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Majority Leader Chip Rogers
Georgia Senate Majority Leader
Georgia State Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2004
GovernorSonny Perdue
Preceded byRobert Lamutt
Georgia House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2004
Preceded bySteve Stancil
Succeeded byCharlice Byrd
Personal details
Born (1968-05-03) May 3, 1968 (age 56)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAmy Rogers
ResidenceWoodstock, Georgia Towne Lake, Georgia
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology
J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University
OccupationCommunications Consultant
Businessman
WebsiteOfficial site

Chip Rogers, born May 3, 1968, is an American politician in the state of Georgia. 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.

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

Georgia House of Representative Primary Election, 2002
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
Georgia House of Representative General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 10,034 81.20
Democratic Jerry Moore 2,318 18.80
Georgia State Senate Primary Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 15,818 81.40
Republican Craig Dowdy 3,625 18.60
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 61,810 100.00
Democratic None 0 0.0
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 40,417 100.00
Democratic None 0 0.0
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers 61,991 76.70
Democratic Carlos Lopez 18,776 23.20
Georgia State Senate General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chip Rogers
Democratic Patrick Thompson

References

  1. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2002_0820/senate.htm
  2. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0720/senate.htm
  3. Board of Directors - ALEC |accessdate=April 17, 2012
  4. ^ "Senator Chip Rogers, Senate District 21" (PDF). Georgia State Senate. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  5. "Project Vote Smart - Senator Chip Rogers - Biography". Votesmart.org. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  6. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2002_0820/house.htm
  7. http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/senate/rogersbio.php
  8. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0720/senate.htm
  9. http://www.sos.ga.gov/election_results
  10. Joyner, Chris (April 9, 2012). "Gifts continue to rain on lawmakers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  11. http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/136568

External links

Preceded byTommy Williams Georgia Senate Majority Leader
2009 - Present 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Members of the Georgia State Senate
158th General Assembly (2025–present)
President of the Senate
Burt Jones (R)
President pro tempore
John F. Kennedy (R)
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Minority leader
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