149th Georgia General Assembly
149th Georgia General Assembly | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Georgia General Assembly | ||||
Meeting place | Georgia State Capitol | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 56 (34 R, 22 D) | ||||
President of the Senate | Casey Cagle (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican Party | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 180 (106 R, 74 D) | ||||
Speaker of the House | Glenn Richardson (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican Party |
Terms of the Georgia General Assembly |
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The 149th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia first met in 2007, succeeding the 148th General Assembly, and was the precedent of the 150th General Assembly in 2009.
Party standings[]
Senate[]
Affiliation | Members | ||
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Republican Party | 34 | 61% | |
Democratic Party | 22 | 39% | |
Seat vacant** | 0 | ||
Governing Majority | 12 | 22% | |
Total | 56 |
House of Representatives[]
Affiliation | Members | ||
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Republican Party | 106 | 59% | |
Democratic Party | 74 | 41% | |
Seat vacant** | 0 | 2% | |
Governing Majority | 32 | 18% | |
Total | 180 |
Officers[]
Senate[]
Presiding Officer[]
Position | Name | District | Party | |
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President | Casey Cagle | n/a | Republican | |
President Pro Tempore | Eric Johnson | 1 | Republican |
Majority leadership[]
Position | Name | District | |
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Senate Majority Leader | Tommie Williams | 19 | |
Majority Caucus Chairman | Don Moody | 56 | |
Majority Whip | Mitch Seabaugh | 28 |
Minority leadership[]
Position | Name | District | |
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Senate Minority Leader | Robert Brown | 26 | |
Minority Caucus Chairman | Tim Golden | 8 | |
Minority Whip | David I. Adelman | 42 |
House of Representatives[]
Presiding Officer[]
Position | Name | District | Party | |
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Speaker of the House | Glenn Richardson | 19 | Republican | |
Speaker Pro Tempore | Mark Burkhalter | 50 | Republican |
Majority leadership[]
Position | Name | District | |
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House Majority Leader | 179 | ||
Majority Whip | Barry A. Fleming | 117 | |
Majority Caucus Chairman | Jay Roberts | 154 | |
Majority Caucus Vice Chairman | Donna Sheldon | 105 | |
Majority Caucus Sec./Treas. | 111 |
Minority leadership[]
Position | Name | District | |
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House Minority Leader | DuBose Porter | 143 | |
Minority Whip | Carolyn Hugley | 133 | |
Minority Caucus Chairman | Calvin Smyre | 132 | |
Minority Caucus Vice Chairman | Nikki Randall | 138 | |
Minority Caucus Secretary | Kathy Ashe | 56 |
Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2007-2008[]
District | Senator | Party | Residence |
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1 | Eric Johnson | Republican | Savannah |
2 | Regina D. Thomas | Democratic | Savannah |
3 | Jeff Chapman | Republican | Brunswick |
4 | Jack Hill | Republican | Reidsville |
5 | Curt Thompson | Democratic | Norcross |
6 | Doug Stoner | Democratic | Smyrna |
7 | Greg Goggans | Republican | Douglas |
8 | Tim Golden | Democratic | Valdosta |
9 | Don Balfour | Republican | Snellville |
10 | Emanuel Jones | Democratic | Decatur |
11 | John Bulloch | Republican | Ochlocknee |
12 | Michael Meyer von Bremen | Democratic | Albany |
13 | Republican | Tifton | |
14 | George Hooks | Democratic | Americus |
15 | Ed Harbison | Democratic | Columbus |
16 | Ronnie Chance | Republican | Tyrone |
17 | Republican | Social Circle | |
18 | Cecil Staton | Republican | Macon |
19 | Tommie Williams | Republican | Lyons |
20 | Ross Tolleson | Republican | Perry |
21 | Chip Rogers | Republican | Woodstock |
22 | Ed Tarver | Democratic | Augusta |
23 | Democratic | Blythe | |
24 | Bill Jackson | Republican | Evans |
25 | Johnny Grant | Republican | Milledgeville |
26 | Robert Brown | Democratic | Macon |
27 | Jack Murphy | Republican | Cumming |
28 | Mitch Seabaugh | Republican | Sharpsburg |
29 | Seth Harp | Republican | Midland |
30 | William Hamrick | Republican | Carrollton |
31 | Bill Heath | Republican | Bremen |
32 | Judson Hill | Republican | Marietta |
33 | Steve Thompson | Democratic | Marietta |
34 | Valencia Seay | Democratic | Riverdale |
35 | Kasim Reed | Democratic | Atlanta |
36 | Nan Orrock | Democratic | Atlanta |
37 | Republican | Kennesaw | |
38 | Horacena Tate | Democratic | Atlanta |
39 | Vincent Fort | Democratic | Atlanta |
40 | Republican | Dunwoody | |
41 | Steve Henson | Democratic | Tucker |
42 | David Adelman | Democratic | Decatur |
43 | Ronald Ramsey Sr. | Democratic | Lithonia |
44 | Gail Davenport | Democratic | Jonesboro |
45 | Renee S. Unterman | Republican | Buford |
46 | Bill Cowsert | Republican | Athens |
47 | Ralph T. Hudgens | Republican | Comer |
48 | David Shafer | Republican | Duluth |
49 | Lee Hawkins | Republican | Gainesville |
50 | Nancy Schaefer | Republican | Turnerville |
51 | Chip Pearson | Republican | Dawsonville |
52 | Preston W. Smith | Republican | Rome |
53 | Jeff Mullis | Republican | Chickamauga |
54 | Republican | Dalton | |
55 | Gloria S. Butler | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
56 | Dan Moody | Republican | Alpharetta |
Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 2007-2008[]
District | Representative | Party | First elected | Residence |
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1 | Jay Neal | Republican | 2005 | LaFayette |
2 | Martin Scott | Republican | 2005 | Rossville |
3 | Republican | 2001 | Ringgold | |
4 | Republican | 2001 | Dalton | |
5 | John D. Meadows, III | Republican | 2005 | Calhoun |
6 | Tom Dickson | Republican | 2005 | Cohutta |
7 | David Ralston | Republican | 2003 | Blue Ridge |
8 | Charles F. Jenkins | Democratic | 2003 | Blairsville |
9 | Amos Amerson | Republican | 2001 | Dahlonega |
10 | Benjamin D. Bridges, Sr. | Republican | 1997 | Cleveland |
11 | Barbara Massey Reece | Democratic | 1999 | Menlo |
12 | Tom Graves | Republican | 2003 | Ranger |
13 | Katie Dempsey | Republican | 2007 | Rome |
14 | Barry Dean Loudermilk | Republican | 2005 | Cassville |
15 | Republican | 1993 | White | |
16 | Democratic | 2007 | Cedartown | |
17 | Howard R. Maxwell | Republican | 2003 | Dallas |
18 | Mark Butler | Republican | 2003 | Carrollton |
19 | Glenn Richardson | Republican | 1997 | Hiram |
20 | Charlice H. Byrd | Republican | 2005 | Woodstock |
21 | Republican | 2003 | Canton | |
22 | Sean Jerguson | Republican | 2007 | Woodstock |
23 | Mark Hamilton | Republican | 2007 | Cumming |
24 | Republican | 2001 | Suwanee | |
25 | Republican | 1993 | Gainesville | |
26 | Republican | 1995 | Gainesville | |
27 | Doug Collins | Republican | 2007 | Gainesville |
28 | Democratic | 1985 | Toccoa | |
29 | Alan Powell | Democratic | 1991 | Hartwell |
30 | Tom McCall | Republican | 1995 | Elberton |
31 | Tommy Benton | Republican | 2005 | Jefferson |
32 | Judy Manning | Republican | 1997 | Marietta |
33 | Don Wix | Democratic | 1999 | Austell |
34 | Rich Golick | Republican | 1999 | Smyrna |
35 | Ed Setzler | Republican | 2005 | Acworth |
36 | Earl Ehrhart | Republican | 1989 | Powder Springs |
37 | Terry Johnson | Democratic | 2005 | Marietta |
38 | Steve Tumlin | Republican | 2005 | Marietta |
39 | Alisha Thomas Morgan | Democratic | 2003 | Austell |
40 | Rob Teilhet | Democratic | 2003 | Smyrna |
41 | Sharon Cooper | Republican | 1997 | Marietta |
42 | Don Parsons | Republican | 1995 | Marietta |
43 | Bobby Franklin | Republican | 1997 | Marietta |
44 | Sheila Jones | Democratic | 2005 | Atlanta |
45 | Matt Dollar | Republican | 2003 | Marietta |
46 | Jan Jones | Republican | 2003 | Milton |
47 | Chuck Martin | Republican | 2003 | Alpharetta |
48 | Harry Geisinger | Republican | 2005 | Roswell |
49 | Wendell Willard | Republican | 2001 | Sandy Springs |
50 | Mark Burkhalter | Republican | 1993 | Johns Creek |
51 | Republican | 1997 | Norcross | |
52 | Joe Wilkinson | Republican | 2001 | Atlanta |
53 | Democratic | 1987 | Atlanta | |
54 | Edward Lindsey | Republican | 2005 | Atlanta |
55 | "Able" Mable Thomas | Democratic | 2003 | Atlanta |
56 | Kathy Ashe | Democratic | 1991 | Atlanta |
57 | Pat Gardner | Democratic | 2001 | Atlanta |
58 | Robbin Shipp | Democratic | 2007 | Atlanta |
59 | Margaret Kaiser | Democratic | 2007 | Atlanta |
60 | Georganna T. Sinkfield | Democratic | 1983 | Atlanta |
61 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | 1975 | East Point |
62 | Democratic | 1995 | East Point | |
63 | Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr. | Democratic | 1981 | Atlanta |
64 | Roger B. Bruce | Democratic | 2003 | Atlanta |
65 | Sharon Beasley-Teague | Democratic | 1993 | Red Oak |
66 | Virgil Fludd | Democratic | 2003 | Tyrone |
67 | Bill Hembree | Republican | 1999 | Winston |
68 | Republican | 2005 | Villa Rica | |
69 | Randy Nix | Republican | 1995 | LaGrange |
70 | Lynn Ratigan Smith | Republican | 1997 | Newnan |
71 | Billy Horne | Republican | 2005 | Sharpsburg |
72 | Matt Ramsey | Republican | 2007 | Peachtree City |
73 | John P. Yates | Republican | 1993 | Griffin |
74 | Democratic | 2005 | Riverdale | |
75 | Democratic | 2007 | Jonesboro | |
76 | Mike Glanton | Democratic | 2007 | Jonesboro |
77 | Democratic | 2001 | Riverdale | |
78 | Democratic | 2007 | Jonesboro | |
79 | Fran Millar | Republican | 1999 | Atlanta |
80 | Mike Jacobs | Republican | 2005 | Brookhaven |
81 | Republican | 2003 | Atlanta | |
82 | Democratic | 2007 | Atlanta | |
83 | Mary Margaret Oliver | Democratic | 2003 | Decatur |
84 | Stacey Abrams | Democratic | 2007 | Atlanta |
85 | Stephanie Stuckey Benfield | Democratic | 1999 | Atlanta |
86 | Karla Drenner | Democratic | 2001 | Avondale Estates |
87 | Michele D. Henson | Democratic | 1991 | Stone Mountain |
88 | Billy Mitchell | Democratic | 2003 | Stone Mountain |
89 | Earnest "Coach" Williams | Democratic | 2003 | Avondale Estates |
90 | Howard Mosby | Democratic | 2003 | Atlanta |
91 | Democratic | 1997 | Decatur | |
92 | Pam Stephenson | Democratic | 2003 | Atlanta |
93 | Dee Dawkins-Haigler | Democratic | 2008 | Lithonia |
94 | Democratic | 2001 | Lithonia | |
95 | Republican | 2005 | Loganville | |
96 | Pedro Rafael Marin | Democratic | 2003 | Duluth |
97 | Brooks P. Coleman, Jr. | Republican | 1993 | Duluth |
98 | Republican | 2005 | Buford | |
99 | Hugh Floyd | Democratic | 2003 | Norcross |
100 | Democratic | 2005 | Lilburn | |
101 | Republican | 1997 | Lawrenceville | |
102 | Clay Cox | Republican | 2005 | Lilburn |
103 | David Casas | Republican | 2005 | Lilburn |
104 | Republican | 2003 | Lawrenceville | |
105 | Donna Sheldon | Republican | 2003 | Dacula |
106 | Melvin Everson | Republican | 2005 | Snellville |
107 | Republican | 1995 | Woodbine | |
108 | Terry Lamar England | Republican | 2005 | Auburn |
109 | Republican | 2005 | McDonough | |
110 | John Lunsford | Republican | 2001 | McDonough |
111 | Republican | 2005 | Monroe | |
112 | Republican | 2005 | Social Circle | |
113 | Republican | 1999 | Watkinsville | |
114 | Democratic | 1993 | Athens | |
115 | Doug McKillip | Democratic | 2007 | Athens |
116 | Mickey Channell | Republican | 1993 | Greensboro |
117 | Barry A. Fleming | Republican | 2003 | Harlem |
118 | Republican | 1995 | Evans | |
119 | Barbara Sims | Republican | 2007 | Augusta |
120 | Quincy Murphy | Democratic | 2001 | Augusta |
121 | Henry "Wayne" Howard | Democratic | 1990 | Augusta |
122 | Hardie Davis | Democratic | 2007 | Augusta |
123 | Gloria Frazier | Democratic | 2007 | Hephzibah |
124 | Democratic | 1997 | Sparta | |
125 | Republican | 2005 | Monticello | |
126 | David Knight | Republican | 2005 | Griffin |
127 | Republican | 2007 | Zebulon | |
128 | Democratic | 2007 | LaGrange | |
129 | Republican | 1993 | Columbus | |
130 | Debbie Buckner | Democratic | 2003 | Junction City |
131 | Richard H. Smith | Republican | 2005 | Columbus |
132 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | 1975 | Columbus |
133 | Carolyn Hugley | Democratic | 1993 | Columbus |
134 | Mike Cheokas | Democratic | 2005 | Americus |
135 | Lynmore James | Democratic | 1993 | Montezuma |
136 | Democratic | 1983 | Fort Valley | |
137 | Allen Peake | Republican | 1997 | Macon |
138 | Nikki Randall | Democratic | 1999 | Macon |
139 | David E. Lucas, Sr. | Democratic | 1975 | Macon |
140 | Republican | 2005 | Macon | |
141 | Bobby Eugene Parham | Democratic | 1975 | Milledgeville |
142 | Jimmy Lord | Democratic | 1977 | Sandersville |
143 | DuBose Porter | Democratic | 1983 | Dublin |
144 | Jimmy Pruett | Republican | 2007 | Eastman |
145 | Willie Lee Talton | Republican | 2005 | Warner Robins |
146 | Larry O'Neal | Republican | 2001 | Bonaire |
147 | Buddy Harden | Republican | 2008 | Cordele |
148 | Bob Hanner | Democratic | 1975 | Parrott |
149 | Gerald E. Greene | Democratic | 1983 | Cuthbert |
150 | Winfred J. Dukes | Democratic | 1997 | Albany |
151 | Freddie Powell Sims | Democratic | 2005 | Dawson |
152 | Ed Rynders | Republican | 2003 | Albany |
153 | Austin Scott | Republican | 1997 | Tifton |
154 | Republican | 2003 | Ocilla | |
155 | Greg Morris | Republican | 1999 | Vidalia |
156 | Larry "Butch" Parrish | Republican | 1985 | Swainsboro |
157 | Jon G. Burns | Republican | 2005 | Newington |
158 | Bob Lane | Republican | 1981 | Brooklet |
159 | Buddy Carter | Republican | 2005 | Pooler |
160 | Bob Bryant | Democratic | 2005 | Garden City |
161 | Lester Jackson | Democratic | 1999 | Savannah |
162 | J. Craig Gordon | Democratic | 2007 | Savannah |
163 | Burke Day | Republican | 1995 | Savannah |
164 | Ron Stephens | Republican | 1997 | Savannah |
165 | Al Williams | Democratic | 2003 | Midway |
166 | Republican | 1995 | Glennville | |
167 | Republican | 2005 | Darien | |
168 | Republican | 1979 | Nicholls | |
169 | Chuck Sims | Republican | 1997 | Ambrose |
170 | Penny Houston | Republican | 1997 | Nashville |
171 | Democratic | 1983 | Camilla | |
172 | Gene Maddox | Republican | 2005 | Cairo |
173 | Mike Keown | Republican | 2005 | Thomasville |
174 | Ellis Black | Democratic | 2001 | Valdosta |
175 | Amy Carter | Democratic | 2007 | Valdosta |
176 | Democratic | 1994 | Lakeland | |
177 | Mark Hatfield | Republican | 2005 | Waycross |
178 | Republican | 1993 | Jesup | |
179 | Republican | 2001 | Brunswick | |
180 | Republican | 2003 | Woodbine |
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