Marckeith DeJesus
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Marckeith DeJesus (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Georgia. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.
DeJesus was a 2017 Democratic special election candidate for District 39 of the Georgia State Senate.
DeJesus was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 56 of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Elections
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Georgia, 2020 (Perdue vs. Ossoff runoff)
United States Senate election in Georgia, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in Georgia, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)
General runoff election
General runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent David Perdue in the general runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia on January 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jon Ossoff (D)  | 50.6 | 2,269,923 |
 | David Perdue (R) | 49.4 | 2,214,979 | |
| Total votes: 4,484,902 | |||
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General election
General election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent David Perdue and Jon Ossoff advanced to a runoff. They defeated Shane Hazel in the general election for U.S. Senate Georgia on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Perdue (R) | 49.7 | 2,462,617 |
| ✔ | | Jon Ossoff (D) | 47.9 | 2,374,519 |
 | Shane Hazel (L) | 2.3 | 115,039 | |
| Total votes: 4,952,175 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Darrell McGuire (Independent)
- Clifton Kilby (Independent)
- Elbert Bartell (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Georgia
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Georgia on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jon Ossoff | 52.8 | 626,819 |
 | Teresa Tomlinson | 15.8 | 187,416 | |
 | Sarah Riggs Amico | 11.8 | 139,574 | |
 | Maya Dillard Smith | 8.8 | 105,000 | |
 | James Knox | 4.2 | 49,452 | |
 | Marckeith DeJesus | 3.9 | 45,936 | |
| Tricia Carpenter McCracken | 2.7 | 32,463 | ||
| Total votes: 1,186,660 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Akhenaten Amun (D)
- Harold Shouse (D)
- Elaine Whigham Williams (D)
- Ted Terry (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent David Perdue advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Perdue | 100.0 | 992,555 |
| Total votes: 992,555 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Jackson (R)
- Michael Jowers (R)
2017
A special election for the position of Georgia State Senate District 39 was held on November 7, 2017. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, a special runoff election between the top-two candidates was held on December 5, 2017. It featured Democrats Nikema Williams and Linda Pritchett. Nikema Williams (D) won the runoff election with 51 percent of the vote.[1]
The candidate filing deadline was September 15.[2] The candidates who successfully qualified to run were Republican Nick Carlson and Democrats Elijah Tutt, Linda Pritchett, Marckeith DeJesus, and Nikema Williams.
The seat became vacant following Vincent Fort's (D) resignation in August 2017 to run for mayor of Atlanta.
| Georgia State Senate, District 39, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Nikema Williams |
51.1% | 11,522 | |
| Democratic | Linda Pritchett | 48.9% | 11,047 | |
| Total Votes | 22,569 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
| Georgia State Senate, District 39, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Nikema Williams (advanced to runoff) |
34.8% | 9,208 | |
| Democratic | Linda Pritchett (advanced to runoff) |
31.5% | 8,337 | |
| Republican | Nick Carlson | 14.5% | 3,840 | |
| Democratic | Marckeith DeJesus | 10.9% | 2,883 | |
| Democratic | Elijah Tutt | 8.2% | 2,178 | |
| Total Votes | 26,446 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
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 Mable Thomas ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 56 general election.[3][4]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 56 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Mable Thomas Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 16,683 | |
| Total Votes | 16,683 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Mable Thomas defeated Marckeith DeJesus and Mel Peoples in the Georgia House of Representatives District 56 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 56 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Mable Thomas Incumbent |
78.23% | 1,904 | |
| Democratic | Marckeith DeJesus | 11.54% | 281 | |
| Democratic | Mel Peoples | 10.23% | 249 | |
| Total Votes | 2,434 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marckeith DeJesus did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
DeJesus' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]
Jobs and the economy
- Excerpt: "I will propose and support the following:
- Soliciting new companies to the district and state, restaurant franchises outside the perimeter to explore coming into the district.
- Securing funds for infrastructure such as road and bridge projects, and to fix harmful potholes within the district.
- Increasing the minimum wage.
- Keeping the business taxes low to attract new businesses outside the state and more importantly start up and small businesses within the district and state."
Education
- Excerpt: "If elected I will propose and support the following:
- Review of the materials that are being used to educate our children and to ensure we have the most up to date historical information and if necessary update the textbooks and literature circulating in our schools.
- Funding for new and or updated textbooks and materials
- Security to maintain a safe environment and the best teaching and learning experience without harmful interruptions.
- Wireless computer networks in libraries.
- Investigate underperforming schools, bring them up to par and continuously work with state and local educators to ensure they have what is needed to educate our children.
- Convert traditional learning experience from textbooks to computers, which will also save trees and better the environment.
- Provide vocational and technical training for non- college bound high school students."
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official campaign website
- Marckeith DeJesus on Facebook
- Marckeith DeJesus on Twitter
- Marckeith DeJesus on Instagram
- Georgia Legislature
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Unofficial Results," accessed December 5, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Marckeith DeJesus, "Issues," accessed May 3, 2016
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