Michele Henson

Michele Henson

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Georgia House of Representatives District 86

Successor: Zulma Lopez

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 11, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Miami

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Michele Henson (Democratic Party) was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 86. She assumed office on January 14, 1991. She left office on January 11, 2021.

Henson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 86. She lost in the Democratic primary runoff on August 11, 2020.

Biography

Henson's professional experience includes working as an administrator, businesswoman, and owner of a custom picture framing business.^[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Henson was assigned to the following committees:

• House Health and Human Services Committee
• House Economic Development and Tourism Committee
• Small Business Development Committee

2017 legislative session

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

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Henson served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Henson served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Henson served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Henson served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2020

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 86

Zulma Lopez won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 86 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Zulma Lopez (D)	100.0	23,209

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,209
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 86

Zulma Lopez defeated incumbent Michele Henson in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 86 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Zulma Lopez	54.9	3,082
		Michele Henson	45.1	2,534

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,616
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Michele Henson and Zulma Lopez advanced to a runoff. They defeated LaDena Bolton and Joscelyn O'Neil in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 86 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Henson	41.2	4,642
✔		Zulma Lopez	29.8	3,355
		LaDena Bolton	18.7	2,105
		Joscelyn O'Neil	10.4	1,171

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,273
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2018

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Michele Henson won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 86 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Henson (D)	100.0	19,236

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Michele Henson defeated Joscelyn O'Neil in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 86 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Henson	71.6	3,984
		Joscelyn O'Neil	28.4	1,583

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 5,567
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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 Michele Henson ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 86 general election.^[2][3]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 86 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Michele Henson Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	19,124
Total Votes				19,124
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

Incumbent Michele Henson defeated Joscelyn O'Neil in the Georgia House of Representatives District 86 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 86 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Michele Henson Incumbent	75.97%	3,234
	Democratic	Joscelyn O'Neil	24.03%	1,023
Total Votes				4,257

2014

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with runoff elections taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent Michele Henson defeated Jacqueline Adams in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.^[6][7][8]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 86 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michele Henson Incumbent	70.1%	2,850
Jacqueline Adams	29.9%	1,216
Total Votes		4,066

2012

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2012

Henson ran in the 2012 election for Georgia House of Representatives District 86. Henson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on July 31, 2012. Lisa Y. Kinnemore ran unopposed in the Republican primary. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.^[9] Henson defeated Lisa Kinnemore in the general election.^[10]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 86, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Michele Henson Incumbent	77.2%	16,413
	Republican	Lisa Kennemore	22.8%	4,856
Total Votes				21,269

2010

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2010

Henson ran for re-election to the 87th District seat in 2010. She had no opposition in the July 20 primary and no one filed to run against her in the general election. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.^[11]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 87 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Michele Henson (D)		10,847	100.0%

2008

In 2008 Henson was re-elected to the Georgia House of Representatives District 87. Henson (D) ran unopposed and finished with 16,993 votes.^[12] Henson raised $25,494 for her campaign fund.^[13]

Georgia House of Representatives District 87
Candidates		Votes
Michele Henson (D)		16,993

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2016

Henson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:^[14]

Affordable and accessible healthcare

• Excerpt: "Michele is committed to instituting all provisions of the Affordable Care Act, and making sure that Republican leaders don’t hold their dislike for our President over the needs of our families."

First rate education

• Excerpt: "Quality public school education should not depend on where you live. Michele wants to make sure that our tax dollars are focused on making each of our schools a “School of Excellence”; that way every student in DeKalb has a level playing field where they can work hard and compete for quality jobs in our changing economy."

Strengthening DeKalb

• Excerpt: "DeKalb County is at a critical point in our history. We must come together to create solutions to the problems we face and restore the trust in DeKalb County government."

Quality jobs

• Excerpt: "Michele is dedicated to working in her community to forge public-private partnerships between industries and local colleges in order to train people for good jobs that pay well."

Campaign finance summary

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2020

In 2020, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 26. The session was suspended from March 13 through June 11.

• Club for Growth Foundation

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.

• Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• Georgia Environment

Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

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