El-Mahdi Holly
2023 - Present
2027
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El-Mahdi Holly (Democratic Party) is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 116. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Holly (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 116. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
El-Mahdi Holly lives in Stockbridge, Georgia. Holly earned a B.A. from Morehouse College and an M.P.A. from the University of West Georgia. His career experience includes working as a community organizer, a regional political field director with the Democratic Party of Georgia, an at-large corporate engagement director with the Morehouse College Atlanta Alumni Association, a senior law clerk, and a criminal warrant officer.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Holly was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Holly was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Holly was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 116
Incumbent El-Mahdi Holly defeated Reign Stevens in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 116 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly (D) | 81.6 | 23,762 | |
| Reign Stevens (R) | 18.4 | 5,346 | ||
| Total votes: 29,108 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116
Incumbent El-Mahdi Holly advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly | 100.0 | 6,269 | |
| Total votes: 6,269 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116
Reign Stevens advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Reign Stevens | 100.0 | 641 | |
| Total votes: 641 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 116
Incumbent El-Mahdi Holly defeated Bruce Bennington in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 116 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly (D) | 73.3 | 16,706 | |
| Bruce Bennington (R) | 26.7 | 6,075 | ||
| Total votes: 22,781 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116
Incumbent El-Mahdi Holly advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly | 100.0 | 6,416 | |
| Total votes: 6,416 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116
Bruce Bennington advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 116 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bruce Bennington | 100.0 | 2,726 | |
| Total votes: 2,726 | ||||
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2020
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent El-Mahdi Holly won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly (D) | 100.0 | 27,997 | |
| Total votes: 27,997 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent El-Mahdi Holly defeated Tarji Leonard Dunn in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly | 50.9 | 5,619 | |
| Tarji Leonard Dunn | 49.1 | 5,419 | ||
| Total votes: 11,038 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
El-Mahdi Holly defeated incumbent Geoffrey Cauble in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly (D) | 56.6 | 16,143 | |
| Geoffrey Cauble (R) | 43.4 | 12,385 | ||
| Total votes: 28,528 | ||||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
El-Mahdi Holly defeated Tarji Leonard Dunn in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on July 24, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly | 58.9 | 1,315 | |
| Tarji Leonard Dunn | 41.1 | 919 | ||
| Total votes: 2,234 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Tarji Leonard Dunn and El-Mahdi Holly advanced to a runoff. They defeated I. Darryl Payton in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tarji Leonard Dunn | 44.0 | 1,713 | |
| ✔ | El-Mahdi Holly | 32.9 | 1,284 | |
| I. Darryl Payton | 23.1 | 900 | ||
| Total votes: 3,897 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent Geoffrey Cauble advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Geoffrey Cauble | 100.0 | 2,987 | |
| Total votes: 2,987 | ||||
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2018 special election
A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 111 was held on January 9, 2018. The filing deadline for candidates running in this election was December 8, 2017. A runoff election would have been held on February 6, 2018, if no candidate had received over 50 percent of the vote.[2]
The seat was left vacant after the resignation of Brian Strickland (R). Strickland resigned from the state House in order to run for District 17 of the Georgia State Senate.[3] The Georgia Constitution requires that elected officials vacate their positions upon qualifying to run in an election for another position.
Geoffrey Cauble (R) defeated El-Mahdi Holly (D), Tarji Leonard Dunn (D), and Larry Morey (R) in the general election.[4]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 111, Special Election, 2018 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Geoffrey Cauble |
51% | 1,864 | |
| Democratic | El-Mahdi Holly | 30.7% | 1,122 | |
| Democratic | Tarji Leonard Dunn | 12.3% | 451 | |
| Republican | Larry Morey | 5.9% | 215 | |
| Total Votes | 3,652 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2024
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In 2024, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 28.
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2023
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In 2023, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 9 to March 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 11 to March 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 26. The session was suspended from March 13 through June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 14 through April 2.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Georgia House of Representatives District 116 |
Officeholder Georgia House of Representatives District 116 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "Representative El-Mahdi Holly," accessed April 7, 2023
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "CALL FOR SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 111," accessed December 5, 2017
- ↑ Atlanta Business Chronicle, "Jeffares leaving state Senate to focus on lieutenant governor's race," December 1, 2017
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "January 9, 2018 Special Election Official Returns," accessed January 9, 2018
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Terry England (R) |
Georgia House of Representatives District 116 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Georgia House of Representatives District 111 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Rey Martinez (R) |
