What's on the ballot? - January 19, 2016
January 15, 2016
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Special state legislative elections will take place in Alabama and Georgia on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Voters in Alabama's House District 80 are heading to the polls for a primary election, with the general election to be held on April 12, 2016. The seat has been vacant since the death of Lesley Vance (R) on November 3, 2015.[1] Vance notably switched parties from Democratic to Republican after the 2010 election, which secured a supermajority for Republicans in the chamber.[2] Chris Blackshear, James McGill and Tommy Pugh are running in the Republican primary. If none of them receives a majority of the votes, a special primary runoff election will be held on March 1.[3] The winner will face Kenicia Battle, who is unopposed in the Democratic primary.[4]
A trio of Democratic candidates are running to replace Simone Bell (D) in the Georgia House District 58 special election. Bell resigned from the seat on November 13, 2015, to take a job at Lambda Legal. Kwame Thompson, Park Cannon and Ralph Long III are competing for the seat, which Bell first won in a special election in 2009.[5][6]
Note: Click on the links below for more details about each race and election results.
Alabama
State legislatures
- Special primary election for District 80 of the Alabama House of Representatives
Georgia
State legislatures
- Special election for District 58 of the Georgia House of Representatives
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press, "Alabama State Rep. Lesley Vance dead at 76," November 3, 2015
- ↑ KLTV, "Four Ala. Democrats switch parties; GOP gains super majority," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ Ledger-Enquirer, "Three Republicans, one Democrat join battle for Alabama House seat vacated by Vance's death," November 17, 2015
- ↑ wrbl.com, "Candidates set for Lesley Vance’s House seat," accessed December 23, 2015
- ↑ Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The nation’s first black and lesbian lawmaker resigns from Georgia Legislature," October 29, 2015
- ↑ Peach Pundit, "The Special Election Contenders for House District 58!" accessed December 23, 2015
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