Valencia Seay
Valencia Seay (D)
 
83.7
 
44,660
Image of Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith (R) Candidate Connection
 
16.3
 
8,689

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 53,349
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 34

Incumbent Valencia Seay advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 34 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Valencia Seay
Valencia Seay
 
100.0
 
17,243

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,243
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 34

Tommy Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 34 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,007

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,007
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 34

Incumbent Valencia Seay won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 34 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Valencia Seay
Valencia Seay (D)
 
100.0
 
64,110

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 64,110
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 34

Incumbent Valencia Seay advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 34 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Valencia Seay
Valencia Seay
 
100.0
 
28,197

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 28,197
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2018

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 34

Incumbent Valencia Seay defeated Tommy Smith in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 34 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Valencia Seay
Valencia Seay (D)
 
82.9
 
49,884
Image of Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith (R)
 
17.1
 
10,319

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 60,203
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 34

Incumbent Valencia Seay defeated Melody Totten in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 34 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Valencia Seay
Valencia Seay
 
75.3
 
8,985
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Melody Totten
 
24.7
 
2,941

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 11,926
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 34

Tommy Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 34 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith
 
100.0
 
2,554

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 2,554
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2016

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Georgia State Senate 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 Valencia Seay ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 34 general election.[1][2]

Georgia State Senate, District 34 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Valencia Seay Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 53,434
Total Votes 53,434
Source: Georgia Secretary of State


Incumbent Valencia Seay ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 34 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Georgia State Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Valencia Seay Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election 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 Valencia Martin Seay defeated Sherry T. Mallory in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[5][6][7]

Georgia State Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngValencia Seay Incumbent 74.6% 6,115
Sherry Mallory 25.4% 2,084
Total Votes 8,199

2012

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2012

Seay ran in the 2012 election for Georgia State Senate District 34. Seay ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on July 31, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9] Seay won re-election in the general election.[10]

Georgia State Senate, District 34, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngValencia Seay Incumbent 100% 54,012
Total Votes 54,012

2010

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2010

Seay won re-election to the 34th District seat in 2010. She defeated Republican Zannie Billingslea in the general election on November 2, 2010.[11]

Georgia State Senate, District 34
2010 General election results
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Valencia Seay (D) 34,531 74.0%
Zannie Billingslea (R) 12,127 26.0%

She defeated Victor Hill and Travis Spruill in the July 20th primary.[12]

Georgia State Senate, District 34 - Democratic Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Valencia Seay 6,295 52.1%
Victor Hill 4,758 39.4%
Travis Spruill 1,030 8.5%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Seay won re-election to the Georgia Senate from Georgia's 34th Senate district. Seay ran unopposed in the general election, and she received 58,780 votes.[13] Seay raised $34,314 for her campaign.[14]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Valencia Seay did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Valencia Seay campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Georgia State Senate District 34Won general$31,218 $0
2020Georgia State Senate District 34Won general$24,650 N/A**
2018Georgia State Senate District 34Won general$62,964 N/A**
2016Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $27,060 N/A**
2014Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $49,282 N/A**
2012Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $26,605 N/A**
2010Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $52,263 N/A**
2008Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $34,314 N/A**
2006Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $22,635 N/A**
2004Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $39,584 N/A**
2002Georgia State Senate, District 34Won $57,426 N/A**
2000Georgia State House, District 93Won $19,008 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

In 2024, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 28.

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2012

Noteworthy events

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

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Seay, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.[15]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
    2. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
    3. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
    4. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
    5. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 10, 2014
    6. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed May 28, 2014
    7. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
    8. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed May 29, 2012
    9. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 31, 2014
    10. ↑ Georgia Elections Division, "2012 Election Results" accessed November 16, 2012
    11. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2010 Election results," accessed December 31, 2014
    12. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Primary election results," accessed March 24, 2014
    13. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Senate official election results for 2008," accessed December 31, 2014
    14. ↑ District 34 Georgia Senate candidate funds, 2008
    15. ↑ WGAU 98.7FM & AM1340, “Senator tests positive for coronavirus, Athens lawmakers self-quarantine,” March 19, 2020

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    2003-2025    		 Succeeded by
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