Jonathan Wallace (Georgia politician)

Jonathan Wallace is an American politician from Georgia. Wallace is a former Democratic Party member of Georgia House of Representatives from District 119 from Nov. 27, 2017, until Jan. 14, 2019. He won a November 2017 Special Election to win the seat vacated by Republican Chuck Williams, who was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to serve as Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission.[1]

Jonathan Wallace
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 119th district
In office
November 27, 2017 – January 14, 2019
Preceded byChuck Williams (R)
Succeeded byMarcus Wiedower
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic

On Nov. 6, 2018, Wallace was defeated for re-election by Republican Marcus Wiedower.[2]

On January 13, 2020, Wallace announced he would be challenging Wiedower in the 2020 election to return to the State House.[3] He lost the general election on November 3, 2020 to Marcus Wiedower (Republican Party) [4]

Electoral history
2017 Special Election
Georgia House of Representatives District 119[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jonathan Wallace 4,486 56.71
Republican Tom Lord 1,573 19.88
Republican Marcus Wiedower 1,368 17.29
Republican Brian Strickland 484 6.12
Total votes 7,911 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican
2018 General Election
Georgia House of Representatives District 119[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marcus Wiedower 13,336 52.78
Democratic Jonathan Wallace (incumbent) 11,929 47.22
Total votes 25,265 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

References
  1. Erin Schilling. "Georgia representatives Gonzalez, Wallace to be sworn in today". Redandblack.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. Stephen Barr. "BREAKING: Jonathan Wallace loses seat in state House District 119 race, Clarke County finishes reporting results". Redandblack.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. GaNun, Jacqueline. "Former state Rep. Jonathan Wallace announces campaign for Georgia House of Representatives". Red & Black. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. "Georgia House of Representatives".
  5. "Georgia Special Election 2017 District 119 Election Results 11/07/2017".
  6. "Georgia General Election 2018 District 119 Election Results 11/06/2018".


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