Nancy Jester
Nancy Jester (Republican Party) was a member of the DeKalb County Commission in Georgia, representing District 1. Jester assumed office in 2014. Jester left office on December 31, 2020.
Jester (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the DeKalb County Commission to represent District 1 in Georgia. Jester lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Jester was a Republican candidate for Georgia State Superintendent of Schools in the 2014 elections.[1]
Jester is a former member of the DeKalb County Board of Education.[2]
Biography
Jester earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. She is an actuarial consultant.[3]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2020)
General election
General election for DeKalb County Commission District 1
Robert Patrick defeated incumbent Nancy Jester in the general election for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Patrick (D)  | 57.2 | 40,123 |
| Nancy Jester (R) | 42.8 | 30,069 | |
| Total votes: 70,192 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for DeKalb County Commission District 1
Robert Patrick defeated Cynthia Yaxon in the Democratic primary runoff for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Patrick | 54.6 | 4,194 |
 | Cynthia Yaxon | 45.4 | 3,481 | |
| Total votes: 7,675 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1
Cynthia Yaxon and Robert Patrick advanced to a runoff. They defeated Md Naser and Ben Truman in the Democratic primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cynthia Yaxon | 34.3 | 6,753 |
| ✔ | | Robert Patrick | 33.3 | 6,561 |
| Md Naser | 23.2 | 4,579 | |
| Ben Truman | 9.2 | 1,819 | |
| Total votes: 19,712 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1
Incumbent Nancy Jester advanced from the Republican primary for DeKalb County Commission District 1 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Jester | 100.0 | 8,618 |
| Total votes: 8,618 | |||
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2014
Jester ran for election to the office of Georgia State Superintendent of Schools.[1] Jester sought the Republican nomination in the primary. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
- Republican primary
| Georgia Superintendent of Schools, Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Mike Buck |
19.5% | 91,435 | ||
| Richard Woods |
16.8% | 78,542 | ||
| Mary Kay Bacallao | 15.3% | 71,810 | ||
| Ashley Bell | 15% | 70,065 | ||
| Nancy Jester | 10.9% | 51,211 | ||
| Fitz Johnson | 7.7% | 35,862 | ||
| Allen Bowles Fort | 6.3% | 29,504 | ||
| Sharyl Dawes | 5.4% | 25,468 | ||
| Kira Willis | 3.1% | 14,584 | ||
| Total Votes | 468,481 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State Election Results. | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2014
Jester, dubbed "Mom with a Calculator"[4] is running on a platform of reforming public school education in the state, with the slogan, "More classroom, less bureaucracy."[1]
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nancy Jester for Superintendent 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed November 18, 2013
- ↑ Cross Roads News, "Nancy Jester launches campaign to lead Georgia’s school systems," November 15, 2013
- ↑ Nancy Jester 2014 campaign website, "About Nancy," accessed November 25, 2013
- ↑ YouTube - ATPDV, "Nancy Jester Budgeting," October 29, 2013
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