Jere Wood

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Jere Wood
Mayor of Roswell, Georgia
In office January 1, 1997 – present
Preceded by	W. L. "Pug" Mabry
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Judie Raiford
Residence	Roswell, Georgia
Alma mater	University of Georgia
Profession	Attorney
Website	http://www.jerewood.com

Jere Wood is the Republican mayor of Roswell, Georgia and as of 2007 is currently serving his third consecutive term. Mayor Wood defeated Democrat "Pug" Mabry, who served as mayor for over thirty years, in the election of 1997. Wood ran unchallenged and secured re-election in 2001. Wood is the son of the late Roy "Splinter" Wood, a Democrat, who was Undersecretary of the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) during the Carter Administration in the 1970s. Wood won the mayor's race again in the election held in November of 2005. Wood is married to Judie Raiford, an award-winning artist and owner of Raiford Gallery on historic downtown Roswell's Canton Street. Raiford's father was the late Dr. Morgan Raiford, founder of The Atlanta Eye Clinic in the 1960s.

Mayor Wood is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,^[1],an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.

Preceded by W.L. "Pug" Mabry

Mayor of Roswell, Georgia January 1, 1997 – present

Incumbent

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Mayors Against Illegal Guns homepage

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NAME	Wood, Jere
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PLACE OF BIRTH	Roswell, Georgia
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