Matt Bentley
Matt Bentley (Republican Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 40. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Bentley was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 6 of the Georgia State Senate.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 40
Erick Allen defeated Matt Bentley in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 40 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Erick Allen (D) | 54.7 | 15,719 | |
| Matt Bentley (R) | 45.3 | 13,029 | ||
| Total votes: 28,748 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sandra Bullock (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 40
Sandra Bullock defeated Erick Allen in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 40 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sandra Bullock | 58.1 | 2,260 |
| Erick Allen | 41.9 | 1,633 | ||
| Total votes: 3,893 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justin Gorman (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 40
Matt Bentley defeated Taryn Bowman in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 40 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Bentley | 65.8 | 2,808 | |
| Taryn Bowman | 34.2 | 1,457 | ||
| Total votes: 4,265 | ||||
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2017
A special election for the position of Georgia State Senate District 6 was called for 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 two Democrats: Jaha Howard and Jen Jordan. Because there was no Republican in the runoff, this seat flipped from Republican to Democratic control. Although two Democratic candidates advanced in the November 7 election, the five Republican candidates in the election received a higher share of the overall vote than the three Democrats, winning 50.7 percent. Jen Jordan (D) won the runoff election with 64 percent of the vote and flipped the seat for Democrats.[1]
The candidate filing deadline was September 15.[2] The Democratic candidates who successfully qualified were Howard, Jordan, and Taos Wynn. Howard challenged Hill in the 2016 election. He lost by 3.8 points. The Republican candidates who successfully qualified were Charlie Fiveash, Kathy Eichenblatt, Leah Aldridge, Leo Smith, and Matt Bentley.
The seat became vacant following Hunter Hill's (R) resignation in September 2017 to focus on his run for governor.
| Georgia State Senate, District 6, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jen Jordan |
63.9% | 10,688 | |
| Democratic | Jaha Howard | 36.1% | 6,028 | |
| Total Votes | 16,716 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
| Georgia State Senate, District 6, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jen Jordan (advanced to runoff) |
24.4% | 5,868 | |
| Democratic | Jaha Howard (advanced to runoff) |
22.5% | 5,408 | |
| Republican | Leah Aldridge | 18.4% | 4,431 | |
| Republican | Charlie Fiveash | 16.8% | 4,026 | |
| Republican | Matt Bentley | 11.2% | 2,695 | |
| Republican | Kathy Eichenblatt | 3% | 728 | |
| Democratic | Taos Wynn | 2.3% | 562 | |
| Republican | Leo Smith | 1.2% | 299 | |
| Total Votes | 24,017 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Georgia House of Representatives
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