# Regina Thomas
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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Regina Thomas
| state_senate = Georgia State
| district = 2nd
| term_start = January 18, 2000
| term_end = January 12, 2009
| predecessor = [Diana Harvey Johnson](/source/Diana_Harvey_Johnson)
| successor = [Lester Jackson](/source/Lester_Jackson)
| state_house2 = Georgia
| district2 = 148th
| term_start2 = January 9, 1995
| term_end2 = January 11, 1999
| predecessor2 = Diana Harvey Johnson
| successor2 = Lester Jackson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|5}}
| birth_place = [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| spouse = Ervin J. Thomas, Sr.
| alma_mater = [Beach High School](/source/Beach_High_School)[[https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2009/01/21/beach-students-give-inauguration-standing/13747784007/ Beach students give inauguration standing ovation], The Associated Press, www.savannahnow.com, 2009]
[Community College of Baltimore](/source/Community_College_of_Baltimore), [Maryland](/source/Maryland)
| occupation = community volunteer
}}
'''Regina Thomas''' (born December 5, 1951) is an American politician who served as a member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) from 1995 to 1999 and the [Georgia State Senate](/source/Georgia_State_Senate) from 2000 to 2009.
In the [2008 election](/source/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia), Thomas sought election to the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Georgia's 12th congressional district](/source/Georgia's_12th_congressional_district), running in the Democratic [primary](/source/Partisan_primary) against the incumbent, [John Barrow](/source/John_Barrow_(U.S._politician)).[{{Citation| last = Donahue| first = Patrick | title = Barrow gearing up for primary| newspaper = [Effingham Herald](/source/Effingham_Herald) | date = May 26, 2008| url = http://www.effinghamherald.net/news/article/3771/}}] She lost her challenge to Barrow by approximately 50 percentage points.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} She ran again in [2010](/source/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia),[{{Cite web|url = http://www.savannahtribune.com/news/2009-12-16/Front_Page/Regina_Thomas_Announces_12th_District_Congressiona.html|title = Regina Thomas Announces 12th District Congressional Run|date = December 16, 2009|accessdate = December 7, 2018|website = [Savannah Tribune](/source/Savannah_Tribune)|publisher = |last = |first =|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716011509/http://www.savannahtribune.com/news/2009-12-16/Front_Page/Regina_Thomas_Announces_12th_District_Congressiona.html|archivedate=July 16, 2011}}] and, after losing the Democratic nomination by 15 points, planned to run as a [write-in candidate](/source/write-in_candidate) in the general election,[{{Cite web|url = http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-08-18/regina-thomas-plans-write-vote-congress-might-be-ineligible|title = Regina Thomas plans write-in vote for Congress but might be ineligible|date = August 18, 2010|accessdate = June 4, 2014|website = [Savannah Morning News](/source/Savannah_Morning_News)|publisher = |last = Peterson|first = Larry}}] but in August 2010 the office of the [Secretary of State of Georgia](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Georgia) ruled that she was ineligible to do so.[{{Cite web|url = http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-08-27/state-regina-thomas-cant-be-nov-2-write-candidate-against-barrow-mckinney|title = State: Regina Thomas can't be a Nov. 2 write-in candidate against Barrow, McKinney|date = August 27, 2010|accessdate = June 4, 2014|website = [Savannah Morning News](/source/Savannah_Morning_News)|publisher = |last = Peterson|first = Larry}}]
In January 2019, Thomas announced that she planned to run for Mayor of [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia) in [that year's election](/source/2019_Savannah_mayoral_election).[https://www.wsav.com/news/your-local-election-hq/regina-thomas-throws-hat-into-the-ring-for-savannah-mayor/1697800140]
- Meredith Parker and Wright Gazaway, [http://www.wtoc.com/2019/01/11/regina-thomas-announces-campaign-savannah-mayor/ "Regina Thomas announces campaign for Savannah mayor"], ''WTOC'', January 11, 2019. Thomas received 13.5% of the vote in the first round and was eliminated.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://reginathomas4congress.com/ Regina Thomas' 2008 campaign site]
* [http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o168/bunkbedrocks/?action=view¤t=42reasons.flv 42 Reasons] video
* [http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/senate/rthomasbio.php Georgia Legislature – Senator Regina Thomas] '''official government site'''
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=7989 Project Vote Smart – Senator Regina D. Thomas (GA)] profile
* ''Follow the Money'' – Regina D Thomas
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=78909 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=19216 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=2301 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=27042 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=26610 1998] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=26113 1996] campaign contributions
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Category:Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Category:Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Category:Women state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Living people
Category:Politicians from Savannah, Georgia
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly
Category:1951 births
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