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American politician from Georgia
Gabe Okoye
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 102nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byConstituency established
Personal details
Citizenship

Gabe Okoye is Nigerian–American civil engineer, former chair, and a current commissioner of planning in Gwinnett County. On November 8, 2022, he became a legislator elect at the 2022 US midterm elections representing Georgia State and he took office on January 9, 2023.

Biography

Okoye is a native of Enugwu-Agidi . He relocated to United States in 1981. He began working as a security guard. He later enrolled in college where he became a civil engineer and eventually founded a company called Essex Geoscientist. Okoye is married with four children and has been living in Atlanta since 1992

Political career

Okoye is a Democrat and he became the Gwinnett party chairman in 2016. In 2018, he recorded massive wins that captured 13 seats out of the 25 seats available in the county. This historic wins made the Georgia House of Representatives with Resolution 313 of 2019 declared November 6 of 2019 as Gabe Okoye Leadership Day.

References

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  2. ^ Bankole, Idowu (2020-08-01). "Nigerian-born politician, Okoye blazes trail in U.S. politics". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. "Gabe Okoye". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  4. biodunbusari@vanguardngr.com (2022-11-09). "Meet eight Nigerian-Americans who won legislative seats in US midterm elections". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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Georgia House of Representatives
Preceded byGregg Kennard Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 102nd district
2023–Present 		Incumbent
Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
157th General Assembly (2023–2025)
Speaker of the House
Jon G. Burns (R)
Majority Leader
Chuck Efstration (R)
Minority Leader
James Beverly (D)
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  48. ▌Scott Hilton (R)
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  54. ▌Betsy Holland (D)
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  70. ▌Lynn Smith (R)
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  72. ▌David Huddleston (R)
  73. ▌Josh Bonner (R)
  74. ▌Karen Mathiak (R)
  75. ▌Eric Bell II (D)
  76. ▌Sandra Scott (D)
  77. ▌Rhonda Burnough (D)
  78. ▌Demetrius Douglas (D)
  79. ▌Yasmin Neal (D)
  80. ▌Long Tran (D)
  81. ▌Scott Holcomb (D)
  82. ▌Mary Margaret Oliver (D)
  83. ▌Karen Lupton (D)
  84. ▌Omari Crawford (D)
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  98. ▌Marvin Lim (D)
  99. ▌Matt Reeves (R)
  100. ▌David Clark (R)
  101. ▌Gregg Kennard (D)
  102. ▌Gabe Okoye (D)
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  104. ▌Chuck Efstration (R)
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  130. ▌Lynn Gladney (D)
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  133. ▌Kenneth Vance (R)
  134. ▌David Knight (R)
  135. ▌Beth Camp (R)
  136. ▌David Jenkins (R)
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  138. ▌Vance Smith (R)
  139. ▌Carmen Rice (R)
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  145. ▌Robert Dickey (R)
  146. ▌Shaw Blackmon (R)
  147. ▌Bethany Ballard (R)
  148. ▌Noel Williams Jr. (R)
  149. ▌Danny Mathis (R)
  150. ▌Patty Bentley (D)
  151. ▌Mike Cheokas (R)
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  153. ▌David Sampson (D)
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  177. ▌Dexter Sharper (D)
  178. ▌Steven Meeks (R)
  179. ▌Rick Townsend (R)
  180. ▌Steven Sainz (R)


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