Regina Thomas (actress)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Regina D. Thomas is a former Democratic member of the
Georgia State Senate The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Georgia State Senate and the lower house of the General Assembly, the Georgia House of Representatives, comprise the bicameral leg ...
, representing the 2nd District since a special election January 11, 2000. Previously, she was a member of the
Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republican Party (United States), Repu ...
from 1994 to 1998. In the 2008 election, Thomas sought election to the
U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...
from Georgia's 12th congressional district, running in the Democratic
primary Primary or primaries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels * Primary (band), from Australia * Primary (musician), hip hop musician and record producer from South Korea * Primary Music, Israeli record label Work ...
against the incumbent, John Barrow. She lost her challenge to Barrow by approximately 50 percentage points. She ran again in
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
, and, after losing the Democratic nomination by 15 points, planned to run as a
write-in candidate A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
in the general election, but in August 2010 the office of the
Secretary of State of Georgia The secretary of state of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public record Public records are documents or pieces of information that are ...
ruled that she was ineligible to do so. In January 2019, Thomas announced that she planned to run for Mayor of
Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Brita ...
in that year's election.https://www.wsav.com/news/your-local-election-hq/regina-thomas-throws-hat-into-the-ring-for-savannah-mayor/1697800140
- Meredith Parker and Wright Gazaway
"Regina Thomas announces campaign for Savannah mayor"
''WTOC'', January 11, 2019.
Thomas received 13.5% of the vote in the first round and was eliminated.


References


External links


Regina Thomas' 2008 campaign site

42 Reasons
video
Georgia Legislature – Senator Regina Thomas
official government site
Project Vote Smart – Senator Regina D. Thomas (GA)
profile * ''Follow the Money'' – Regina D Thomas *
200620042002200019981996
campaign contributions Georgia (U.S. state) state senators Members of the Georgia House of Representatives Women state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from Savannah, Georgia 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub