State Senator and Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia David Shafer has earned the support of 270 of his current and former legislative colleagues.
Shafer, who nearly claimed an outright victory in a three-way Primary last month, sent a press release Thursday with the list of names. The list is below.
Former Representative Fred Aiken of Cobb County
Senator John Albers of Fulton County
Former Representative Amos Amerson of Lumpkin County
Senator Lee Anderson of Columbia County
Former Representative Bill Atkins of Cobb County
Former Representative Rick Austin of Habersham County
Representative Mandi Ballinger of Cherokee County
Representative Paul Battles of Bartow County
Former Representative Tim Bearden of Carroll County
Former Senator Mike Beatty of Jackson County
Former Senator Bob Bell of DeKalb County
Representative Tommy Benton of Jackson County
Representative Beth Beskin of Fulton County
Senator Ellis Black of Lowndes County
Representative Shaw Blackmon of Houston County
Representative Bruce Boatright of Whitfield County
Representative Josh Bonner of Fayette County
Former Representative Ben Bridges of White County
Former Representative Donna Brooks of Coweta County
Former Representative Jeff Brown of Troup County
Former Senator John Bulloch of Thomas County
Senator Dean Burke of Decatur County
Former Speaker of the House Mark Burkhalter of Fulton County
Former Representative Sue Burmeister of Richmond County
Former Representative Mark Butler of Carroll County
Former Senator Jim Butterworth of Habersham County
Former Senator Susan Cable of Bibb County
Representative Johnnie Caldwell of Upson County
Former Representative Gene Callaway of Gwinnett County
Representative Kasey Carpenter of Whitfield County
Former Representative Bobby Carroll of Walton County
Representative John Carson of Cobb County
Former Senator Joseph Carter of Tift County
Representative Geoff Cauble of Henry County
Former Representative Jill Chambers of DeKalb County
Former Senate Republican Leader Ronnie Chance of Fayette County
Representative Joyce Chandler of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Jeff Chapman of Glynn County
Former Senator Don Cheeks of Richmond County
Former Representative Mike Cheokas of Sumter County
Former Representative Bill Clark of Catoosa County
Former Representative Gene Clark of Cobb County
Representative Heath Clark of Houston County
Former Representative Herman Clark of Cobb County
Former Representative Valerie Clark of Gwinnett County
Former Senate Republican Leader Chuck Clay of Cobb County
Former Representative Linda Coker of Cobb County
Former Representative Jim Cole of Monroe County
Representative Brooks Coleman of Gwinnett County
Former Senator Mac Collins of Butts County
Representative Christian Coomer of Bartow County
Representative Sharon Cooper of Cobb County
Representative John Corbett of Lowndes County
Senate Republican Leader Bill Cowsert of Clarke County
Representative Clay Cox of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Kathy Cox of Fayette County
Former Senator Mike Crane of Coweta County
Former Representative Ron Crews of Gwinnett County
Former Senator Mike Crotts of Henry County
Former Representative Steve Davis of Henry County
Former Senator Clint Day of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Clay Davis of Clayton County
Representative John Deffenbaugh of Walker County
Representative Katie Dempsey of Floyd County
Representative Robert Dickey of Peach County
Former Representative Tom Dickson of Whitfield County
Former Representative Scott Dix of Gwinnett County
Representative Matt Dollar of Cobb County
Former Senator John Douglas of Newton County
Representative Matt Dubnik of Hall County
Senator Mike Dugan of Carroll County
Representative Emory Dunahoo of Hall County
Former Senate Republican Leader Skin Edge of Coweta County
Representative Chuck Efstration of Gwinnett County
Representative Earl Ehrhart of Cobb County
Former Representative Hank Elliott of DeKalb County
Representative Terry England of Barrow County
Representative Bubber Epps of Twiggs County
Former Representative Doug Everett of Doughtery County
Former Representative Melvin Everson of Gwinnett County
Former Senator Steve Farrow of Whitfield County
Representative Barry Fleming of Columbia County
Former Representative Johnny Floyd of Crisp County
Former Representative Ron Forster of Catoosa County
Former Senator John Foster of Habersham County
Former Representative Allen Freeman of Bibb County
Former Senate President Pro Tempore Wayne Garner of Carroll County
Senator Frank Ginn of Madison County
Former Senator Greg Goggans of Coffee County
Representative Rich Golick of Cobb County
Representative Micah Gravely of Paulding County
Former Representative Johnny Gresham of Cobb County
Former Representative George Grindley of Cobb County
Former Senator Tim Golden of Lowndes County
Senator Steve Gooch of Lumpkin County
Former Representative Allen Hammontree of Whitfield County
Representative Meagan Hanson of DeKalb County
Former Representative Ben Harbin of Columbia County
Senator Marty Harbin of Fayette County
Representative Buddy Harden of Crisp County
Former Senator Seth Harp of Muscogee County
Representative Matt Hatchett of Laurens County
Senator Tyler Harper of Irwin County
Former Representative Chuck Harper of Carroll County
Representative Brett Harrell of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Bobby Harris of McDuffie County
Former Representative Jed Harris of Muscogee County
Representative Lee Hawkins of Hall County
Former Representative John Heard of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Bill Hembree of Douglas County
Former Representative Cecily Hill of Camden County
Representative DeWayne Hill of Catoosa County
Senator Jack Hill of Tattnall County
Former Senator Judson Hill of Cobb County
Representative Scott Hilton of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Roger Hines of Cobb County
Representative Bill Hitchens of Effingham County
Representative Don Hogan of Glynn County
Representative Susan Holmes of Jasper County
Former Representative Doug Holt of Newton County
Former Senator George Hooks of Sumter County
Former Representative Billy Horne of Coweta County
Representative Penny Houston of Berrien County
Former Senator Ralph Hudgens of Clarke County
Senator Chuck Hufstetler of Floyd County
Former House Republican Leader Bob Irvin of Fulton County
Former Senator Bill Jackson of Columbia County
Representative Rick Jasperse of Pickens County
Former Senator Rick Jeffares of Henry County
Former Representative Curtis Jenkins of Monroe County
Representative Jeff Jones of Glynn County
Former Representative Pope Jones of Coweta County
Former Representative Brian Joyce of Catoosa County
Former Representative Bill Jones of Butts County
Senator Burt Jones of Butts County
Former Representative Mitchell Kaye of Cobb County
Former House Republican Leader Jerry Keen of Glynn County
Representative Trey Kelley of Polk County
Senator John F. Kennedy of Bibb County
Former Representative Rusty Kidd of Baldwin County
Representative Tom Kirby of Walton County
Senator Greg Kirk of Sumter County
Senator Kay Kirkpatrick of Cobb County
Former Representative Tom Knox of Forsyth County
Former Senator Bart Ladd of DeKalb County
Representative John LaHood of Lowndes County
Former Senator Robert Lamutt of Cobb County
Former Representative Bob Lane of Bulloch County
Representative Dominic LaRiccia of Coffee County
Former Representative Tom Lawrence of DeKalb County
Former Representative Bobby Lawson of Hall County
Former Senator Dan Lee of Troup County
Former Representative Kevin Levitas of DeKalb County
Former Representative Jeff Lewis of Bartow County
Senator William Ligon of Glynn County
Former Representative John Linder of DeKalb County
Representative Jodi Lott of Columbia County
Representative Eddie Lumsden of Floyd County
Former Representative John Lunsford of Henry County
Former Representative Billy Maddox of Pike County
Former Representative Gene Maddox of Grady County
Former Representative Leland Maddox of Henry County
Former Representative Judy Manning of Cobb County
Representative Chuck Martin of Fulton County
Senator P.K. Martin of Gwinnett County
Representative Karen Mathiak of Spalding County
Representative Howard Maxwell of Paulding County
Former Representative Jeff May of Walton County
Former Representative Tony McBrayer of Tift County
Representative Tom McCall of Elbert County
Former Representative Bubba McDonald of Jackson County
Former Senator Perry McGuire of Douglas County
Former Representative Doug McKillip of Clarke County
Former Representative Shaw McVeigh of Glynn County
Representative John Meadows of Gordon County
Senator Fran Millar of DeKalb County
Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller of Hall County
Former Representative Phyllis Miller of Gwinnett County
Former Senator Dan Moody of Fulton County
Representative Greg Morris of Toombs County
Former Representative Emory Morsberger of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Chesley Morton of DeKalb County
Former Representative Anne Mueller of Chatham County
Senator Jeff Mullis of Walker County
Former Representative Mike Muntean of Gwinnett County
Former Senator Jack Murphy of Forsyth County
Representative Mark Newton of Richmond County
Representative Randy Nix of Troup County
Representative Don Parsons of Cobb County
Former Senator Rusty Paul of Fulton County
Senator Chuck Payne of Whitfield County
Former Senator Ed Perry of Berrien County
Representative Jesse Petrea of Chatham County
Former Representative Boyd Pettit of Bartow County
Former Senate Republican Leader Tom Phillips of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Garland Pinholster of Cherokee County
Representative Alan Powell of Hart County
Former Senator J.B. Powell of Burke County
Representative Jimmy Pruett of Dodge County
Representative Brad Raffensperger of Fulton County
Former Senator Rick Price of Fayette County
Former Senate Republican Leader Tom Price of Fulton County
Former Representative Ann R. Purcell of Effingham County
Former Senator Hugh Ragan of Cobb County
Representative Paulette Rakestraw of Paulding County
Former Representative Virginia Ramsey of Glynn County
Former Representative Stacey Reece of Hall County
Former Representative Tom Rice of Gwinnett County
Former Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson of Paulding County
Representative Jason Ridley of Murray County
Former Representative Danae Roberts of Muscogee County
Former Senate President Pro Tempore Pete Robinson of Muscogee County
Former Representative Carl Rogers of Hall County
Former Senate Republican Leader Chip Rogers of Cherokee County
Representative Terry Rogers of Habersham County
Representative Ed Rynders of Lee County
Former Representative John Scoggins of Madison County
Representative Jason Shaw of Lanier County
Former Representative Donna Sheldon of Gwinnett County
Former Representative Neal Shepard of Coweta County
Former Representative Mitch Skandalakis of Fulton County
Former Representative Jimmy Skipper of Sumter County
Representative Deborah Silcox of Fulton County
Former Representative Chuck Sims of Coffee County
Former Representative Barbara Sims of Richmond County
Former Representative Clint Smith of Dawson County
Representative Richard Smith of Muscogee County
Former Representative Bob Snelling of Douglas County
Former Senator Cecil Staton of Bibb County
Representative Ron Stephens of Chatham County
Senator Jesse Stone of Burke County
Former Senator Bud Stumbaugh of DeKalb County
Representative Jan Tankersly of Bulloch County
Former Senator Charlie Tanksley of Cobb County
Representative Steve Tarvin of Walker County
Representative Tom Taylor of DeKalb County
Senator Lindsey Tippins of Cobb County
Former Senator Don Thomas of Whitfield County
Senator Bruce Thompson of Bartow County
Former Senator Fletcher Thompson of Fulton County
Former Representative Scott Tolbert of Jackson County
Former Representative Matt Towery of Cobb County
Former Representative Sharon Trense of Fulton County
Former Representative Steve Tumlin of Cobb County
Senator Renee Unterman of Gwinnett County
Former Senator JaNice VanNess of Rockdale County
Former Representative Monty Veazy of Tift County
Former Representative Larry Walker Jr. of Houston County
Senator Larry Walker III of Houston County
Former Representative Len Walker of Walton County
Former Senator George Warren of DeKalb County
Senator Ben Watson of Chatham County
Representative Sam Watson of Colquitt County
Former Representative Charlie Watts of Paulding County
Former Senator Dan Weber of DeKalb County
Representative Andy Welch of Henry County
Former Representative Tom Weldon of Catoosa County
Former Senator Jim Whitehead of Columbia County
Former Representative Bruce Widener of DeKalb County
Former Representative Tom Wilder of Cobb County
Former Senator John Wiles of Cobb County
Former Representative Joe Wilkinson of Fulton County
Senator John Wilkinson of Stephens County
Representative Wendell Willard of Fulton County
Former Representative Betty Jo Williams of DeKalb County
Former Representative Jeff Williams of Gwinnett County
Senator Michael Williams of Forsyth County
Representative Rick Williams of Baldwin County
Former Representative Roger Williams of Whitfield County
He also has the support of Georgia Right to Life, Georgia Carry, the National Rifle Association. Shafer faces former state representative Geoff Duncan in the runoff on July 24th.
