Clay Pirkle

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Clay Pirkle
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Georgia House of Representatives District 155
Georgia House of Representatives District 169
Successor: Angie O'Steen
Predecessor: Dominic LaRiccia

Education

Bachelor's

Georgia Institute of Technology

Graduate

University of Georgia

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Clay Pirkle (Republican Party) was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 169. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. He left office on January 13, 2025.

Pirkle (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 169. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Clay Pirkle earned a B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Georgia. His career experience includes working as a farmer with Pirkle Farms, an economist with the U.S. government, a commercial banker, an economics instructor with Darton College, and a teaching assistant with the economics department and soybean lab of the University of Georgia.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Pirkle was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Pirkle was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Pirkle was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

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

Georgia committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
• Motor Vehicles
• Science and Technology
• State Properties


Elections

2024

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024

Clay Pirkle did not file to run for re-election.

2022

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 169

Incumbent Clay Pirkle defeated Mickey Brockington in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 169 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Clay Pirkle (R)
 
74.6
 
13,846
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Mickey Brockington (D)
 
25.4
 
4,709

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

Total votes: 18,555
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 169

Mickey Brockington advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 169 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Mickey Brockington
 
100.0
 
1,630

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

Total votes: 1,630
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 169

Incumbent Clay Pirkle advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 169 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Clay Pirkle
Clay Pirkle
 
100.0
 
6,680

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

Total votes: 6,680
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2020

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 155

Incumbent Clay Pirkle defeated Lethia Kittrell in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 155 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Clay Pirkle
Clay Pirkle (R)
 
72.2
 
16,132
Image of Lethia Kittrell
Lethia Kittrell (D) Candidate Connection
 
27.8
 
6,214

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

Total votes: 22,346
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 155

Lethia Kittrell advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 155 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Lethia Kittrell
Lethia Kittrell Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,733

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

Total votes: 2,733
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 155

Incumbent Clay Pirkle advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 155 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Clay Pirkle
Clay Pirkle
 
100.0
 
7,731

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

Total votes: 7,731
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2018

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 155

Incumbent Clay Pirkle won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 155 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Clay Pirkle
Clay Pirkle (R)
 
100.0
 
15,946

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

Total votes: 15,946
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 155

Incumbent Clay Pirkle advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 155 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Clay Pirkle
Clay Pirkle
 
100.0
 
3,461

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

Total votes: 3,461
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2016

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives 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 Clay Pirkle ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 155 general election.[2][3]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 155 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Clay Pirkle Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 16,499
Total Votes 16,499
Source: Georgia Secretary of State



Incumbent Clay Pirkle ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 155 Republican primary.[4][5]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 155 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Clay Pirkle Incumbent (unopposed)

2015

See also: Georgia state legislative special elections, 2015

A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 155 was called for July 14.[6] A runoff election took place on August 11. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3.[7]

The seat was vacant following Jay Roberts' (R) appointment to planning director of the state Department of Transportation.[8]

Scott Lowell Downing (R), Horace Hudgins (R), Sherry Miley (R) and Clay Pirkle (R) faced off in a special election.[9] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Hudgins and Pirkle, met in a runoff election, which Pirkle won.[10][11]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 155, Special Election Runoff, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngClay Pirkle 58.9% 2,341
     Republican Horace Hudgins 41.1% 1,636
Total Votes 3,977
Georgia House of Representatives, District 155, Special Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngClay Pirkle (advanced to runoff) 36.5% 1,386
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngHorace Hudgins (advanced to runoff) 31.7% 1,204
     Republican Scott Lowell Downing 23.9% 910
     Republican Sherry Miley 7.9% 301
Total Votes 3,801

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Clay Pirkle did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Clay Pirkle did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Clay Pirkle campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Georgia House of Representatives District 169Won general$82,125 $0
2020Georgia House of Representatives District 155Won general$55,638 N/A**
2018Georgia House of Representatives District 155Won general$16,400 N/A**
2016Georgia House of Representatives, District 155Won $5,532 N/A**
2015Georgia House of Representatives, District 155, special electionWon $32,171 N/A**
Grand total$191,866 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "Representative Clay Pirkle," accessed April 11, 2023
    2. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
    3. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
    4. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
    5. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
    6. ↑ PeachPundit.com, "Dates of Special Elections To Fill Vacancies," accessed May 18, 2015
    7. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Call for Special Elections in State House of Representatives Districts 48, 80, 146, 155," accessed May 21, 2015
    8. ↑ bizjournals.com, "Jay Roberts tapped for Georgia DOT planning director," accessed May 18, 2015
    9. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "State Representative, District 155," accessed June 8, 2015
    10. ↑ Georgia Election Results, "Statewide results for special election," accessed August 13, 2015
    11. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election Runoff results," accessed September 8, 2015

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    Preceded by
    Dominic LaRiccia (R)     		Georgia House of Representatives District 169
    2023-2025    		 Succeeded by
    Angie O'Steen (R)
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    -     		Georgia House of Representatives District 155
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