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Tyler Harper
Harper in 2023
Agriculture Commissioner of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office January 12, 2023
Governor	Brian Kemp
Preceded by	Gary Black
Member of the Georgia Senate from the 7th district
In office January 14, 2013 – January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Greg Goggans
Succeeded by	Nabilah Islam
Personal details
Born	(1986-04-19) April 19, 1986 (age 38) Irwin County, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College University of Georgia (BS)
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Tyler Harper (born April 19, 1986) is an American politician who serves as the Agriculture Commissioner of Georgia since 2023. He previously served in the Georgia State Senate representing the 7th district from 2013 to 2023.

Background

A native of Ocilla, Georgia, Harper is a 7th generation South Georgia farmer who runs a peanut, cotton, beef cattle, and timber operation on the same land his family has farmed for over 125 years.

Georgia Senate

While in the Senate, he served as Chairman of the Natural Resources and the Environment Committee and Vice Chairman of the Public Safety Committee. He was also a member of the Appropriations Committee and Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee. Agriculture Commissioner Campaign

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner

On June 29, 2021, Harper announced his campaign for Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture. On May 24, 2022, Harper won the Republican primary for State Agriculture Commissioner in which he was running unopposed. Harper was endorsed by former Governor Roy Barnes, a Democrat.

Harper won against a Democrat, a Libertarian, and an independent in the November 8, 2022 general election.

References

1. "Georgia State Senator Tyler Harper (Republican – 7)". Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
2. Dave Miller (2018-01-11). "Ocilla senator leads environmental committee". Walb.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
3. Bluestein, Greg. "Georgia 2022: Tyler Harper is running for agriculture commissioner". Political Insider (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
4. "Senator Tyler Harper" (PDF). February 2018.
5. Bluestein, Greg. "Georgia 2022: Tyler Harper is running for agriculture commissioner". Political Insider (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
6. "Unopposed candidates quickly claim victory as precincts close". ajc. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
7. Williams, Dave (2022-10-14). "Former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes endorses Republican Tyler Harper for ag commissioner". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
8. Nolin, Jill (14 November 2022). "Gov. Brian Kemp Wins, and So Do Down-Ballot Republicans". Flagpole.

v t e Statewide political officials of Georgia
U.S. senators	Jon Ossoff Raphael Warnock
State government	Brian Kemp, Governor Burt Jones, Lieutenant Governor Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State Chris Carr, Attorney General Steve N. McCoy, Treasurer (appointed) Tyler Harper, Agriculture Commissioner John F. King, Insurance Commissioner Vacant, Labor Commissioner Richard Woods, Superintendent Tim Echols, Fitz Johnson, Bubba McDonald, Tricia Pridemore, Jason Shaw, Public Service Commissioners
Senate	Burt Jones, President John Kennedy, President pro tempore Steve Gooch, Majority Leader Gloria Butler, Minority Leader
House	Jon G. Burns, Speaker Jan Jones, Speaker pro tempore Chuck Efstration, Majority Leader James Beverly, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Michael P. Boggs, Chief Justice Nels S. D. Peterson, Presiding Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren Charlie Bethel John J. Ellington Carla Wong McMillian Shawn Ellen LaGrua Verda Colvin Andrew Pinson, Associate Justices

• 1986 births
• Georgia (U.S. state) Commissioners of Agriculture
• Republican Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
• Living people
• People from Ocilla, Georgia
• 21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly