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Wade Herring
Wade Herring (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Wade Herring graduated from Central High School in Macon, Georgia. Herring earned an A.B. in history from Dartmouth College in 1980 and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1983.[1] His career experience includes working as a lawyer and judicial clerk. Herring has served with the Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club and Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter defeated Wade Herring in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Earl Carter (R) | 59.1 | 156,128 |
 | Wade Herring (D) | 40.9 | 107,837 | |
| Total votes: 263,965 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Litchfield (Conservative Party)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Wade Herring defeated Joyce Marie Griggs in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wade Herring | 61.9 | 12,880 |
 | Joyce Marie Griggs | 38.1 | 7,918 | |
| Total votes: 20,798 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Joyce Marie Griggs and Wade Herring advanced to a runoff. They defeated Michelle Munroe in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joyce Marie Griggs | 48.6 | 21,891 |
| ✔ | | Wade Herring | 38.0 | 17,118 |
 | Michelle Munroe | 13.4 | 6,043 | |
| Total votes: 45,052 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Palimeno (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Earl Carter | 100.0 | 80,757 |
| Total votes: 80,757 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Wade Herring did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Herring's campaign website stated the following:
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Voting Rights “My mom is still alive, and I am grateful for that. She’s 86. She doesn’t drive, and no longer has a driver’s license. She does not use a computer and does not have easy access to a copy machine. Because of problems with mobility, she cannot stand in long lines. The laws passed in Georgia in early 2021 make it harder for my mom to vote, and my mom has voted in every election that she could.” - Wade Voting is a right. For whomever you vote, whatever your party, voting should be simple and straightforward. The events of 2021 have demonstrated that we must have federal standards to protect early voting, mail-in voting, and voter registration. We must restore the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights should not be a partisan issue. Voting rights are what America is all about. The First District deserves a representative who will not sue to steal our votes with frivolous lawsuits nor vote on the floor of the House to steal our votes. We need a representative who will work to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and protected. Change in Washington starts FIRST here in Georgia’s First District.
“During the pandemic, over 600,000 Georgians lost their jobs. We know now as never before that health insurance cannot be tied solely to employment.” - Wade Everyone deserves access to quality, affordable healthcare. Congress must expand affordable access to healthcare, strengthening the Affordable Care Act and allowing it to work. (More options are available in Georgia now on the Exchange, and at more affordable prices). Congress must also work to reduce the costs of prescription drugs so that they are affordable for all Americans, regardless of income. Long-term good health means investing in preventative health care. For a better quality of life, and for less expensive healthcare costs, let’s help our families, friends, and neighbors avoid the chronic problems of diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. The keys are education and access. When you’ve got your health, you’ve got everything. Health is real wealth. We cannot afford an unhealthy First District.
“My grandmother, mother, a beloved great aunt, and my wife were all teachers. My wife’s parents were both educators. I am the product of the public school system in Macon, Georgia where I grew up. I know first-hand the transformative power of education.” - Wade The pandemic has taught many lessons. We have a crisis in affordable childcare; quality education must start with younger children; women continue to bear most of the responsibilities of caring for children (as well as older adults). Let’s invest in quality childcare and early childhood education. It’s the right thing to do for our children, for our families, and for our nation.
“We live in a beautiful place of rivers, marshes, and islands. This place becomes a way of life. We must protect this special place for ourselves and the generations to come..” - Wade The First District includes Georgia’s entire coastline and all fourteen of its barrier islands. The Altamaha River Basin is one of the great watersheds of the world. The Okefenokee Swamp is a natural wonder. Residents love living here, and visitors flock to enjoy our coastline, admire our rich history and cultures, and enjoy our hospitality. We are all stewards of this special place. We must work to protect our waterways and recreational areas from toxic pollutants and other threats. Our families must have continued access to clean water. The debate about the reality of climate change is over. We know firsthand it’s real, and now is the time to act. Our future depends upon it. The dangers of flooding and other extreme weather occurrences will only worsen as time passes, hurting our residents, our environment, our ports, and our economy. Let’s make sure the First District receives its fair share of infrastructure investment to lessen the impacts of storm damage and flooding. It’s time to invest in clean energy jobs, ban offshore drilling, and reduce carbon emissions. And in so doing, we can with gratitude, pride, and love, pass this special place to our children and their children’s children.
“We’ve been talking about infrastructure for 30 years or more. It’s time we finally do something about it.” - Wade Georgia’s First District is growing fast. Our state has an infrastructure score of only a C+ (and that’s a recent improvement). Our systems must be improved for our current residents, prepared for increases in population, and hardened to withstand the threats of climate change. We need to repair and widen roads, sustain our growing ports, guarantee clean water, improve sanitation practices, invest in underfunded transportation services, reduce food desert zones, and ensure broadband access to 100% of Georgia. These are all basic components that need to be modernized, in rural and urban areas. It’s about quality of life. It’s about jobs. It’s about leadership and making sure the First District gets its fair share of this vital, long-term investment.
Homeownership is at the center of the American Dream. Homeownership is central to building generational wealth. We have a nationwide shortage of affordable housing units, and tens of millions of Americans live in homes that pose risks to their health and safety. Homelessness has reached crisis proportions in a growing number of states, and housing costs that rise faster than wages have put the squeeze on renters. Housing in America should be stable, accessible, safe, healthy, energy-efficient, and, above all, affordable. No one should have to spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, so families have ample resources left to meet their other needs and save for retirement.
Georgia’s First Congressional District is home to Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield, King’s Bay Naval Base, and the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center, as well as the ports of Savannah and Brunswick. A strong military maintains the peace. The United States must remain engaged with the world, working cooperatively with our allies. Maintaining a strong military includes taking care of our men and women in uniform, as well as our veterans after their service in uniform is complete. Modern-day threats include cyber-attacks on our elections, banking, infrastructure, health, and financial systems. We must be prepared to defend against attacks on our democracy, whatever the method.
The world’s best fighting force and its veterans deserve the world’s best health care. Let’s rebuild trust in, and accountability at, the VA. Let’s modernize VA facilities and bolster funding to the VA, expand eligibility for VA benefits so that all veterans can access the VA, and work with Congress to eliminate VA co-pays for preventive health care for veterans. Let’s address the full needs of our women veterans and eliminate transgender exclusions.. Let’s treat suicide as the public health crisis it is. Let’s invest in mental health and suicide prevention services, and work with our military communities to encourage and support those seeking help. I will not abide exploitation of our veterans, especially by for-profit colleges that raid benefits and burden veterans with debt.
The arts give us a way to tell our stories, to remember where we’ve been, and to make sense of where we’re going. Arts and culture are the stuff that makes life worth living. The arts are essential to our free and democratic society, to our culture, and to our local economies. I support funding for the arts and education, as well as policies and programs that promote the creative arts. I support public funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for art and music education in public schools. I recognize that federal grants supporting nonprofit cultural organizations, artists, scholars, and state and local governments help increase participation in the arts, enhance appreciation, and strengthen our nation's cultural heritage. The arts and art education develop imagination, creativity, innovation, and critical thinking skills in students and build bridges between people and communities across the country and around the world.
Whether or not a nation is a place of justice is measured by how that nation treats the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. The Biblical injunction is manifestly clear: The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. The efforts of some to dehumanize immigrants and make them "the other" are a shameful stain on this nation. Let's work to make people’s lives better, for everyone, and start by reuniting children separated from their parents; providing legal protections for DACA residents, a path to work permits, and citizenship for other persons already in the United States, and address the economic and other challenges in people's home countries that compel them to leave. Let's be proud, not afraid, that America remains a land of hope and opportunity. Let's embrace the brave, hard-working people who want to be part of the American dream.[3] |
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| —Wade Herring's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Wade Herring," accessed July 6, 2022
- ↑ Wade Herring, "Get to know Wade," accessed April 8, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Wade Herring, “Platform,” accessed April 4, 2022
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