153rd Georgia General Assembly

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153d Georgia General Assembly
152nd 154th
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Overview
Legislative body Georgia General Assembly
Meeting place Georgia State Capitol
Senate
Members56 (38 R, 18 D)
President of the Senate Casey Cagle (R)
Party control Republican Party
House of Representatives
Members180 (119 R, 60 D, 1 I)
Party controlRepublican Party
Sessions
1stJanuary 12, 2015 (2015-01-12) – April 2, 2015 (2015-04-02)
2ndJanuary 11, 2016 (2016-01-11) – March 24, 2016 (2016-03-24)

The 153rd General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 12, 2015, [1] at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Its second session was January 11 through March 24, 2016. The 153rd Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 152nd of 2013 and 2014, and preceded the 154th in 2017 and 2018.

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Party composition

Of the 180 Georgia State House seats and 56 Georgia State Senate seats, zero changed hands with respect to political party following the 2014 elections.

Senate

AffiliationMembers
Republican Party 38
Democratic Party 18
 Independent0
 Vacancies0
 Total56 

House of Representatives

AffiliationMembers
Republican Party 119
Democratic Party 60
 Independent1
 Vacancies0
 Total180 

Officers

Senate

PositionNameDistrictParty
President Casey Cagle n/a Republican
President Pro Tempore David Shafer 48 Republican

Majority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
Senate Majority Leader Bill Cowsert 46
Majority Caucus Chairman William Ligon, Jr. 3
Majority Whip Steve Gooch 51

Minority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson 41
Minority Caucus Chairman Horacena Tate 38
Minority Whip Vincent Fort 39

House of Representatives

PositionNameDistrictParty
Speaker of the House David Ralston 7 Republican
Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones 47 Republican

Majority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
House Majority Leader Jon G. Burns 159
Majority Whip Matt Ramsey 72
Majority Caucus Chairman Matt Hatchett 150
Majority Caucus Vice-Chairman Sam Teasley 37
Majority Caucus Sec./Treas. Bruce Williamson 115

Minority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams 89
Minority Whip Carolyn Hugley 136
Minority Caucus Chairman Virgil Fludd 64
Minority Caucus Vice-Chairman Billy Mitchell 88
Minority Caucus Secretary Pat Gardner 57
Minority Caucus Treasurer David Wilkerson 38

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References

  1. Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine . legis.ga.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2014.