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SD 40 candidate Tamara Johnson-Shealey
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Tamara Yolanda Johnson-Shealey (D-Peachtree Corners)
District 40 (DeKalb, Fulton & Gwinnett counties)
Tamara Johnson-Shealey
Unions have donated $4,700 to Tamara Johnson-Shealey’s two races for the state Senate. Sixty percent of her campaign funds, though, have come from donors of $100 or less.
Johnson-Shealey left her home and her business off the personal financial disclosure she filed in March 2016. She said the omission was an oversight and amended the disclosure on Nov. 4 after Atlanta Unfiltered called it to her attention.
Political career
- Won the 2014 Democratic nomination for Senate District 40, 69-31%, but lost 63-37% to Sen. Fran Millar in the general election.
- Faces Millar again in the 2016 general election.
Employment
- Senior advocate, Politics Beauty Inc. (registered lobbyist in Ga. in 2014-15)
Business ownership interests
- CEO, Georgia Concerned Beauty Professionals.
Other fiduciary positions
- None disclosed.
Real estate holdings
- Personal residence in Peachtree Corners valued at $250,000.
Other investments
- None disclosed.
Payments from state agencies
- None disclosed.
Friends and Family
- Jim Shealey, her husband, is chairman of the Gwinnett County Democratic Party. He is running in 2016 for Gwinnett County Commission chairman against incumbent Charlotte Nash.
Campaign contributions
Johnson-Shealey has raised more than $22,000 in political donations. The breakdown by election cycle:
- 2014: $9,906
- 2015-16: $13,858
- Reported cash on hand (Oct. 2016): $282
Top donors
- $2,000 Communications Workers of America
- $2,000 Georgia Federation of Teachers
- $1,250 John Alderman, Roswell, Ga., retired
- $1,200 Sen. Steve Henson
Campaign-to-campaign donations
Candidates may give campaign funds to other candidates, a practice that some say provides a legal means to circumvent contribution limits. A 2003 bill to ban such transfers altogether passed in the Senate but died in the House. Johnson-Shealey’s campaign has made no such donations.
