David Byrne (Georgia)
David Byrne (Republican Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 131. He lost in the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.
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Biography
David Byrne's career experience includes working as a engineer. He served in the U.S. Air National Guard from 2016 to 2021. Byrne earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego in 2017.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 131
Heather White and Rob Clifton are running in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 131 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Heather White (D)  | |
 | Rob Clifton (R) | |
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 131
Rob Clifton defeated Paul Abbott in the Republican primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 131 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rob Clifton | 73.3 | 1,561 |
 | Paul Abbott | 26.7 | 569 | |
| Total votes: 2,130 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 131
Heather White advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 131 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Heather White | 100.0 | 1,266 |
| Total votes: 1,266 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 131
Rob Clifton and Paul Abbott advanced to a runoff. They defeated Russell Wilder, Benjamin Cairns, and David Byrne in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 131 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rob Clifton | 48.8 | 1,887 |
| ✔ | | Paul Abbott | 18.8 | 728 |
 | Russell Wilder | 17.4 | 674 | |
| Benjamin Cairns | 8.6 | 333 | |
 | David Byrne | 6.4 | 247 | |
| Total votes: 3,869 | |||
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2022
See also: Georgia gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Georgia
Incumbent Brian Kemp defeated Stacey Abrams, Shane Hazel, David Byrne, and Milton Lofton in the general election for Governor of Georgia on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Kemp (R) | 53.4 | 2,111,572 |
 | Stacey Abrams (D) | 45.9 | 1,813,673 | |
 | Shane Hazel (L) | 0.7 | 28,163 | |
| David Byrne (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 18 | |
| Milton Lofton (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | |
| Total votes: 3,953,433 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Elbert Bartell (Independent)
- President Boddie (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Georgia
Stacey Abrams advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stacey Abrams | 100.0 | 727,168 |
| Total votes: 727,168 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Georgia
Incumbent Brian Kemp defeated David Perdue, Kandiss Taylor, Catherine Davis, and Tom Williams in the Republican primary for Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Kemp | 73.7 | 888,078 |
 | David Perdue | 21.8 | 262,389 | |
 | Kandiss Taylor | 3.4 | 41,232 | |
 | Catherine Davis | 0.8 | 9,788 | |
| Tom Williams | 0.3 | 3,255 | |
| Total votes: 1,204,742 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vernon Jones (R)
2020
Presidency
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.
Presidential election, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
||
| ✔ |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
51.3
|
81,282,632 | 306 |
 
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
46.9
|
74,223,234 | 232 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.2
|
1,864,873 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.3
|
402,795 | 0 | |
 | Roque De La Fuente (multiple running mates) (Alliance Party) |
0.1
|
88,214 | 0 | |
 | Gloria La Riva (multiple running mates) (Party for Socialism and Liberation) |
0.1
|
84,905 | 0 | |
 
| Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent) |
0.0
|
67,906 | 0 | |
 
| Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party) |
0.0
|
59,924 | 0 | |
 
| Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent) |
0.0
|
49,764 | 0 | |
 
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party) |
0.0
|
35,260 | 0 | |
 
| Alyson Kennedy/Malcolm Jarrett (Socialist Workers Party) |
0.0
|
6,791 | 0 | |
 
| Bill Hammons/Eric Bodenstab (Unity Party) |
0.0
|
6,647 | 0 | |
 | Jade Simmons (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
6,534 | 0 | |
| Jerry Segal/John de Graaf (Bread and Roses) |
0.0
|
5,949 | 0 | |
 
| Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Progressive Party) |
0.0
|
5,394 | 0 | |
| Phil Collins/Billy Joe Parker (Prohibition Party) |
0.0
|
4,844 | 0 | |
 
| Jesse Ventura/Cynthia McKinney (Green Party of Alaska) |
0.0
|
3,284 | 0 | |
| President Boddie/Eric Stoneham (C.U.P.) |
0.0
|
3,171 | 0 | |
| Joe McHugh/Elizabeth Storm (Independent) |
0.0
|
2,843 | 0 | |
 
| Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Independent) |
0.0
|
2,662 | 0 | |
 | Sheila Tittle (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,806 | 0 | |
| Connie Gammon/Phil Collins (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,475 | 0 | |
| J.R. Myers/Tiara Lusk (Life and Liberty) |
0.0
|
1,372 | 0 | |
 
| Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,241 | 0 | |
| H. Brooke Paige/Thomas Witman (Grumpy Old Patriots) |
0.0
|
1,175 | 0 | |
 
| Christopher Lafontaine/Michael Speed (Independent) |
0.0
|
856 | 0 | |
 | Kyle Kenley Kopitke (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
815 | 0 | |
| Ricki Sue King/Dayna Chandler (Genealogy Know Your Family History Party) |
0.0
|
546 | 0 | |
 
| Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro/Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. (Independent) |
0.0
|
497 | 0 | |
 
| Blake Huber/Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) |
0.0
|
409 | 0 | |
| Joseph Kishore/Norissa Santa Cruz (Socialist Equality Party) |
0.0
|
317 | 0 | |
| Richard Duncan/Mitch Bupp (Independent) |
0.0
|
213 | 0 | |
|
| Jordan Marc Scott/Jennifer Tepool (Independent) |
0.0
|
175 | 0 | |
 
| Gary Swing/David Olszta (Boiling Frog) |
0.0
|
141 | 0 | |
|
| Keith McCormic/Sam Blasiak (Bull Moose) |
0.0
|
126 | 0 | |
|
| Zachary Scalf/Matthew Lyda (Independent) |
0.0
|
29 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.1
|
183,120 | 0 | ||
 |
Total votes: 158,401,939
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2018
- See also: Georgia gubernatorial election, 2018
General election
General election for Governor of Georgia
Brian Kemp defeated Stacey Abrams and Ted Metz in the general election for Governor of Georgia on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Kemp (R) | 50.2 | 1,978,408 |
| Stacey Abrams (D) | 48.8 | 1,923,685 | |
 | Ted Metz (L) | 0.9 | 37,235 | |
| Total votes: 3,939,328 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Larry Odom (Independent)
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Governor of Georgia
Brian Kemp defeated Casey Cagle in the Republican primary runoff for Governor of Georgia on July 24, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Kemp | 69.5 | 406,703 |
 | Casey Cagle | 30.5 | 178,893 | |
| Total votes: 585,596 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Georgia
Stacey Abrams defeated Stacey Evans in the Democratic primary for Governor of Georgia on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stacey Abrams | 76.4 | 424,305 |
 | Stacey Evans | 23.6 | 130,784 | |
| Total votes: 555,089 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Georgia
Casey Cagle and Brian Kemp advanced to a runoff. They defeated Hunter Hill, Clay Tippins, and Michael Williams in the Republican primary for Governor of Georgia on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Casey Cagle | 39.0 | 236,987 |
| ✔ | | Brian Kemp | 25.5 | 155,189 |
 | Hunter Hill | 18.3 | 111,464 | |
 | Clay Tippins | 12.2 | 74,182 | |
 | Michael Williams | 4.9 | 29,619 | |
| Total votes: 607,441 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eddie Hayes (R)
- Marc Alan Urbach (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Byrne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Byrne's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I grew up in a rural Northern California town known as Chico, and Durham with my two brothers and my father and mother. I grew up from humble beginnings, and attended a small rural school, riding quads in sand dunes and farms, and swimming in the community pool and creeks.
I attended UC San Diego where I received my bachelor’s in NanoEngineering, while attending ROTC. Upon achieving my bachelor’s degree, I was commissioned into the US Army National Guard as a Cyber Operations Officer. I spent the next several years working as a defense contractor and serving in the National Guard. During this time, I was stationed at Fort Gordon, later Fort Eisenhower, for active duty. Following this I spent another several years working as a defense contractor working on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, before taking a position overseas as the Cyber Threat Hunt Lead for US Army European Command, where I traveled constantly between Germany and the Army Cyber headquarters at Ft. Eisenhower. I traveled all over the world in these years, traveling to parts of Africa, and almost all of Europe. I now work for a hospital ensuring that they are protected against cyber attacks.
- We need to FORTIFY THE AMERICAN DREAM by: Preserving residential home ownership for US citizens and residents Ensuring our communities are owned by PEOPLE with a legitimate interest in their prosperity, rather than disinterested parties Retain American ownership for agricultural land
- We need to ENSURE OUR INSURANCE WORKS FOR US by: Requiring that 85% of ALL premiums go towards the policy holders Requiring that ALL overhead costs, profit, taxes, and other company related costs are kept BELOW 15%.
- We need to implement tort reform so that we are not afraid of getting sued for meaningless reasons.
I want to see informed voting restored by taking all candidate names off of ballots.
Honesty, integrity, and vision.
I am bringing actual solutions to the table.
To speak for all constituents, not just the noisiest.
I want to leave a legacy of representing everyone, not special interest groups.
I would introduce legislation to restore informed voting by removing candidate names from the ballot.
I believe that all members of congress need to have full awareness of what they are voting on. Black budgets have helped us in getting $30 trillion in debt. Additionally, I believe that it is unjust for future generations for the government to pass excessive debt to future generations.
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2022
David Byrne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
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