Rodney Stooksbury
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Rodney Stooksbury is a Democratic politician who won the Democratic nomination to represent Georgia's 6th congressional district in the 2016 U.S. congressional election. He lost the general election that year to Republican incumbent Tom Price.
2016 congressional election[edit]
Stooksbury ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination for the 6th district in Georgia, and won with 100% of the vote, 11,050 in total.[1]
During the general election campaign, he was described as a "ghost candidate," with no public photograph, website, or social media presence.[2] Despite this, Stooksbury won 38.3% of the vote with 124,917 total votes.[3]
Following fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff's loss in the 2017 special election in the 6th district, it was initially reported that Stooksbury had won more votes than Ossoff, despite not actively campaigning, and being outspent by Ossoff by $24 million to $0.[4][5] However, special elections, like midterm elections, generally have much lower turnout than presidential-year elections such as 2016.[6][7][8][9][10] [11][12] Ossoff finished with more votes than Stooksbury, 125,517 to 124,917.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "GEORGIA ELECTION RESULTS". State of Georgia. May 24, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ Astrid Martinez (November 4, 2016). "Who is the 'ghost candidate' for U.S. 6th district?". CBS46. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ "GEORGIA ELECTION RESULTS". State of Georgia. November 8, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ Robinson, Nathan J. (June 22, 2017). "GHOST CANDIDATES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE". Current Affairs. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ Christine Rousselle (June 22, 2017). "Oh My: Jon Ossoff Received Fewer Votes Than The 2016 GA-06 Candidate...Who Spent Zero Dollars". Townhall.com. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ Jack Brewster (June 19, 2017). "Never Mind Who Wins. The Biggest Question in Georgia's House Race Is Who Turns Out to Vote". Time. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Rodney Stooksbury, Georgia's "ghost" candidate who ran before Jon Ossoff, breaks his silence". Newsweek. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ Hallerman, Tamar. "Jon Ossoff's mystery 6th District predecessor emerges". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ Schoen, Jacob; Pramuk, John W. (2017-04-07). "Georgia special election: 6th District is drawing big money". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ Schoen, Jacob; Pramuk, John W. (2017-04-17). "Georgia House special election: Trump slams Democrat Jon Ossoff". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "Health Care, a Private Island, and the STOCK Act: Two Senate Races Play Out in Georgia, Part I". Harvard Political Review. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ Ryan, Shane (June 21, 2017). "The Centrism of Jon Ossoff is a Plague on the Left, and it Has to Die". Paste.
- ↑ "JON OSSOFF: $24 MILLION DOLLARS FOR 600 VOTES". The Georgia Record. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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