Ellen Wright
Ellen T. Wright (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 29. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Wright completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ellen Wright was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned an associate degree from Clayton State University in 1999, a bachelor's degree from Milligan University in 1999, and an associate degree from South University in 2010. Her career experience includes working as a healthcare professional and a medical technology laboratory manager. Wright has been affiliated with Troup Country Court Appointed Special Advocates.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 29
Incumbent Randy Robertson defeated Ellen T. Wright in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 29 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Robertson (R) | 65.2 | 62,859 | |
| Ellen T. Wright (D) | 34.8 | 33,500 | ||
| Total votes: 96,359 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 29
Ellen T. Wright advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 29 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ellen T. Wright | 100.0 | 6,001 | |
| Total votes: 6,001 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 29
Incumbent Randy Robertson advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 29 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Robertson | 100.0 | 14,793 | |
| Total votes: 14,793 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 29
Incumbent Randy Robertson defeated Ellen T. Wright in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 29 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Robertson (R) | 66.2 | 48,339 | |
| Ellen T. Wright (D) | 33.8 | 24,628 | ||
| Total votes: 72,967 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 29
Ellen T. Wright defeated Frederick Manley in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 29 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ellen T. Wright | 56.3 | 5,019 | |
| Frederick Manley | 43.7 | 3,898 | ||
| Total votes: 8,917 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 29
Incumbent Randy Robertson advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 29 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Robertson | 100.0 | 23,611 | |
| Total votes: 23,611 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ellen T. Wright completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wright's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Ellen T Wright is a native Georgian, married, retired Medical Technologist, living in Meriwether County since 1995. She was educated in the public school system and received the majority of her college education in the Georgia University system. Wright holds degrees in Biology and Chemistry and Paralegal Studies. She is a registered Medical Technologist with the American Medical Technologists, a Certified Paralegal (the first in the state) and has done extensive volunteer work with the Court Appointed Special Advocates program in Troup County. She has 25 years of professional work in healthcare of which 15 years were in management. She has done international volunteer work in healthcare for a non-profit organization. Her varied work background and interests mean that she has the scope to bring a new perspective to bringing jobs, healthcare, better education for our public schools, affordable housing, and improved infrastructure that employers require. Our people know what we need. Politicians do not. We must start listening to our people if we want to improve our lives.
- Politicians have been listening to donors not the people. The people are the ones who know what the problems are and they are the ones who know what the solutions will be. They LIVE with the problems. The donors only see the bottom line on the balance sheets. If you take care of the "front line" people, your bottom line will take care of itself.
- If we want the companies to come into Georgia to bring the jobs, we absolutely have to be able to show them that we are serious about healthcare (including improving maternal healthcare and pediatric availability), public schools that are top flight, affordable housing for front line workers, minimum wages that are livable, and infrastructure that WORKS. This is an investment in our future.
- I believe in the power of women, young people, and minorities. I have seen what we can do when we mobilize. This is the election of our lives and quite possibly of our country's existence. This is in our hands and we are going to answer the call. People are trying to rob us of our Constitutional Rights and We. Will. Not. Let. Them. We hold the ultimate power-the power of the vote. We can and will vote them out of office. This is a democracy where the voices of the people matter. I believe in YOU. I believe that you will not only vote for me, but for every person who is a Democrat on the ballot. We will lift this country back up and bring us back on track and away from disaster.
Women's healthcare
Public school education
Employment (Jobs)
Affordable Housing
Infrastructure (roads, air, rail, waterways, water treatment, utilities, broadband, disaster relief and emergency management, etc.
That's a long list. But the first two are my maternal grandfather, J.K. Derrick, and my father, E. A. Thompson. They were the cornerstones of my life and taught me so much.
A Clear and Present Danger by Allen Drury-the book not the film
Honesty, integrity, compassion, sense of humor, work experience, patience.
accountability to all of the people in your district, not just the ones who voted for you and a dedication to doing the best job possible to the best of your ability.
The Bay of Pigs invasion. No, not telling how old I was. It dates me enough as it is.
The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien Why? Why does anyone love dwarves, elves, hobbits, wizards, etc.?
Primarily clean energy and transportation particularly east-west. Georgia has always been primarily focused on north-south routes. Now that Savannah and Charleston have gained prominence as sea ports, we need to be able to get goods out west from there. That will mean building a new network of some kind to do it. Right now, everything has to go either north or south before it can move west. That's inefficient. It needs to start west.
not at the present time
A legislature is similar to the Congress in that regard. Congress provides oversight of both the Executive Branch and the Judicial Branch. It therefore has oversight of emergency powers at the federal level. Likewise, a legislature should have oversight over the state's executive should emergency powers ever be warranted. It is part of the balance of power.
I'm not sure yet (5/4/24), I have several ideas in mind.
Georgia Conservation Voters
Everytown/Moms for Action
Georgia Equality
Emily's List
Health and Human Services
Children and Families
Education and Youth
Science and Technology
Natural Resources and Environment
There's way too little of either.
I have long advocated for a state ballot initiative as it gives the voters a mechanism to bring measures to the attention of the legislature that the party in the majority may decide to just "shut it down" so that it never comes up. There have been several things lately that should have been brought up that the majority leaders just would not allow to be brought into discussion. That's not right. If the voters want it discussed and voted on, then it needs to be brought up and discussed. That's what they are there for. They are not our grandparents. They have no right to decide those things for us like we are children. They were elected to serve the people.
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2022
Ellen T. Wright completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wright's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a native of GA, born in Atlanta, raised in Red Oak, GA, and I went to public schools K-12. I have secondary education in Biology/Chemistry (AS/BS degrees) and Medical Technology. I also hold a degree in Paralegal Studies (AS). I spent 25 years in the field of healthcare the last 14 years in management. I am currently volunteering as a CASA in Troup County (11 years). This is a career switch for me and is important to me because I believe the people of this district are not being adequately heard or represented. To date, no public town halls have been held. They have been talked 'at', not listened 'to'. Laws have been passed to restrict their voting access. I want to reverse that situation if I can. Citizens need to be heard.
- Jobs need to come to this area, but they need to be sustainable jobs, not seasonal or periodic. We do not need any more layoffs or plant closings. We need to support the small entrepreneurs.
- Affordable housing is hard to find. Ordinary people cannot find a place to even rent with the prices like they are. We need to find a solution so that people can house their families without working 2/3 jobs.
- Healthcare is a huge issue out in the rural areas. Maternal care has to be addressed. Pediatric care goes right along with it. People cannot work and take time off to drive 2-3 hours to the doctor then wait 2-3 hours. They not only lose wages, they could lose their jobs. This has got to change.
Jobs, affordable housing, rural healthcare, election security and access, broadband, infrastructure, and public schools are all interests of mine and I am passionately interested in them all. It is hard to say which ones are more important because they're ALL important and interrelated. Our district needs all of this and more. It will be difficult to compete with the rest of Georgia, but somehow it will have to be done. We need to address this issues and do it now.
Several people for different reasons: Greta Thunberg for her dedication and courage, Malala for her courage and quiet wisdom, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson for her leadership and ability to forge alliances, Angela Merkel for her steely strength, Hillary Clinton for her steadfastness in spite of all the garbage thrown at her, Elizabeth Warren-her persistence, of course!, AOC for her intelligence and outspoken passion, and so many more. So many women are stepping up and standing up. So many good people are saying "enough" and simply won't stand down. If you have ethics and moral standards, this is something that you have to do. I am one of those people. I have had enough.
#1 The Voters elected you. Remember that.
- 2 The Party is not the Voters. See #1.
- 3 You owe the Voters something.
Tenacity, Compassion, Dedication, Persistence, Intelligence, Integrity, Honesty
The Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. I don't remember much about it, but it scared me and my sister so badly that the fireworks for the Fourth had us screaming. I think we were 7 &5.
I worked for Rich's department store at Greenbriar selling sewing machines for one summer. I didn't sell a single one.
Eragon Dragonrider
Communication is a two-way street. It needn't always be completely amicable. In fact, I would be suspicious if it was.
We're going to be facing a lot of debate about election security here in Georgia. That's a given. We will also be trying to compete for bringing in more industry, expanding our healthcare system and hardening it against future challenges, bringing our educational system back up to par without using tax money for vouchers, finishing installing broadband statewide, and overhauling our infrastructure. All of this is going to be massively expensive and people are going to be impatient for their corner of the patch to get theirs NOW.
Maybe, maybe not. It certainly helps to have a basic understanding of civics.
To an extent, yes. There's always going to be a cooperative element to the process. But you do not want to be so beholden to someone that they can dictate your votes. That is defeating the purpose of you being there.
Third-party NON-PARTISAN. There is no way for partisan redistricting to be good for the voters.
Probably Healthcare. I'm not sure.
I don't think so.
I'm inclined to say to granting. Oversight? That might work.
It can be. I do not believe that it is, however, REQUIRED. There are some things that are non-negotiable.
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See also
2024 Elections
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