Chip Rogers

Majority Leader Chip Rogers
Georgia Senate Majority Leader
Georgia State Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2004
Governor Sonny Perdue
Preceded by Robert Lamutt
Georgia House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2004
Preceded by Steve Stancil
Succeeded by Charlice Byrd
Personal details
Born May 3, 1968 (1968-05-03) (age 43)
Nationality American
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Amy Rogers
Residence Woodstock, Georgia Towne Lake, Georgia
Alma mater Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University
Occupation Communications Consultant
Businessman
Religion Baptist
Website Official site

Chip Rogers, born May 3, 1968, is an American politician in the state of Georgia. He is a Republican and was first elected in 2002 to the Georgia General Assembly to the Georgia House of Representatives,[1] in 2004 he was elected to the Georgia State Senate.[2] Rogers was unanimously chosen as the Senate Majority Leader of the U.S. state of Georgia in 2009.

Contents

Biography

Education

Chip Rogers graduated from North Gwinnett High School in 1986 and from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a certificate in Economics in 1991.[3] He went to attend the Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, graduating with an MBA.[3][4]

Family

Chip Rogers and his wife Amy have four children, and are active members of First Baptist Church of Woodstock.[3]

House of Representatives (2003-2005)

Chip Rogers first ran for office in 2002, winning a majority of the votes in a four-person primary for an open seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.[5] The seat represented the citizens in the southwest corner of Cherokee County that encompasses Woodstock, Towne Lake, and parts of Acworth.[6]

Georgia Senate

After two years in the State House, Representative Rogers ran to replace State Senator Robert Lamutt, who had decided to run for an open Congressional seat vacated by then Congressman Johnny Isakson. Rogers routed the early front runner and lawyer Craig Dowdy in the Republican primary, taking 81% of the vote.[7] Currently, Chip Rogers represents south Cherokee and parts of northeast Cobb County and has not faced major opposition since his 2004 primary.[8]

Committee assignments

Chip Rogers serves on the following committees in the Georgia State Senate.[9]

Georgia Senate Majority Leader (2009-present)

In November 2008, Senator Rogers was unanimously elected Senate Majority Leader for the Republican Party.[3]

Electoral history

Georgia House of Representative Primary Election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 3,447 53.70
Republican Larry Singleton 1,342 20.90
Republican Dawn Marr 1,181 18.40
Republican Jerry Lanham 451 7.00
Georgia House of Representative General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 10,034 81.20
Democratic Jerry Moore 2,318 18.80
Georgia State Senate Primary Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 15,818 81.40
Republican Craig Dowdy 3,625 18.60
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 61,810 100.00
Democratic None 0 0.0
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 40,417 100.00
Democratic None 0 0.0
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 61,991 76.70
Democratic Carlos Lopez 18,776 23.20
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers
Democratic Patrick Thompson

References

  1. ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2002_0820/senate.htm
  2. ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0720/senate.htm
  3. ^ a b c d "Senator Chip Rogers, Senate District 21". Georgia State Senate. http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/Documents/PrintBios/BioRogersChip38.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-09. 
  4. ^ "Project Vote Smart - Senator Chip Rogers - Biography". Votesmart.org. http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31392. Retrieved 2010-09-05. 
  5. ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2002_0820/house.htm
  6. ^ http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/senate/rogersbio.php
  7. ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0720/senate.htm
  8. ^ http://www.sos.ga.gov/election_results
  9. ^ http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/136568

External links

Preceded by
Tommy Williams		 Georgia Senate Majority Leader
2009 - Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Members of the Georgia State Senate
151st General Assembly (2011–2012)
President: Casey Cagle (R) • President Pro Tempore: Tommie Williams (R) • Majority Leader: Chip Rogers (R) • Minority Leader: Steve Henson (D)
   
  1.    Buddy Carter (R)
  2.    Lester G. Jackson (D)
  3.    William T. Ligon, Jr. (R)
  4.    Jack Hill (R)
  5.    Curt Thompson (D)
  6.    Doug Stoner (D)
  7.    Greg Goggans (R)
  8.    Tim Golden (R)
  9.    Don Balfour (R)
  10.    Emanuel Jones (D)
  11.    John Bulloch (R)
  12.    Freddie Sims (D)
  13.    John Crosby (R)
  14.    George Hooks (D)
  1.    Ed Harbison (D)
  2.    Ronnie Chance (R)
  3.    Rick Jeffares (R)
  4.    Cecil Staton (R)
  5.    Tommie Williams (R)
  6.    Ross Tolleson (R)
  7.    Chip Rogers (R)
  8.    Hardie Davis (D)
  9.    Jesse Stone (R)
  10.    Bill Jackson (R)
  11.    Johnny Grant (R)
  12.    Miriam Paris (D)
  13.    Jack Murphy (R)
  14. Vacant
  1.    Joshua McKoon (R)
  2.    Bill Hamrick (R)
  3.    Bill Heath (R)
  4.    Judson Hill (R)
  5.    Steve Thompson (D)
  6.    Valencia Seay (D)
  7.    Donzella James (D)
  8.    Nan Grogan Orrock (D)
  9.    Lindsey Tippins (R)
  10.    Horacena Tate (D)
  11.    Vincent Fort (D)
  12.    Fran Millar (R)
  13.    Steve Henson (D)
  14.    Jason Carter (D)
  1.    Ronald Ramsey, Sr. (D)
  2.    Gail Davenport (D)
  3.    Renee S. Unterman (R)
  4.    Bill Cowsert (R)
  5.    Frank Ginn (R)
  6.    David Shafer (R)
  7.    Butch Miller (R)
  8. Vacant
  9.    Steve Gooch (R)
  10.    Barry Loudermilk (R)
  11.    Jeff Mullis (R)
  12.    Charlie Bethel (R)
  13.    Gloria S. Butler (D)
  14.    John Albers (R)
Current statewide executive officials of Georgia
(term of office ends in January 2015)
Governor

Nathan Deal (Republican)

Other executive officials

Lieutenant Governor: Casey Cagle (Republican) • Secretary of State: Brian Kemp (Republican) • Attorney General: Sam Olens (Republican) • Commissioner of Agriculture: Gary Black (Republican) • Commissioner of Insurance: Ralph Hudgens (Republican) • Commissioner of Labor: Mark Butler (Republican) • Superintendent of Schools: John D. Barge (Republican)