Nine of the 236 Georgia General Assembly members represent Chatham County residents. Over the next three months, those House reps and senators will champion bills, resolutions and other initiatives that are of local interest and lobby for services and capital improvement projects to be included in the state budget.
The 2023 session is unique: Both chambers have new leadership, and the Chatham delegation has undergone a shuffle. Long-serving Sen. Lester Jackson did not run for re-election, and House Rep. Derek Mallow won election to his seat. Mallow’s move created its own opening, and Anne Allen Westbrook captured that seat in the November vote.
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In addition, the 2021 redistricting altered district lines for the Georgia Senate, resulting in Sen. Billy Hickman, a Statesboro resident, now representing a portion of West Chatham.
Each year, as the Legislature convenes for business at the Georgia Capitol, Chatham lawmakers share their priorities. Here’s what they said.
Mallow intends to build on the momentum from his rapid political rise in his first session in the Georgia Senate. The Democrat first won elected office in 2020 — by 19 votes — and quickly gained a reputation in the House for a combination of passionate advocacy and common-sense management skills.
Mallow lists Medicaid expansion and...
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