Zell Bryan Miller was an American politician who served as a United States senator representing Georgia from 2000 to 2005 and as the 79th governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
John Nathan Deal is an American politician and former lawyer who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,he previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA),also known as the Motor Voter Act,is a United States federal law signed into law by President Bill Clinton on May 20,1993,that came into effect on January 1,1995. The law was enacted under the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution and advances voting rights in the United States by requiring state governments to offer simplified voter registration processes for any eligible person who applies for or renews a driver's license or applies for public assistance,and requiring the United States Postal Service to mail election materials of a state as if the state is a nonprofit. The law requires states to register applicants that use a federal voter registration form,and prohibits states from removing registered voters from the voter rolls unless certain criteria are met.
George Dekle Busbee Sr.,was an American politician who served as the 77th governor of Georgia from 1975 to 1983.
Roy Eugene Barnes is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. As of 2024,he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
Ellis Gibbs Arnall was an American politician who served as the 69th Governor of Georgia from 1943 to 1947. A liberal Democrat,he helped lead efforts to abolish the poll tax and to reduce Georgia's voting age to 18. Following his departure from office,he became a highly successful attorney and businessman.
Carl Edward Sanders Sr. was an American attorney and politician who served as the 74th governor of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.
Kathy Cox is a former superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia,and is a Republican. A high school teacher by occupation,Cox also served two terms,from 1998 to 2002,in the Georgia House of Representatives,representing Peachtree City,Georgia,prior to her election as superintendent in 2002. Cox sought re-election in 2006,defeating Democratic challenger Denise Majette,earning almost 60 percent of the vote.
The 2006 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. Georgia incumbent Republican governor Sonny Perdue ran for re-election to a second and final term as governor. Governor Perdue was renominated by the Republican Party,defeating a minor opponent in the process,while Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor narrowly emerged victorious from a competitive Democratic primary. In the general election,though Taylor ran a spirited campaign,Perdue was aided by the increasing tendency of the state to vote for Republicans and by his popularity with the public;polling showed his approval ratings above sixty percent. In the end,Perdue was overwhelmingly re-elected as governor,defeating Taylor in a landslide,becoming the first Republican Governor of Georgia to ever be reelected. As of 2024,this is the last time that Muscogee,Warren,Rockdale,Chatham,and Bibb counties voted for the Republican candidate for governor and the last time that Marion,Telfair,and Wheeler counties voted for the Democratic candidate.
Mark Fletcher Taylor is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served two terms between 1999 and 2007 as the 10th lieutenant governor of Georgia. Taylor was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in 2006,losing in the general election to Republican incumbent Sonny Perdue.
Nathaniel Edwin Harris was an American lawyer and politician,and the 61st Governor of Georgia.
Mercer University School of Law is the law school of Mercer University. Founded in 1873,it is one of the oldest law schools in the United States;the first law school accredited by the bar in Georgia,and the second oldest of Mercer's 12 colleges and schools. The School of Law has approximately 440 students and is located in Macon,Georgia on its own campus one mile (1.6 km) from Mercer's main campus. The law school building,one of Macon's most recognizable sites,is a three-story partial replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia and is located on Coleman Hill overlooking downtown Macon. According to Mercer's official 2020 ABA-required disclosures,72% of the Class of 2020 obtained full-time,long-term,JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
Karen Christine Handel is an American businesswoman and former politician. A member of the Republican Party,Handel served as chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners from 2003 to 2006,as Secretary of State of Georgia from 2007 to 2010,and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019.
Peter Zack Geer was an American lawyer and a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.
Garland Turk Byrd was United States Democratic politician from Georgia,who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963,and as Senator from the 17th District in 1963-4.
Brian Porter Kemp is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 83rd governor of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,Kemp served as the state's 27th Secretary of State from 2010 to 2018,and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007.
Cathy Woolard is an American politician who served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for District 6 from November 1998 to 2002,and as President of the council from 2002 to 2004. When she began her term in 1997,she was the first openly-gay elected official in Georgia history,and she was the first woman to be President of the council.
Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American politician,lawyer,voting rights activist,and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017,serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Abrams founded Fair Fight Action,an organization to address voter suppression,in 2018. Her efforts have been widely credited with boosting voter turnout in Georgia,including in the 2020 presidential election,when Joe Biden narrowly won the state,and in Georgia's 2020–21 regularly scheduled and special U.S. Senate elections,which gave Democrats control of the Senate.
The 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,concurrently with other statewide and local elections to elect the next governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp won the election,defeating Democratic former State Representative Stacey Abrams.
Madrid Loyd Williams was an American executive who,despite never finishing high school or attending college,served as executive director of the Georgia Bar Association. She was known as the "first lady" of the State Bar.
