Byron Gatewood
Byron Gatewood (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.
Gatewood completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Byron Gatewood served in the U.S. Army from 2007 to 2015 and has served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Gatewood earned a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University, a master's degree in international relations from the University of Oklahoma in 2015, and a master's degree in business administration from Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2017.[1] His career experience includes owning businesses and working as the managing director of Ventures ATL and as an intelligence officer.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6
Rich McCormick defeated Bob Christian in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rich McCormick (R) | 62.2 | 206,886 | |
| Bob Christian (D) | 37.8 | 125,612 | ||
| Total votes: 332,498 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6
Rich McCormick defeated Jake Evans in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rich McCormick | 66.5 | 27,455 | |
| Jake Evans | 33.5 | 13,808 | ||
| Total votes: 41,263 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6
Bob Christian defeated Wayne White in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Christian | 55.5 | 18,776 | |
| Wayne White | 44.5 | 15,025 | ||
| Total votes: 33,801 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kimberly Reuter (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rich McCormick | 43.1 | 48,967 | |
| ✔ | Jake Evans | 23.0 | 26,160 | |
| Mallory Staples | 9.0 | 10,178 | ||
| Meagan Hanson | 8.4 | 9,539 | ||
| Eugene Yu | 6.5 | 7,411 | ||
| Blake Harbin | 3.7 | 4,171 | ||
| Byron Gatewood | 3.0 | 3,358 | ||
| Suzi Voyles | 2.3 | 2,646 | ||
| Paulette Smith | 1.0 | 1,123 | ||
| Total votes: 113,553 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Harold Earls (R)
- Eric Welsh (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Byron Gatewood completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gatewood's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Byron enlisted in the National Guard as a college student in the wake of the September 11th attacks and was deployed to Afghanistan during what would have been his junior year. Upon returning, he graduated from Louisiana State University, earned a commission to active duty, going on to serve as an intelligence officer abroad, and partnered with the Israel Defense Forces and our NATO allies in efforts to make the Middle East more secure for Americans and our allies.
Byron settled in Georgia with his wife, Ashley, where he owns and operates two small businesses that employ over two dozen Georgians. Like many small business owners, Byron was hit hard by the COVID-19 lockdowns but kept the lights on and knows what Congress needs to do to get small businesses back on their feet to create good paying jobs for Peach State families. Byron gives back to his community as the managing director at Ventures ATL, which creates jobs and opportunities for adults on the autism spectrum.
Byron strongly believes in the American promise. He'll hold true to our founding ideals. As a Christian, he'll stand up for life. As a conservative, he will oppose costly tax hikes and support a government that respects the rights of states, while defending our interests abroad.
Byron is a proven conservative who Georgians can trust.- As a Christian and a conservative, I believe life begins at conception and that we have a sacred duty to respect that God made us in His image. I will always stand up for our Judeo-Christian values in Washington and oppose efforts by the radical left to redefine gender and cheapen the value of human life at every stage.
- We must rein in out-of-control spending, debt and tax hikes on working families being pushed by the Biden administration. The infrastructure bill that is 10 percent infrastructure and all debt on future generations is unacceptable. We must apply common sense and balance the budget, while opposing higher taxes on our families. Saddling our children with debt we can never repay is never the answer.
- I stand on the same side of the gun issue as the U.S. Constitution and our brilliant founding fathers who wrote it. The right to keep and bear arms, the right to self-defense, is inherent and God-given. I will oppose any attempts from Washington Democrats to infringe upon your Constitutionally enshrined, God-given rights.
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Campaign website
Gatewood's campaign website stated the following:
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Second Amendment I stand on the same side of the gun issue as the U.S. Constitution and our brilliant founding fathers who wrote it. The right to keep and bear arms, the right to self-defense, is inherent and God-given. I will oppose any attempts from Washington Democrats to infringe upon your Constitutionally enshrined, God-given rights.
As a Christian and a conservative, I believe life begins at conception and that we have a sacred duty to respect that God made us in His image. I will always stand up for our Judeo-Christian values in Washington and oppose efforts by the radical left to redefine gender and cheapen the value of human life at every stage.
The radical defund–the-police agenda being pushed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Lucy McBath and the Squad is disgraceful and is making our communities less safe. In Congress, I will stand up to these radical leftists and oppose their agenda to put felons before our families by standing with our brave men and women in law enforcement. I will always work to ensure that police and first responders have the resources they need to keep us safe.
As a U.S. Army officer who had the honor of serving my country abroad, I will always defend the United States without question or failure. Joe Biden’s actions in Afghanistan, in particular the incompetent evacuation, the deeply regretful loss of life among servicemembers and the deserting of American citizens and allies is a national disgrace and severely weakened our nation abroad and emboldened enemies, opening us up to more violence and terrorism.
We must rein in out-of-control spending, debt and tax hikes on working families being pushed by the Biden administration. The infrastructure bill that is 10 percent infrastructure and all debt on future generations is unacceptable. We must apply common sense and balance the budget, while opposing higher taxes on our families. Saddling our children with debt we can never repay is never the answer.
We must do more to support our veterans in crisis and connect those who served with programs available to them. They have earned and deserve their benefits. The homeless population and underserved veterans who were wounded in the war on terror deserve more than lip service and insufficient aid from the scandal-plagued Veterans Administration. I will stop at nothing to ensure that those who served, and their families, get the best from our government.
Woke education is seeking to brainwash the next generation. We must oppose Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the erasure of American Excellence at every level of education and government. Our kids are the future and having woke liberal bureaucrats telling a story of America that isn’t reflective of our nation and institutionalizes racism is a travesty that must be opposed and stopped. It’s time we taught American exceptionalism again. Children need to learn math and science, not woke agendas.
I stand with Georgia’s legislature in support of SB 202 – an election bill that protects the sanctity of the vote and opposes efforts by the federal government to eliminate voter ID, codify ballot harvesting and tell Georgia how to run its elections. We must stop Stacey Abrams and her radical left-wing agenda from taking over Georgia.
The All Star Game left Atlanta because Major League Baseball (MLB) put political correctness above the people who live here, costing our economy over $70 million. In Congress, I will stand up to the left-wing agenda and corporations silencing conservatives. I also oppose “Big Tech’s” effort to silence conservatives who share their beliefs. We must push back on big tech censorship, and in Congress, I will support laws that protect conservatives from technology giants infringing on their Constitutional rights.
To be a sovereign nation, we must have a defined and secure border, but President Biden has failed to secure the border and protect Americans. He has invited illegal immigrants to cross the border without regard for our laws or the safety of our country. This is a national security crisis that the Biden administration has created and must answer for. I support finishing what we started by hiring more border patrol officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, securing our border and enforcing common sense immigration laws that Congress has already passed.
As a small business owner, I have seen firsthand how the lockdowns and COVID-19 dictates have decimated our economy. We need to create conditions where employers can ensure Americans have good paying jobs and stop the squeeze of inflation on our families. In Congress, I will stand with small business and prioritize hardworking Georgians who are out of work or underemployed. I will oppose the Biden administration’s efforts to tax small businesses and Georgia families into oblivion.[3] |
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| —Byron Gatewood's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LinkedIn, "Byron Gatewood," accessed April 5, 2022
- ↑ Gatewood for Georgia, "About Byron," accessed April 5, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Gatewood for Georgia, “Priorities,” accessed March 28, 2022
