David Pennington (Georgia)
David Pennington was a Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia in the 2014 elections. He has served as the Mayor of Dalton, Georgia since 2008.[1]
Biography
Pennington serves in the part-time position of Mayor of Dalton, Georgia. He has held this position since 2008. He also founded Advanced Insurance Strategies.
Education
- Dalton High School
- Dalton Junior College
- B.A. in economics from University of Georgia
Elections
2014
- See also: Georgia gubernatorial election, 2014
Pennington ran for election to the office of Governor of Georgia. Pennington sought the Republican nomination in the primary on May 20, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
- Republican primary
| Governor of Georgia, Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Nathan Deal Incumbent |
72.1% | 430,170 | ||
| David Pennington | 16.7% | 99,548 | ||
| John Barge | 11.2% | 66,500 | ||
| Total Votes | 596,218 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State Election Results. | ||||
Campaign media
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Polls - 2014 governor race
General election
All candidates - October
| Governor of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Nathan Deal* (R) | Jason Carter (D) | Andrew Hunt (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Monmouth University October 26-28, 2014 | 48% | 42% | 5% | 5% | +/-4.7 | 436 | |||||||||||||
| SurveyUSA October 24-27, 2014 | 46% | 44% | 3% | 6% | +/-4 | 611 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS News/YouGov October 16-23, 2014 | 47% | 43% | 2% | 8% | +/-4 | 1,774 | |||||||||||||
| InsiderAdvantageGeorgia October 21-22, 2014 | 44% | 44% | 5% | 7% | +/-3.7 | 704 | |||||||||||||
| Landmark Poll October 20-21, 2014 | 47.7% | 45.2% | 4.9% | 2.2% | +/-2.75 | 1,000 | |||||||||||||
| SurveyUSA October 17-20, 2014 | 45% | 43% | 4% | 8% | +/-4.1 | 606 | |||||||||||||
| WRBL October 13-14, 2014 | 44.3% | 44.3% | 6.2% | 5.3% | +/-2.49 | 1,543 | |||||||||||||
| Landmark Communications October 10, 2014 | 45% | 45% | 5% | 5% | +/-3 | 1,000 | |||||||||||||
| InsiderAdvantage September 29-October 1, 2014 | 44% | 43% | 4% | 9% | +/-3.2 | 947 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS/YouGov September 20-October 1, 2014 | 48% | 43% | 1% | 7% | +/-3 | 1,851 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 45.9% | 43.65% | 4.01% | 6.25% | +/-3.49 | 1,047.2 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
All candidates - through September
| Governor of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Nathan Deal* (R) | Jason Carter (D) | Andrew Hunt (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| SurveyUSA (Likely voters) September 19-22, 2014 | 44% | 45% | 4% | 7% | +/-4.3 | 550 | |||||||||||||
| InsiderAdvantage September 10-11, 2014 | 44% | 40% | 7% | 9% | +/-2.9 | 1,167 | |||||||||||||
| Landmark (R) September 9-11, 2014 | 44% | 47% | 4% | 5% | +/-2.9 | 1,109 | |||||||||||||
| Abt SRBI Inc/Atlanta Journal-Constitution September 8-11, 2014 | 43% | 42% | 7% | 8% | +/-4.0 | 884 | |||||||||||||
| Landmark (R) (dead link) August 20-21, 2014 | 40.1% | 44.4% | 3.6% | 11.9% | +/-4.0 | 600 | |||||||||||||
| InsiderAdvantage August 12-13, 2014 | 43% | 39% | 7% | 11% | +/-3.7 | 719 | |||||||||||||
| Landmark (R) July 25, 2014 | 40% | 47% | 5% | 9% | +/-3.8 | 750 | |||||||||||||
| Landmark (R) July 15, 2014 | 41.3% | 48.7% | 4% | 6% | +/-4.0 | 750 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Poll (D-Better Georgia) July 11-13, 2014 | 41% | 40% | 8% | 11% | +/-3.8 | 664 | |||||||||||||
| InsiderAdvantage Poll June 24-25, 2014 | 47% | 40% | 3% | 10% | +/-2.7 | 1,349 | |||||||||||||
| Survey USA/11Alive April 24-27, 2014 | 41% | 37% | 9% | 3% | +/-2.5 | 1,567 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 42.58% | 42.74% | 5.6% | 8.26% | +/-3.51 | 919 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
**Incumbency is denoted by asterisk (*)
Deal vs. Carter
| Governor of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Nathan Deal* (R) | Jason Carter (D) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports September 15-16, 2014 | 45% | 44% | 8% | +/-4.0 | 750 | ||||||||||||||
| Hicks Evaluation Group August 8-10, 2014 | 45% | 45% | 9% | +/-3.48 | 788 | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (D-MoveOn) April 1-4, 2014 | 42% | 43% | 15% | +/-3.9 | 628 | ||||||||||||||
| Landmark Communications/Rosetta Stone March 30, 2014 | 43% | 39% | 18% | +/-4.0 | 575 | ||||||||||||||
| Insider Advantage/Fox 5 Atlanta/Morris News Service March 9-10, 2014 | 38% | 41% | 21% | +/-4.0 | 486 | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (D-Better Georgia) February 19-20, 2014 | 45% | 42% | 12% | +/-3.0 | 833 | ||||||||||||||
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution Poll January 6-9, 2014 | 47% | 38% | 15% | +/-4.0 | 802 | ||||||||||||||
| InsiderAdvantage Poll January 6, 2014 | 44% | 22% | 34% | +/-4.6 | 529 | ||||||||||||||
| Better Georgia/Public Policy Polling October 7-8, 2013 | 44% | 40% | 16% | +/-4.1 | 602 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 43.67% | 39.33% | 16.44% | +/-3.9 | 665.89 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
**Incumbency is denoted by asterisk (*)
Republican primary
| Georgia Governor - 2014 Republican primary | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Nathan Deal | David Pennington | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (August 2-5, 2013) | 71% | 11% | 19% | +/-6.1 | 260 | ||||||||||||||
| Better Georgia Poll (dead link) (May 7-9, 2013) | 53% | 18% | 29% | +/-2.5 | 1,483 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 62% | 14.5% | 24% | +/-4.3 | 871.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
**Incumbency is denoted by asterisk (*)
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Pennington is a native of Dalton, Georgia. His wife is named Pamela, and they have two children, David IV and Mary Jane.[1]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
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