El-Mahdi Holly
El-Mahdi Holly | |
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Cauble |
| Constituency | 111th District (2019–2022) 116th District (2022–Present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 16, 1976 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | McDonough, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Morehouse College, University of West Georgia |
| Occupation | Politician |
El-Mahdi E. Holly (born February 16, 1976) is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, Holly has served in the Georgia House of Representatives for the 111th and 116th district.
Holly ran in a special election for the Georgia House to fill the remainder of the term of Brian Strickland in January 2018. In the nonpartisan blanket election, Republican Geoffrey Cauble earned 51% of the 3,652 total votes, while Holly finished in second place with 30%, fellow Democrat Tarji Leonard Dunn got 12%, and Republican Larry Morey received 6%. Holly ran again in the November 2018 general election. After 4 back-to-back races that year, Holly won an upset victory over the incumbent, pulling a 13-point lead and 16,143 votes over Cauble's 12,385 votes, essentially flipping the semi-rural district out of Republican control.
In the 2022 Georgia House of Representatives election he was redistricted to District 116. The 11th district went to Republican Reynaldo Martinez.