William Harris (Georgia House District 74 candidate)
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William Harris (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 74. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Harris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
William Harris was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned a B.B.A. from the Georgia College & State University in 2010. His career experience includes working as a small business owner, a compliance specialist, and has organized worker-owned businesses.[1][2][3]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Karen Mathiak defeated William Harris in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 74 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Mathiak (R) | 63.7 | 16,332 | |
| William Harris (D) | 36.3 | 9,306 | ||
| Total votes: 25,638 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 74
William Harris defeated Errol Mitchell in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 74 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | William Harris | 64.2 | 2,025 | |
| Errol Mitchell | 35.8 | 1,131 | ||
| Total votes: 3,156 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Karen Mathiak defeated David Ballard in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 74 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Mathiak | 66.4 | 6,412 | |
| David Ballard | 33.6 | 3,248 | ||
| Total votes: 9,660 | ||||
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2020
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 73
Incumbent Karen Mathiak defeated William Harris in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 73 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Mathiak (R) | 56.0 | 16,263 | |
| William Harris (D) | 44.0 | 12,796 | ||
| Total votes: 29,059 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 73
William Harris advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 73 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | William Harris | 100.0 | 5,784 | |
| Total votes: 5,784 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 73
Incumbent Karen Mathiak advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 73 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Mathiak | 100.0 | 6,557 | |
| Total votes: 6,557 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
William Harris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harris' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is William Harris and I'm running to represent working class and progressive values for the constituents of Georgia's House District 74. I believe in a decentralized approach to society's problems and think that we should have more people up in Atlanta who want to fight to improve the conditions of the folks living in Georgia.
- Increase Wages
- Expand Healthcare
- Legalize Cannabis
I have a higher education in business and economics and focus a lot of my attention on the organization and development of worker cooperatives which stimulate our local economy and prevent the wealthy elite from exporting our work overseas. I advocate for marginalized groups to ensure that they're given the tools and resources so that they can liberate their communities. I seek true and actual freedom for the folks living here which can only be achieved when we're allowed to own our property, ensure livable wages, and minimize government overreach in our private lives.
"What is Communalism" by Murray Bookchin (1994)
I represent the working class in both policy and in material condition. I'm not rich by any means and have spent the majority of my life sharing in the same struggle for survival that most everyone else has. Having my finger on this pulse allows me to better understand the needs of the people living in our district and I ensure that my platform positions and future policymaking focus on these people.
There is only one core responsibility: to do the most good for the communities that represented us with heavy consideration of the state and national needs included.
I was in middle school when the September 11 attacks happened
The Powdermage series by Brian McClellan. I don't often read fiction but it's the one book series I couldn't put down until I finished reading them cover-to-cover
Millennials and Zoomers are the hardest working and most productive generations in human history but we're also the least paid generations compared to the size of the economy. This has resulted in pushing most of these generations into a class of perpetual renters and wage-laborers who are otherwise unable to get a fair shake at life. Suppressed wages have destroyed our local economies and the consolidation of property into the hands of a wealthy elite have impoverished these two generations for decades into the future.
The Senate structure was created to maintain lopsided power dynamics in representation. In an ideal representative institution we would have a single unicameral state legislature. In the state of Georgia a Representative to the assembly is expected to adequately represent around 60,000 individuals. A unicameral legislature could more effectively allow for better local community representation.
Computer-based redistricting processes that explicitly and intentionally form competitive districts as to not allow for political strongholds to form.
Compromise should always be one of the first avenues of policymaking we should attempt to achieve but we should NEVER compromise on certain issues if it means that the compromise would harm marginalized communities or peoples.
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2020
William Harris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harris' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a working class candidate for Georgia's 73rd House of Representatives district and I seek to represent other working class individuals.
- Working Class, I represent YOU!
- Let's start to actually help people in our state.
- It's time for our legislators to be more like our state's average resident.
Let's get work done and enact legislation that helps people including: medicaid expansion, legalizing marijuana, protecting women's healthcare rights, capping insulin prices, etc. Find out more at williamharris2020.com
Personally, I believe Robert Evans should be President.
The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy by Murray Bookchin
Actual representation of the people and an emphasis on bottom-up democracy via consensus building.
I'm not a traditional political candidate and I feel as if I can better represent the majority of our state's residents due to me being of the same socio-economic class as them.
Maximize resident benefit while reducing state pressure against each resident.
I want to bring about actual and substantiative change to this state, nation, and even world.
I was 13 years old when 9/11 happened and we watched it live on the news.
Tech Manager at OfficeMax which I held for 3 years.
I love the Powdermage Series written by Brian McClellan. I normally don't like fiction novels but I've read through every single Powdermage books released.
Caleb Nichols from HBO's West World seems like would be an interesting life to live.
"John the Fisherman" by Primus
I'm not a fan of bicameral legislative chambers. They seem to complicate democracy beyond necessity.
Absolutely not!-"Of the people, for the people" indicates that our state legislators are supposed to represent the people, not the state.
Millennials are experiencing the lowest generation of wealth in this country's entire history and we're on a pathway to not being able to retire or even own property--we need to change this.
The state legislature should hold more authority and power over the governor. The will of the people should always be prioritized higher than a single elected official.
Absolutely. We should build relationships with everyone in all of our communities.
Not really
If I have a successful campaign that is well liked then it is certainly possible.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 21, 2020
- ↑ Elect William Harris 2020, "Home," accessed January 4, 2021
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 14, 2022
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