Lynn Westmoreland

"Representative Westmoreland" redirects here. For the Tennessee state representative, see Keith Westmoreland.

When you're putting a flag on someone's grave, to me it's a little different from being racist. It's more of a memorial ... You can't make an excuse for things that happened, but the majority of people that actually died in the Civil War on the Confederate side did not own slaves. These were people that were fighting for their states. I don't think they had even any thoughts about slavery.

— Representative Lynn Westmoreland July 2015

When Westmoreland was asked if he understood Representative John Lewis' perspective, he responded, "I guess the question is, 'Does he understand where I'm coming from?'" ^[20]

Lynn Westmoreland
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from Georgia
In office January 3, 2005 –January 3, 2017

Westmoreland won a plurality of votes in the Republican primary election in 2004, but faced fellow Republican Dylan Glenn in a runoff. Westmoreland received 55.5% of the vote in the runoff. The district was so heavily Republican that Westmoreland's primary victory was tantamount to election in November. He routed his Democratic opponent, businesswoman Silvia Delamar, with almost 76% of the vote. The district was renumbered as the 3rd in 2006 and made even more Republican than its predecessor. Westmoreland was reelected five more times from this district with no substantive opposition.

Later career

Westmoreland is an appointed member of the Office of Congressional Ethics, a nonpartisan, independent committee charged with overseeing outside ethics complaints against members of Congress.

Personal life

He resides in Grantville, Georgia, with his wife, Joan; they have three children and nine grandchildren.^{[ citation needed ]} His daughter, Marcy Sakrison, ran unsuccessfully in the 2019 special election for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives. ^{[21] [22]}

References

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2. "Election districts drawing attention". The Washington Times. February 26, 2005. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006.
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6. "GOP Intros 10 Commandments Bill". Associated Press.^{[ dead link ]}
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9. "House Renews Voting Rights Act Unchanged". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
10. Pedraza-Vidamour, Brenda (2008-11-04). "Westmoreland retains seat". Newnan Times-Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
11. Smith, Ben (2008-11-05). "Georgia House incumbents win their races". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
12. "Westmoreland won't run for governor". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
13. "Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. Representative Lynn Westmoreland". Americansforprosperity.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
14. "Analysis Methodology." GovTrack.us. Civic Impulse, February 4, 2016. Web. February 8, 2016. <https://www.govtrack.us/about/analysis#ideology>
15. "Representative Westmoreland's Legislation". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
16. Shipler, David K. (1994-11-08). "Racism's resonance". Latimes.com. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
17. "News Archive". TheHill.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
18. "Audio recording of Rep. Westmoreland referring to Obamas as "uppity"". Cqpolitics.com. Archived from the original (MP3) on 2008-11-28. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
19. "Top of the Ticket". The Los Angeles Times. September 5, 2008.
20. Jennifer Steinhauer; Jonathan Weisman (July 10, 2015), "Republicans Retreat as Confederate Flag Issue Roils Congress", New York Times, Washington, DC, retrieved July 10, 2015
21. Nelms, Ben (2019-09-03). "Singleton and Sakrison to face-off in Dist. 71 special election runoff". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
22. Prabhu, Maya T. (2019-10-01). "Army veteran, Ralston critic wins Newnan-based Georgia House seat". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2020-01-08.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Lynn Westmoreland at Curlie
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
• Profile at Vote Smart

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