Jason Dickerson

Dickerson co-founded Quest Trucking, a logistics company, and serves as president of Purple Chip Capital Management, an investment firm. Dickerson stated he manages 1.3 million shares of Harley-Davidson Inc. stock and would support H Partners' campaign to change the company's culture by firing CEO Jochen Zeitz, ousting board members Tom Linebarger and Sara Levinson, as well as dropping the LiveWire electric motorcycle partnership.^[2]

He and his family established the Jason T. Dickerson Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, which donates around $1.5 million annually to support homeless veterans, senior citizens, and college scholarships.^[2]

Following incumbent state senator Brandon Beach's appointment as Treasurer of the United States, Dickerson announced his campaign for the special election to fill his unexpired term. In a crowded primary race, he placed second with 17.4% of the vote and narrowly advanced to a runoff against Democrat Debra Shigley, who placed first with 40% of the vote.^[3]

According to campaign finance reports, Dickerson largely self-funded his campaign; at the time of the primary he had loaned himself $500,000, collecting only a single $100 contribution, and had lended himself a total of $750,000 at the time of the runoff election.^[4]

In the days leading up to the election, the race garnered significant national attention as Democrats hoped for an overperformance based on dissatisfaction with Donald Trump and numerous prominent Democratic figures campaigned for Shigley, including: Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin, 2026 gubernatorial candidates Geoff Duncan and Jason Esteves, 2018 and 2022 gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, as well as U.S. Representative Lucy McBath.^[5] Dickerson handily won with 61% of the vote and declared victory on election night, but noticeably underperformed both Trump's presidential margin and his predecessor Brandon Beach's 2024 margin of victory in the district.^[1][6]

On February 16, 2009, Canton Police Department responded to a call from an elderly woman regarding a shooting threat. Upon arrival, police met with the caller at her house. The woman stated she was outside taking her dog to the bathroom when her neighbor, Jason Dickerson, accused the woman of allowing her dog to use the restroom in his yard. When she denied the claims, Dickerson stated "I'll get a camera and prove it's your dog,​ or better yet I'll just shoot her and lay her in your yard." ^{[9] [10]}