Steve Smith (Georgia)
Steve Smith is a Democratic candidate for District 27 of the Georgia State Senate. The primary election took place on May 22, 2018. The general election is being held on November 6, 2018.
Smith was a 2017 Democratic special election candidate for District 26 of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Elections
2018
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018
General election
Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2018. An open primary election took place on May 22, 2018, and a primary runoff election took place on July 24, 2018. The general election was held on November 6, 2018. A general election runoff was scheduled for December 4, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was March 9, 2018.[1]
Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
| Georgia State Senate, District 27 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Steve Smith | |
| Republican | Greg Dolezal | |
Democratic primary election
Steve Smith ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 27 Democratic primary election.[2][3]
| Georgia State Senate, District 27 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Smith (unopposed) |
100.00% | 5,248 |
| Total Votes | 5,248 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election - May 22, 2018," accessed July 27, 2018 | ||
Republican primary election
Greg Dolezal defeated Brian Tam and Bill Fielder in the Georgia State Senate District 27 Republican primary election.[2][3]
| Georgia State Senate, District 27 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Greg Dolezal |
59.04% | 14,770 |
| Brian Tam | 24.69% | 6,177 |
| Bill Fielder | 16.27% | 4,071 |
| Total Votes | 25,018 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election - May 22, 2018," accessed July 27, 2018 | ||
2017
A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 26 was called for November 7, 2017. The candidate filing deadline was on September 22, 2017. The candidates who successfully qualified were Democrat Steve Smith and Republicans Marc Morris and Tina Trent. Morris won the special election on November 7.
The seat became vacant following Geoff Duncan's (R) resignation in September 2017 to focus on his run for lieutenant governor.
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 26, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Marc Morris |
59.8% | 1,915 | |
| Democratic | Steve Smith | 21.2% | 680 | |
| Republican | Tina Trent | 19% | 609 | |
| Total Votes | 3,204 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2018 Elections and voter registration calendar," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed April 24, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election - May 22, 2018," accessed July 27, 2018
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