149th Georgia General Assembly

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149th Georgia General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body Georgia General Assembly
Meeting place Georgia State Capitol
Senate
Members56 (34 R, 22 D)
President of the Senate Casey Cagle (R)
Party control Republican Party
House of Representatives
Members180 (106 R, 74 D)
Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson (R)
Party controlRepublican Party

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.

Contents

Party standings

Senate

AffiliationMembers
Republican Party 34 61%
Democratic Party 22 39%
 Seat vacant**0
 Governing Majority12 22%
 Total56 

House of Representatives

AffiliationMembers
Republican Party 106 59%
Democratic Party 74 41%
 Seat vacant**0 2%
 Governing Majority32 18%
 Total180 

Officers

Senate

Presiding Officer

PositionNameDistrictParty
President Casey Cagle n/a Republican
President Pro Tempore Eric Johnson 1 Republican

Majority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
Senate Majority Leader Tommie Williams 19
Majority Caucus Chairman Don Moody 56
Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh 28

Minority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
Senate Minority Leader Robert Brown 26
Minority Caucus Chairman Tim Golden 8
Minority Whip David I. Adelman 42

House of Representatives

Presiding Officer

PositionNameDistrictParty
Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson 19 Republican
Speaker Pro Tempore Mark Burkhalter 50 Republican

Majority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
House Majority Leader Jerry Keen 179
Majority Whip Barry A. Fleming 117
Majority Caucus Chairman Jay Roberts 154
Majority Caucus Vice Chairman Donna Sheldon 105
Majority Caucus Sec./Treas. Jeff May 111

Minority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
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

DistrictSenatorPartyResidence
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 Joseph Carter Republican Tifton
14 George Hooks Democratic Americus
15 Ed Harbison Democratic Columbus
16 Ronnie Chance Republican Tyrone
17 John Douglas 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 J.B Powell 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 John J. Wiles Republican Kennesaw
38 Horacena Tate Democratic Atlanta
39 Vincent Fort Democratic Atlanta
40 Dan Weber 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 Don Thomas Republican Dalton
55 Gloria S. Butler Democratic Stone Mountain
56 Dan Moody Republican Alpharetta

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 2007-2008

DistrictRepresentativePartyFirst electedResidence
1 Jay Neal Republican2005 LaFayette
2 Martin Scott Republican2005 Rossville
3 Ronald L. Forster Republican2001 Ringgold
4 Roger Williams Republican2001 Dalton
5 John D. Meadows, III Republican2005 Calhoun
6 Tom Dickson Republican2005 Cohutta
7 David Ralston Republican2003 Blue Ridge
8 Charles F. Jenkins Democratic2003 Blairsville
9 Amos Amerson Republican2001 Dahlonega
10 Benjamin D. Bridges, Sr. Republican1997 Cleveland
11 Barbara Massey Reece Democratic1999 Menlo
12 Tom Graves Republican2003 Ranger
13 Katie Dempsey Republican2007 Rome
14 Barry Dean Loudermilk Republican2005 Cassville
15 Jeff Lewis Republican1993 White
16 Rick Crawford Democratic2007 Cedartown
17 Howard R. Maxwell Republican2003 Dallas
18 Mark Butler Republican2003 Carrollton
19 Glenn Richardson Republican1997 Hiram
20 Charlice H. Byrd Republican2005 Woodstock
21 Calvin Hill Republican2003 Canton
22 Sean Jerguson Republican2007 Woodstock
23 Mark Hamilton Republican2007 Cumming
24 Tom Knox Republican2001 Suwanee
25 James Mills Republican1993 Gainesville
26 Carl Rogers Republican1995 Gainesville
27 Doug Collins Republican2007 Gainesville
28 Jeanette Jamieson Democratic1985 Toccoa
29 Alan Powell Democratic1991 Hartwell
30 Tom McCall Republican1995 Elberton
31 Tommy Benton Republican2005 Jefferson
32 Judy Manning Republican1997 Marietta
33 Don Wix Democratic1999 Austell
34 Rich Golick Republican1999 Smyrna
35 Ed Setzler Republican2005 Acworth
36 Earl Ehrhart Republican1989 Powder Springs
37 Terry Johnson Democratic2005 Marietta
38 Steve Tumlin Republican2005 Marietta
39 Alisha Thomas Morgan Democratic2003 Austell
40 Rob Teilhet Democratic2003 Smyrna
41 Sharon Cooper Republican1997 Marietta
42 Don Parsons Republican1995 Marietta
43 Bobby Franklin Republican1997 Marietta
44 Sheila Jones Democratic2005 Atlanta
45 Matt Dollar Republican2003 Marietta
46 Jan Jones Republican2003 Milton
47 Chuck Martin Republican2003 Alpharetta
48 Harry Geisinger Republican2005 Roswell
49 Wendell Willard Republican2001 Sandy Springs
50 Mark Burkhalter Republican1993 Johns Creek
51 Tom Rice Republican1997 Norcross
52 Joe Wilkinson Republican2001 Atlanta
53 LaNett Stanley-Turner Democratic1987 Atlanta
54 Edward Lindsey Republican2005 Atlanta
55 "Able" Mable Thomas Democratic2003 Atlanta
56 Kathy Ashe Democratic1991 Atlanta
57 Pat Gardner Democratic2001 Atlanta
58 Robbin Shipp Democratic2007 Atlanta
59 Margaret Kaiser Democratic2007 Atlanta
60 Georganna T. Sinkfield Democratic1983 Atlanta
61 Bob Holmes Democratic1975 East Point
62 Joe Heckstall Democratic1995 East Point
63 Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr. Democratic1981 Atlanta
64 Roger B. Bruce Democratic2003 Atlanta
65 Sharon Beasley-Teague Democratic1993 Red Oak
66 Virgil Fludd Democratic2003 Tyrone
67 Bill Hembree Republican1999 Winston
68 Tim Bearden Republican2005 Villa Rica
69 Randy Nix Republican1995 LaGrange
70 Lynn Ratigan Smith Republican1997 Newnan
71 Billy Horne Republican2005 Sharpsburg
72 Matt Ramsey Republican2007 Peachtree City
73 John P. Yates Republican1993 Griffin
74 Roberta Abdul-Salaam Democratic2005 Riverdale
75 Celeste Johnson Democratic2007 Jonesboro
76 Mike Glanton Democratic2007 Jonesboro
77 Darryl Jordan Democratic2001 Riverdale
78 Wade Starr Democratic2007 Jonesboro
79 Fran Millar Republican1999 Atlanta
80 Mike Jacobs Republican2005 Brookhaven
81 Jill Chambers Republican2003 Atlanta
82 Kevin Levitas Democratic2007 Atlanta
83 Mary Margaret Oliver Democratic2003 Decatur
84 Stacey Abrams Democratic2007 Atlanta
85 Stephanie Stuckey Benfield Democratic1999 Atlanta
86 Karla Drenner Democratic2001 Avondale Estates
87 Michele D. Henson Democratic1991 Stone Mountain
88 Billy Mitchell Democratic2003 Stone Mountain
89 Earnest "Coach" Williams Democratic2003 Avondale Estates
90 Howard Mosby Democratic2003 Atlanta
91 Stan Watson Democratic1997 Decatur
92 Pam Stephenson Democratic2003 Atlanta
93 Dee Dawkins-Haigler Democratic2008 Lithonia
94 Randal Mangham Democratic2001 Lithonia
95 Robert F. Mumford Republican2005 Loganville
96 Pedro Rafael Marin Democratic2003 Duluth
97 Brooks P. Coleman, Jr. Republican1993 Duluth
98 Bobby Clifford Reese Republican2005 Buford
99 Hugh Floyd Democratic2003 Norcross
100 Brian W. Thomas Democratic2005 Lilburn
101 Mike Coan Republican1997 Lawrenceville
102 Clay Cox Republican2005 Lilburn
103 David Casas Republican2005 Lilburn
104 John Wilson Heard Republican2003 Lawrenceville
105 Donna Sheldon Republican2003 Dacula
106 Melvin Everson Republican2005 Snellville
107 Len Walker Republican1995 Woodbine
108 Terry Lamar England Republican2005 Auburn
109 Steve Davis Republican2005 McDonough
110 John Lunsford Republican2001 McDonough
111 Jeff May Republican2005 Monroe
112 Doug Holt Republican2005 Social Circle
113 Bob Smith Republican1999 Watkinsville
114 Keith Heard Democratic1993 Athens
115 Doug McKillip Democratic2007 Athens
116 Mickey Channell Republican1993 Greensboro
117 Barry A. Fleming Republican2003 Harlem
118 Ben L. Harbin Republican1995 Evans
119 Barbara Sims Republican2007 Augusta
120 Quincy Murphy Democratic2001 Augusta
121 Henry "Wayne" Howard Democratic1990 Augusta
122 Hardie Davis Democratic2007 Augusta
123 Gloria Frazier Democratic2007 Hephzibah
124 Sistie Hudson Democratic1997 Sparta
125 Jim Cole Republican2005 Monticello
126 David Knight Republican2005 Griffin
127 Billy Maddox Republican2007 Zebulon
128 Carl Epps Democratic2007 LaGrange
129 Vance Smith, Jr. Republican1993 Columbus
130 Debbie Buckner Democratic2003 Junction City
131 Richard H. Smith Republican2005 Columbus
132 Calvin Smyre Democratic1975 Columbus
133 Carolyn Hugley Democratic1993 Columbus
134 Mike Cheokas Democratic2005 Americus
135 Lynmore James Democratic1993 Montezuma
136 Tony Sellier Democratic1983 Fort Valley
137 Allen Peake Republican1997 Macon
138 Nikki Randall Democratic1999 Macon
139 David E. Lucas, Sr. Democratic1975 Macon
140 Allen G. Freeman Republican2005 Macon
141 Bobby Eugene Parham Democratic1975 Milledgeville
142 Jimmy Lord Democratic1977 Sandersville
143 DuBose Porter Democratic1983 Dublin
144 Jimmy Pruett Republican2007 Eastman
145 Willie Lee Talton Republican2005 Warner Robins
146 Larry O'Neal Republican2001 Bonaire
147 Buddy Harden Republican2008 Cordele
148 Bob Hanner Democratic1975 Parrott
149 Gerald E. Greene Democratic1983 Cuthbert
150 Winfred J. Dukes Democratic1997 Albany
151 Freddie Powell Sims Democratic2005 Dawson
152 Ed Rynders Republican2003 Albany
153 Austin Scott Republican1997 Tifton
154 Jay Roberts Republican2003 Ocilla
155 Greg Morris Republican1999 Vidalia
156 Larry "Butch" Parrish Republican1985 Swainsboro
157 Jon G. Burns Republican2005 Newington
158 Bob Lane Republican1981 Brooklet
159 Buddy Carter Republican2005 Pooler
160 Bob Bryant Democratic2005 Garden City
161 Lester Jackson Democratic1999 Savannah
162 J. Craig Gordon Democratic2007 Savannah
163 Burke Day Republican1995 Savannah
164 Ron Stephens Republican1997 Savannah
165 Al Williams Democratic2003 Midway
166 Terry E. Barnard Republican1995 Glennville
167 Roger Bert Lane Republican2005 Darien
168 Tommy Smith Republican1979 Nicholls
169 Chuck Sims Republican1997 Ambrose
170 Penny Houston Republican1997 Nashville
171 A. Richard Royal Democratic1983 Camilla
172 Gene Maddox Republican2005 Cairo
173 Mike Keown Republican2005 Thomasville
174 Ellis Black Democratic2001 Valdosta
175 Amy Carter Democratic2007 Valdosta
176 Jay Shaw Democratic1994 Lakeland
177 Mark Hatfield Republican2005 Waycross
178 Mark Williams Republican1993 Jesup
179 Jerry Keen Republican2001 Brunswick
180 Cecily A. Hill Republican2003 Woodbine

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