Jamar Myers-Montgomery
Jamar Myers-Montgomery (independent) (also known as Doc) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Louisiana. He lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Myers-Montgomery completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jamar Myers-Montgomery was born in San Bernardino, California. He earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Los Angeles, a J.D. from the Southern University Law Center, and an M.B.A. from Southern University and A&M College. His career experience includes working as a youth public defender and university lecturer.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2020
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Louisiana on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Cassidy (R) | 59.3 | 1,228,908 | |
| Adrian Perkins (D) | 19.0 | 394,049 | ||
| Derrick Edwards (D) | 11.1 | 229,814 | ||
| Antoine Pierce (D) | 2.7 | 55,710 | ||
| Dustin Murphy (R) | 1.9 | 38,383 | ||
| David Drew Knight (D) | 1.8 | 36,962 | ||
| Beryl Billiot (Independent) | 0.8 | 17,362 | ||
| John Paul Bourgeois (Independent) | 0.8 | 16,518 | ||
| Peter Wenstrup (D) | 0.7 | 14,454 | ||
| Aaron Sigler (L) | 0.5 | 11,321 | ||
| M.V. Mendoza (Independent) | 0.4 | 7,811 | ||
 | Melinda Mary Price (Independent) | 0.4 | 7,680 | |
| Jamar Myers-Montgomery (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,804 | ||
| Reno Jean Daret III (Independent) | 0.2 | 3,954 | ||
| Xan John (Independent) | 0.1 | 2,813 | ||
| Total votes: 2,071,543 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Greg Fitch (Independent)
- Dartanyon Williams (D)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jamar Myers-Montgomery completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Myers-Montgomery's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jamar "Doc" Montgomery earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Los Angeles, a Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center, and an MBA from Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Montgomery's career experience includes working as a university lecturer, youth public defender, and a US Navy weapon systems engineer. Montgomery has served as a presenter on cryptocurrency, crypto economics, and blockchain technology.
- I'm an unapologetic advocate and voice for the People.
- I'm loyal to the People and their Constitution, not a party.
- The only rights you have, are the ones you exercise.
Bigger, Better Business, Educational Excellence, Social Action, Technology, Foreign Policy and National Security, Agriculture, Healthcare
My very first job was working for the United States Navy as a weapon systems engineer. I was nineteen years old, and a new college graduate. I served alongside the best the US Navy has to offer as a civilian patriot for close to 5 years.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 11, 2020
