148th Georgia General Assembly

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The 2005 regular session of the 148th Georgia General Assembly met from January 10, 2005, to March 31, 2005, at which time both houses adjourned sine die. In addition, Governor Sonny Perdue called for a special session, which met from September 6, 2005, to September 10, 2005. This was the first session since Reconstruction that both houses were controlled by Republicans, as the House of Representatives was won by the GOP at the 2004 election. The legislature redrew legislative and congressional maps in 2005 after federal judges struck down both maps which were drawn by the 146th legislature as violating the one person, one vote guarantee of the U.S. Constitution, resulting in a reshuffling of districts which took effect in the next legislature which shored up Republican gains in both chambers and in Congress.

The 2006 regular session of the 148th General Assembly met from January 9, 2006, to March 30, 2006, at which time both houses adjourned sine die.

Party standings

Senate

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 34
  Democratic Party 22
  Other party* 0
  Seat vacant** 0
 Total 56

House of Representatives

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 99
  Democratic Party 80
  Other party* 1
  Seat vacant** 0
 Total 180

*Active political parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democratic and Republican parties. Libertarians, Greens, the Southern Party of Georgia, and others, run candidates in numerous elections. However, for the 2005-06 session of the General Assembly, only one legislator was not from the two major parties, and he did not run as a member of any other party.

Officers

Senate

Presiding Officer

Position Name Party District
Template:Party color cell President Mark Taylor Democrat n/a
Template:Party color cell President Pro Tempore Eric Johnson Republican 1

Majority leadership

Position Name District
Template:Party color cell Senate Majority Leader Bill Stephens 27
Template:Party color cell Majority Caucus Chairman Don Balfour 9
Template:Party color cell Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh 28

Minority leadership

Position Name District
Template:Party color cell Senate Minority Leader Robert Brown 26
Template:Party color cell Minority Caucus Chairman Tim Golden 8
Template:Party color cell Minority Whip David I. Adelman 42
Template:Party color cell Minority Whip Gloria Butler 55

House of Representatives

Presiding Officer

Position Name Party District
Template:Party color cell Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson Republican 19
Template:Party color cell Speaker Pro Tempore Mark Burkhalter Republican 50
Template:Party color cell Speaker Emeritus Terry Coleman Democrat 144

Majority leadership

Position Name District
Template:Party color cell House Majority Leader Jerry Keen 179
Template:Party color cell Majority Caucus Chairman Sharon Cooper 41
Template:Party color cell Majority Caucus Vice Chairman Jay Roberts 154
Template:Party color cell Majority Caucus Secretary Sue Burmeister 119
Template:Party color cell Majority Whip Barry A. Fleming 117

Minority leadership

Position Name District
Template:Party color cell House Minority Leader DuBose Porter 143
Template:Party color cell Minority Caucus Chairman Calvin Smyre 132
Template:Party color cell Minority Caucus Vice Chairman Nan Grogan Orrock 58
Template:Party color cell Minority Caucus Secretary Nikki T. Randall 138
Template:Party color cell Minority Whip Carolyn Fleming Hugley 133

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2005-2006

District Senator Party Residence
1 Eric Johnson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Savannah
2 Regina Thomas style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Savannah
3 Jeff Chapman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Brunswick
4 Jack Hill style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Reidsville
5 Curt Thompson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Norcross
6 Doug Stoner style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Smyrna
7 Greg Goggans style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Douglas
8 Tim Golden style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Valdosta
9 Don Balfour style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Snellville
10 Emanuel D. Jones style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Decatur
11 John Bulloch style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Ochlocknee
12 Michael S. Meyer von Bremen style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Albany
13 Joseph I. Carter style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Tifton
14 George Hooks style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Americus
15 Ed Harbison style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Columbus
16 Ronnie Chance style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Tyrone
17 John Douglas style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Covington
18 Cecil Staton style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Macon
19 Tommie Williams style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Lyons
20 Ross Tolleson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Perry
21 Chip Rogers style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Woodstock
22 Ed Tarver style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Augusta
23 J.B. Powell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Blythe
24 Jim Whitehead style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Evans
25 Johnny Grant style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Milledgeville
26 Robert Brown style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Macon
27 Bill Stephens style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Canton
28 Mitch Seabaugh style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Sharpsburg
29 Seth Harp style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Midland
30 Bill Hamrick style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Carrollton
31 Bill Heath style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Bremen
32 Judson H. Hill style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
33 Steve Thompson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Marietta
34 Valencia Seay style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Riverdale
35 Kasim Reed style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
36 Sam Zamarripa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
37 John J. Wiles style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
38 Horacena Tate style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
39 Vincent D. Fort style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
40 Daniel J. Weber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Dunwoody
41 Steve Henson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Tucker
42 David Adelman style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Decatur
43 Steen Miles style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Decatur
44 Terrell Starr style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Jonesboro
45 Renee S. Unterman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Buford
46 Brian P. Kemp style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Athens
47 Ralph T. Hudgens style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Comer
48 David J. Shafer style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Duluth
49 Casey Cagle style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Chestnut Mountain
50 Nancy Schaefer style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Turnerville
51 Chip Pearson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Dawsonville
52 Preston W. Smith style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Rome
53 Jeff E. Mullis style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Chickamauga
54 Don R. Thomas style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Dalton
55 Gloria Butler style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Stone Mountain
56 Dan Moody style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Alpharetta

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 2005–2006

District Representative Party Residence
1 Jay Neal style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican LaFayette
2 Martin Scott style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Rossville
3 Ronald L. Forster style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Ringgold
4 Roger Williams style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Dalton
5 John D. Meadows, III style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Calhoun
6 Tom Dickson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Cohutta
7 David Ralston style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Blue Ridge
8 Charles F. Jenkins style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Blairsville
9 Amos Amerson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Dahlonega
10 Benjamin D. Bridges, Sr. style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Cleveland
11 Barbara Massey Reece style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Menlo
12 Tom Graves style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Ranger
13 Paul E. Smith style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Rome
14 Barry Dean Loudermilk style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Cassville
15 Jeff Lewis style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican White
16 Bill Cummings style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Rockmart
17 Howard R. Maxwell style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Dallas
18 Mark Butler style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Carrollton
19 Glenn Richardson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Hiram
20 Charlice H. Byrd style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Woodstock
21 Calvin Hill style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Canton
22 Chuck Scheid style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Woodstock
23 Jack Murphy style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Cumming
24 Tom Knox style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Suwanee
25 James Mills style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Gainesville
26 Carl Rogers style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Gainesville
27 Stacey G. Reece style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Gainesville
28 Jeanette Jamieson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Toccoa
29 Alan Powell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Hartwell
30 Tom McCall style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Elberton
31 Tommy Benton style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Jefferson
32 Judy Manning style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
33 Don Wix style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Austell
34 Rich Golick style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Smyrna
35 Ed Setzler style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Acworth
36 Earl Ehrhart style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Powder Springs
37 Terry Johnson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Marietta
38 Steve Tumlin style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
39 Alisha Thomas Morgan style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Austell
40 Rob Teilhet style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Smyrna
41 Sharon Cooper style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
42 Don Parsons style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
43 Bobby Franklin style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
44 Sheila Jones style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
45 Matt Dollar style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Marietta
46 Jan Jones style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Milton
47 Chuck Martin style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Alphretta
48 Harry Geisinger style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Roswell
49 Wendell Willard style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Sandy Springs
50 Mark Burkhalter style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Johns Creek
51 Tom Rice style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Norcross
52 Joe Wilkinson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Atlanta
53 LaNett Stanley-Turner style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
54 Edward Lindsey style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Atlanta
55 "Able" Mable Thomas style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
56 Kathy Ashe style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
57 Pat Gardner style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
58 Nan Grogan Orrock style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
59 Douglas C. Dean style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
60 Georganna T. Sinkfield style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
61 Robert A. "Bob" Holmes style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic East Point
62 Joe Heckstall style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic East Point
63 Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr. style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
64 Roger B. Bruce style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
65 Sharon Beasley-Teague style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Red Oak
66 Virgil Fludd style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Tyrone
67 Bill Hembree style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Winston
68 Tim Bearden style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Villa Rica
69 Jeff Brown style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican LaGrange
70 Lynn Ratigan Smith style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Newnan
71 Billy Horne style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Sharpsburg
72 Dan Lakly style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Peachtree City
73 John P. Yates style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Griffin
74 Roberta Abdul-Salaam style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Riverdale
75 Ron Dodson Template:Party shading/Independent | Independent Lake City
76 Gail M. Buckner style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Jonesboro
77 Darryl Jordan style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Riverdale
78 Mike Barnes style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Duluth
79 Fran Millar style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Atlanta
80 Mike Jacobs style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Brookhaven
81 Jill Chambers style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Atlanta
82 Paul Jennings style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Atlanta
83 Mary Margaret Oliver style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Decatur
84 JoAnn McClinton style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
85 Stephanie Stuckey Benfield style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
86 Karla Drenner style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Avondale Estates
87 Michele D. Henson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Stone Mountain
88 Billy Mitchell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Stone Mountain
89 Earnest "Coach" Williams style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Avondale Estates
90 Howard Mosby style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
91 Stan Watson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Decatur
92 Pam Stephenson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Atlanta
93 Walter Ronnie Sailor, Jr. style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Lithonia
94 Randal Mangham style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Lithonia
95 Robert F. Mumford style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Loganville
96 Pedro Rafael Marin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Duluth
97 Brooks P. Coleman, Jr. style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Duluth
98 Bobby Clifford Reese style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Buford
99 Hugh Floyd style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Norcross
100 Brian W. Thomas style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Lilburn
101 Mike Coan style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Lawrenceville
102 Clay Cox style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Lilburn
103 David Casas style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Lilburn
104 John Wilson Heard style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Lawrenceville
105 Donna Sheldon style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Dacula
106 Melvin Everson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Snellville
107 Len Walker style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Loganville
108 Terry Lamar England style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Auburn
109 Steve Davis style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican McDonough
110 John Lunsford style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican McDonough
111 Jeff May style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Monroe
112 Doug Holt style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Social Circle
113 Bob Smith style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Watkinsville
114 Keith Heard style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Athens
115 Jane Kidd style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Athens
116 Mickey Channell style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Greensboro
117 Barry A. Fleming style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Harlem
118 Ben L. Harbin style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Evans
119 Sue Burmeister style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Augusta
120 Quincy Murphy style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Augusta
121 Henry Howard[1] style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Augusta
Earnestine Howard style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Augusta
122 Pete Warren style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Augusta
123 Alberta Jacqueline Anderson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Waynesboro
124 Sistie Hudson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Sparta
125 Jim Cole style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Monticello
126 David Knight style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Griffin
127 Mack Crawford style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Concord
128 Carl Von Epps style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic LaGrange
129 Vance Smith, Jr. style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Columbus
130 Debbie Buckner style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Junction City
131 Richard H. Smith style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Columbus
132 Calvin Smyre style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Columbus
133 Carolyn Fleming Hugley style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Columbus
134 Mike Cheokas style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Americus
135 Lynmore James style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Montezuma
136 Robert Ray style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Fort Valley
137 David B. Graves style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Macon
138 Nikki T. Randall style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Macon
139 David E. Lucas, Sr. style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Macon
140 Allen G. Freeman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Macon
141 Bobby Eugene Parham style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Milledgeville
142 Jimmy Lord style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Sandersville
143 DuBose Porter style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Dublin
144 Terry Coleman style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Eastman
145 Willie Lee Talton style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Warner Robins
146 Larry O'Neal style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Bonaire
147 Johnny W. Floyd style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Cordele
148 Bob Hanner style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Parrott
149 Gerald E. Greene style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Cuthbert
150 Winfred J. Dukes style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Albany
151 Freddie Sims style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Dawson
152 Ed Rynders style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Albany
153 Austin Scott style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Tifton
154 Jay Roberts style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Ocilla
155 Greg Morris style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Vidalia
156 Larry "Butch" Parrish style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Swainsboro
157 Jon G. Burns style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Newington
158 Bob Lane style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Brooklet
159 Buddy Carter style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Pooler
160 Bob Bryant style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Garden City
161 Lester Jackson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Savannah
162 Tom Bordeaux style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Savannah
163 Burke Day style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Savannah
164 Ron Stephens style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Savannah
165 Al Williams style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Midway
166 Terry E. Barnard style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Glennville
167 Roger Bert Lane style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Darien
168 Tommy Smith style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Nicholls
169 Chuck Sims style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Ambrose
170 Penny Houston style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Nashville
171 A. Richard Royal style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Camilla
172 Gene Maddox style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Cairo
173 Mike Keown style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Thomasville
174 Ellis Black style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Valdosta
175 Ron Borders style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Valdosta
176 Jay Shaw style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic Lakeland
177 Mark Hatfield style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Waycross
178 George Hinson Mosley style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Jesup
179 Jerry Keen style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Brunswick
180 Cecily A. Hill style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican Woodbine
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Henry Howard died in office of a heart attack on October 3, 2005. A special election was held on November 8, 2005, to fill the seat, which was won by Rep. Howard's widow, Earnestine Howard. She was sworn in on November 17, 2005, and will serve out the remainder of her late husband's term of office.

Notable Legislation

2005 general session

Voting

House Bill 244 [2] requires voters to provide photographic identification at polling locations in order to vote and makes voting by absentee ballot easier, and also reinstituted the majority vote and runoffs for primaries and general elections which were abolished by the Democratic-majority General Assembly in 1995. Amid great controversy, the law was signed by Governor Perdue on April 22, 2005. Although the law received preclearance from the Department of Justice under the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the law was later ruled unconstitutional by a court in Rome, Georgia. The current status of the law remains uncertain.

2006 general session

Voting

Senate Bill 84, like H.B. 244, requires photographic identification at poll locations to vote. To address some of the concerns raised by the court ruling against H.B. 244, S.B. 84 has more extensive provisions for assisting those without photographic identification to obtain acceptable identification. The bill was passed by both chambers and signed by Governor Perdue on January 26, 2006. Like H.B. 244, S.B. 84 received preclearance from the Justice Department, although it is currently being challenged in court.

Eminent domain

House Bill 1313 [3], which would restrict the uses for which private property can be taken via eminent domain, passed both the House and the Senate with no "no" votes. The bill is expected to be signed by Governor Perdue.

House Resolution 1306 [4] would amend the state constitution by replacing language allowing broad freedom to apply eminent domain with more restrictive language providing for additional restrictions as specified by laws such as H.B. 1313. The resolution passed the House and the Senate and was signed by Governor Perdue, and the question of its final adoption will be put to Georgia voters in the November election.

Immigration

Senate Bill 529 [5] was strongly advocated by Senator Chip Rodgers and requires beneficiaries of many state services to provide proof of residency. Most Democrats voted against the legislation, but it nevertheless passed the House and Senate and was signed into law by Governor Perdue on April 17, 2006.

See also

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References

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