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Georgia House of Representatives District 111 is represented byRey Martinez (R).
As of the 2020 Census, Georgia state representatives represented an average of59,585 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented54,042 residents.
About the chamber
Members of theGeorgia House of Representatives servetwo-year terms and are not subject toterm limits. Georgia legislators assume office the second Monday in January.
Qualifications
Paragraph 3 of Section 2 of Article 3 of theGeorgia Constitution states, "At the time of their election, the members of the House of Representatives shall be citizens of the United States, shall be at least 21 years of age, shall have been citizens of this state for at least two years, and shall have been legal residents of the territory embraced within the district from which elected for at least one year."[1]
GA Code § 21-2-8 states that an individual cannot hold public office if they are "not a qualified voter entitled to vote."[2]
Salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[3] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $24,341.64/year | $247/day |
Vacancies
If there is a vacancy in theGeorgia General Assembly, the vacant seat must be filled by a special election. If the vacancy occurs during a legislative session, thegovernor must declare a special election no later than 10 days after the vacancy happens. If the vacancy occurs after the regular legislative session held during the first year of the term of office for members, the governor may order a special election at any time but no later than 60 days before the November general election. If the vacancy occurs between 60 days before the November general election and the next legislative session, the governor is required to order a special election within 10 days.[4]
The special election must be held no less than 30 days and no later than 60 days after the governor calls for the election. The counties representing the vacant district are responsible for conducting the election.[4]
See sources:Georgia Code § 21-2-544
District map
Redistricting
- See also:Redistricting in Georgia
In Georgia, both congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. A simple majority in each chamber is required to approve redistricting plans, which are subject to veto by thegovernor.[5]
TheGeorgia Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous. There are no similar requirements for congressional districts.[5][6]
2020-2023
Thedistrict court's approval of remedial state legislative maps was appealed to theEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral argument was held on January 23, 2025.[7]
Governor Kemp (R) signed revised legislative maps into law on December 8, 2023. Legislators in the Georgia House of Representatives voted 98-71 to adopt the new state legislative maps on December 5. The Georgia State Senate voted 32-23 to adopt the state legislative maps on December 1. For more information about the enacted legislative maps,click here.[8][9]
Below are the maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for Georgia’s 2024 state legislative elections.
Georgia House of Representatives District 111
before 2020 redistricting cycle
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Georgia House of Representatives District 111
after 2020 redistricting cycle
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Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
IncumbentRey Martinez defeatedScott Jackson in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rey Martinez (R) | 61.5 | 21,107 |
 | Scott Jackson (D)  | 38.5 | 13,193 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 34,300 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Scott Jackson advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Jackson | 100.0 | 1,774 |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,774 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
IncumbentRey Martinez advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rey Martinez | 100.0 | 3,904 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 3,904 | ||
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2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Rey Martinez defeatedRyan Cox in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rey Martinez (R) | 65.2 | 16,074 |
| Ryan Cox (D) | 34.8 | 8,586 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 24,660 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Ryan Cox advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ryan Cox | 100.0 | 2,491 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 2,491 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Rey Martinez advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rey Martinez | 100.0 | 7,483 |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 7,483 | ||
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2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
IncumbentEl-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 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 27,997 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
IncumbentEl-Mahdi Holly defeatedTarji 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 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 11,038 | ||
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2018
Regular election
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
El-Mahdi Holly defeated incumbentGeoffrey 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 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | 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 defeatedTarji 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 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. | Total votes: 2,234 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
Tarji Leonard Dunn andEl-Mahdi Holly advanced to a runoff. They defeatedI. 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 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. | Total votes: 3,897 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 111
IncumbentGeoffrey 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 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. | Total votes: 2,987 | ||
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Special election
Aspecial election for the position ofGeorgia 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.[10]
The seat was left vacant after the resignation ofBrian Strickland (R). Strickland resigned from the state House in order to run forDistrict 17 of theGeorgia State Senate.[11] TheGeorgia Constitution requires that elected officials vacate their positions upon qualifying to run in an election for another position.
Geoffrey Cauble (R) defeatedEl-Mahdi Holly (D),Tarji Leonard Dunn (D), andLarry Morey (R) in the general election.[12]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 111, Special Election, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
2016
Elections for theGeorgia House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.
IncumbentBrian Strickland defeatedDarryl Payton in the Georgia House of Representatives District 111 general election.[13][14]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 111 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Brian StricklandIncumbent | 51.69% | 14,488 | |
| Democratic | Darryl Payton | 48.31% | 13,542 | |
| Total Votes | 28,030 | |||
| Source:Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Darryl Payton ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 111 Democratic primary.[15][16]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 111 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Darryl Payton (unopposed) | |
IncumbentBrian Strickland ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 111 Republican primary.[15][16]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 111 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Brian StricklandIncumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for theGeorgia House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with runoff elections taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014.James A. "Jim" Nichols IV was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentR. Brian Strickland was unopposed in the Republican primary. Nichols was defeated by Strickland in the general election.[17][18][19]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | R. Brian StricklandIncumbent | 53.1% | 9,540 | |
| Democratic | Jim Nichols | 46.9% | 8,416 | |
| Total Votes | 17,956 | |||
2012
Elections for the office ofGeorgia House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on July 31, 2012, and a general election onNovember 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 25, 2012.Brian Strickland (R) defeatedBill Blackmon (D) in the general election. Neither candidate faced opposition in their primary.[20][21]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian Strickland | 53% | 13,172 | |
| Democratic | Bill Blackmon | 47% | 11,695 | |
| Total Votes | 24,867 | |||
Campaign contributions
From 2004 to 2024, candidates for Georgia House of Representatives District 111 raised a total of $815,163. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $37,053 on average. All figures come fromFollow the Money
| Campaign contributions, Georgia House of Representatives District 111 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Amount | Candidates | Average |
| 2024 | $47,720 | 2 | $23,860 |
| 2022 | $57,092 | 2 | $28,546 |
| 2020 | $17,713 | 1 | $17,713 |
| 2018 | $53,802 | 2 | $26,901 |
| 2016 | $194,307 | 2 | $97,154 |
| 2014 | $115,674 | 2 | $57,837 |
| 2012 | $37,836 | 2 | $18,918 |
| 2010 | $162,642 | 3 | $54,214 |
| 2008 | $6,525 | 1 | $6,525 |
| 2006 | $52,621 | 1 | $52,621 |
| 2004 | $69,231 | 4 | $17,308 |
| Total | $815,163 | 22 | $37,053 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑Justia, "Constitution of the State of Georgia," accessed May 21, 2025
- ↑Justia, "GA Code § 21-2-8," accessed May 27, 2025
- ↑National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑4.04.1The State of Georgia, "Official Code of Georgia," accessed January 23, 2024(Statute 21-2-544)
- ↑5.05.1All About Redistricting, "Georgia," accessed April 23, 2015
- ↑Georgia Constitution, "Article 3, Section 2," accessed April 23, 2015
- ↑Democracy Docket, "11th Circuit Considers Fate of Georgia Maps in High-Stakes Redistricting Case," January 21, 2025
- ↑Georgia General Assembly, "Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office - Proposed Plans," accessed December 11, 2023
- ↑Twitter, "RedistrictNet," December 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
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑15.015.1Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
- ↑16.016.1Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed November 16, 2012
- ↑Georgia Elections Division, "2012 Election Results" accessed November 16, 2012
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