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| '''Chip Rogers''', born May 3, 1968, is an ] politician in the state of ]. He is a ] and was first elected in 2002 to the ] to the ],<ref>. Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.</ref> in 2004 he was elected to the ].<ref name="georgia1">. Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.</ref> Rogers was unanimously chosen as the Senate Majority Leader of the ] in 2009. He is the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the ], ], a national association of legislators.<ref>. ALEC. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.</ref> | '''William "Chip" Rogers''', born May 3, 1968, is an ] politician in the state of ] and former sports handicapper known as Will "The Winner" Rogers. He is a ] and was first elected in 2002 to the ] to the ],<ref>. Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.</ref> in 2004 he was elected to the ].<ref name="georgia1">. Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.</ref> Rogers was unanimously chosen as the Senate Majority Leader of the ] in 2009. He is the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the ], ], a national association of legislators.<ref>. ALEC. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.</ref> | ||
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| Majority Leader Chip Rogers | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | (1968-05-03) May 3, 1968 (age 56) |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | 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 |
| Website | Official site |
William "Chip" Rogers, born May 3, 1968, is an American politician in the state of Georgia and former sports handicapper known as Will "The Winner" Rogers. He is a Republican and was first elected in 2002 to the Georgia General Assembly to the Georgia House of Representatives, in 2004 he was elected to the Georgia State Senate. Rogers was unanimously chosen as the Senate Majority Leader of the U.S. state of Georgia in 2009. He is the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, a national association of legislators.
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. He went to attend the Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, graduating with an MBA.
Family
Chip Rogers and his wife Amy have four children, and are active members of First Baptist Church of Woodstock.
Career Before Politics
The little known details of Chip Rogers' career before politics were published in a May 25, 2012 article which was a collaborative effort by Atlanta Unfiltered and The News Enterprise, (a student reporting initiative of Emory College’s Journalism Program). The Atlanta Unfiltered article is supported by video clips of Rogers and court documents that are available via links contained in the article. On the day the article was published, WSB TV 2 in Atlanta broadcast it as its top story on the evening news, including interviews with Rogers and the article's author. See: http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/2012/05/25/playing-the-odds-the-rise-of-sen-chip-rogers/
According to the Atlanta Unfiltered article, before Chip Rogers was a politician, he was a sports handicapper, operating most frequently under the name “Will ‘The Winner.’ Multiple video clips of Rogers as "Will the Winner" are posted on the website. The article states that Rogers also operated under the names Atlanta Assassin and the Mobile Man. By the time Rogers ran for the House in 2002, "he’d used those monikers over the course of a decade as a sports handicapper in recorded phone messages and cable TV infomercials."
Rogers worked for and later shared offices with John Edens, a gambling industry entrepreneur. In the mid-1990s, Edens temporarily housed what he now acknowledges was an illegal sportsbook operation outside of Atlanta. Rogers and Edens maintained business and personal relations, culminating in a 2009 deal in which Rogers and then-state Rep. Tom Graves transferred ownership of a beat-up northwest Georgia motel to John Edens. Court and property records show they sold the property, for which they’d paid $1.5 million two years earlier, to Edens for $10,000. That transaction later made headlines when Rogers argued that the deal absolved him from having to pay off a defaulted $2.2 million bank loan from Bartow County Bank. After Edens took over the motel, Bartow County Bank sued Rogers and Graves in 2010, claiming the pair had defaulted on the $2.2 million loan they used to buy the inn. Rogers said he was no longer responsible for the debt but Rogers and Graves later settled the matter, agreeing to pay back nearly $1.2 million.
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. The seat represented the citizens in the southwest corner of Cherokee County that encompasses Woodstock, Towne Lake, and parts of Acworth.
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. Currently, Chip Rogers represents south Cherokee and parts of northeast Cobb County and has not faced major opposition since his 2004 primary.
In 2011, Rogers received $10,771 in gifts from lobbyists, one of the highest sums for a General Assembly member. He has indicated that he will cease accepting anything from lobbyists in 2012.
Committee assignments
Chip Rogers serves on the following committees in the Georgia State Senate.
- Administrative Affairs
- Appropriations – Ex-Officio
- Assignments
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Economic Development
- Finance – Secretary
- Insurance and Labor
- Reapportionment and Redistricting
- Rules – Ex-Officio
Georgia Senate Majority Leader (2009–present)
In November 2008, Senator Rogers was unanimously elected Senate Majority Leader for the Republican Party.
Electoral history
| 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 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chip Rogers | 10,034 | 81.20 | ||
| Democratic | Jerry Moore | 2,318 | 18.80 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chip Rogers | 15,818 | 81.40 | ||
| Republican | Craig Dowdy | 3,625 | 18.60 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chip Rogers | 61,810 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic | None | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chip Rogers | 40,417 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic | None | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chip Rogers | 61,991 | 76.70 | ||
| Democratic | Carlos Lopez | 18,776 | 23.20 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chip Rogers | ||||
| Democratic | Patrick Thompson | ||||
References
- Georgia Election Results. Official Results of the August 20, 2002 Primary Election – Senate. Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
- ^ Georgia Election Results. Official Results of the July 20, 2004 Primary Election. Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
- Board of Directors – ALEC. ALEC. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
- ^ "Senator Chip Rogers, Senate District 21" (PDF). Georgia State Senate. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- "Project Vote Smart – Senator Chip Rogers – Biography". Votesmart.org. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- Georgia Election Results. Official Results of the August 20, 2002 Primary Election – House. Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
- Joyner, Chris (April 9, 2012). "Gifts continue to rain on lawmakers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- – Get informed, get involved. Congress.org. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
External links
| Preceded byTommy Williams | Georgia Senate Majority Leader 2009 – Present |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
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