John Amari (Jefferson County Probate Court candidate, Alabama)

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This page is about John Amari, a 2024 candidate for Place 1 of the Jefferson County Probate Court in Alabama and a 2014 Republican candidate for Alabama House of Representatives District 44. For the former judge for the Jefferson County District Court in Alabama, see John E. Amari (Jefferson County District Court judge, Alabama)
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John Amari (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 1 judge of the Jefferson County Probate Court in Alabama. Amari lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Jefferson County, Alabama (2024)

General election

General election for Jefferson County Probate Court

Yashiba Blanchard defeated John Amari in the general election for Jefferson County Probate Court on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Yashiba Blanchard (D)
 
53.0
 
154,175
John Amari (R)
 
47.0
 
136,931

Total votes: 291,106
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Nonpartisan primary runoff election

Nonpartisan primary runoff for Jefferson County Probate Court

Yashiba Blanchard defeated Yawanna McDonald in the primary runoff for Jefferson County Probate Court on April 16, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Yashiba Blanchard (D)
 
61.6
 
7,211
Yawanna McDonald (D)
 
38.4
 
4,496

Total votes: 11,707
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Jefferson County Probate Court

Yawanna McDonald and Yashiba Blanchard advanced to a runoff. They defeated Everett W. Wess, Lee Loder, and Joi Travis in the Democratic primary for Jefferson County Probate Court on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Yawanna McDonald
 
31.3
 
13,029
Yashiba Blanchard
 
27.4
 
11,406
Everett W. Wess
 
19.9
 
8,285
Lee Loder
 
13.5
 
5,602
Joi Travis
 
7.9
 
3,291

Total votes: 41,613
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. John Amari advanced from the Republican primary for Jefferson County Probate Court.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Amari in this election.

2014

See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Danny Garrett defeated Joe Freeman and John Amari in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[1][2][3][4]

Alabama House of Representatives, District 44 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDanny Garrett 52.5% 3,506
John Amari 36.7% 2,449
Joe Freeman 10.9% 725
Total Votes 6,680

Campaign themes

2024

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2014

Amari's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[5]

  • Believes government should live within its means
  • Is strongly pro-life
  • Will protect the 2nd amendment
  • Will not support any tax increases on our hard working families
  • Believes responsible budgeting is needed in Montgomery
  • Will work to get government out of the way to create new jobs
  • Will work to bring new stores and restaurants to the community
  • Will protect private property rights

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