It was his closest victory since first being elected in 2014, though he had never won by more than 8 percentage points. Trammell won by about 750 votes in 2018, with 52% of the vote, beating a Republican who some locals said didn’t live in the district. Trammell was used to close calls, but this year he couldn’t pull off the win when he lost to Jenkins 52.5% to 48.5%. Jenkins' wife, Cat Jenkins, also won her election to be the Meriwether County tax commissioner. “There are more property owners and things like that, so I think it’s definitely an environment that favors conservative growth.” “The population growth in my area is primarily those interested in a rural setting,” said Jenkins, a Grantville resident. The political action committee, which works to elect Republican lawmakers, sent press releases and hosted a media call the day after the election to bask in Trammell’s defeat.Īfter his win, Jenkins said the district - which includes parts of Coweta, Meriwether and Troup counties - has changed due to the influx of conservative voters seeking a slower pace relocating to the area, so it was fitting that its representation changed. His leadership role - and his close victories in each of his three previous elections - spurred the Washington-based Republican State Leadership Committee to list his defeat as its top priority in the country.
Why do we carve out exceptions at all? Every member of the Legislature who works under the Gold Dome-where weapons are not permitted - already acknowledges that there are places where guns do not belong.First elected in 2014, Trammell was selected by House Democrats to lead the caucus in 2017. “This bill carves out exceptions for child care centers and in sporting events.
“While we recognize and protect the Second Amendment, it is incumbent upon us as legislators to also preserve the safety of Georgians by facilitating smart public policy, ” said state Rep. Outside the caucus, he’s probably best known for speeches in opposition to campus-carry legislation. Trammell is a 1996 graduate of the University of Georgia, with a law degree from the University of Virginia. Early this morning, the Abrams campaign broke the news that she had won the endorsement of U.S. In that sense, the day is an interesting set of bookends in the race for governor. Calvin Smyre, also of Columbus, who is the dean of the House.īut Hugley, the minority whip, was also close to Abrams – so the vote also might be termed something of a backlash to Abrams, who had served as minority leader since 2011, but had resigned as of June 30 in deference to her gubernatorial campaign.
Hugley is a 24-year veteran, and was nominated by state Rep. Trammell had been vice-chairman of the Democratic caucus, but has only been serving since January 2015. In the second round, Trammell received 32 votes to 24 for Hugley. Dukes was ousted on the first round, gaining only nine votes. Carolyn Hugley of Columbus and Winfred Dukes of Albany. Trammell won on the second round, beating state Rep. Bob Trammell of Luthersville as House minority leader, replacing Stacey Abrams of Atlanta – who’s running for governor. Something of an upset occurred at the state Capitol on Monday afternoon, with the election of state Rep.
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