Georgia's 1st Senate district

Georgia's 1st State Senate district
Senator	Ben Watson R – Isle of Hope
Demographics	58.9%  White 23.66%  Black 8.78%  Hispanic 2.64%  Asian 0.25%  Native American 0.3%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.48% Other 6.56%  Multiracial
Population (2020)  • Voting age	191,402 [1] 145,428

District 1 of the Georgia Senate is a senatorial district in Southeast Georgia encompassing most of Savannah's southern and eastern suburbs, as well as a sliver of Savannah itself.

The district includes all of Bryan and Liberty counties. The district also includes coastal and southwestern Chatham County, including Dutch Island, Georgetown, Henderson, Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Skidaway Island, Talahi Island, Tybee Island, Vernonburg, Whitemarsh Island, Wilmington Island, and parts of Bloomingdale, Pooler, and Savannah.

The current senator is Ben Watson, a Republican from Isle of Hope first elected in 2014. ^[2]

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 1	Counties in District
1997–1999	Eric Johnson (R)	Bryan (part), Chatham (part).
1999–2001
2001–2003
2003–2005		Brantley, Pierce, Bryan (part), Camden (part), Chatham (part), Glynn (part), Liberty (part), McIntosh (part).
2005–2007		Bryan, Chatham (part), Liberty (part).
2007–2009
2009–2011
	Buddy Carter (R)
2011–2013
2013–2015
2015–2017	Ben Watson (R)
2017–2019
2019–2021
2021-2023
2023-2025		Bryan, Chatham (part), Liberty.

References

1. "Georgia Senate Districts 2023" (PDF). Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office. 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
2. "Georgia State Senate District 1". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

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31°55′42″N81°19′48″W / 31.9282020°N 81.3298640°W / 31.9282020; -81.3298640

External links

• Georgia Senate District 1 Interactive Map

1. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.legis.ga.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2025. Retrieved October 22, 2025.