Senator Chip Pearson District 51 (R)
About ChipState Sen. Chip Pearson represents Senate District 51, which includes Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and Union counties, and portions of Forsyth and White counties. He is the founder, president and CEO of Pecos, Inc. and Paramont Grading Co. Sen. Pearson currently serves on the board of the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and he is a former member of the boards of the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade & Tourism and the Dawson County Development Authority. Over the last several years, Sen. Pearson has been very active in the Republican Party in Georgia. He served for three years on the State Executive Committee of the Georgia Republican Party and for four years as chairman of the Dawson County Republican Party. He graduated from the Coverdell Leadership Institute and is widely respected in political circles for his active involvement in statewide grassroots campaign efforts supporting Republican elected officials. On November 2, 2004, Sen. Pearson was elected to his first term in the state Senate by garnering and impressive 63 percent of the vote. As a freshman Senator, he was selected by Senate leadership to serve as a Deputy Majority Whip and was assigned to the Appropriations, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Transportation and Regulated Industries and Utilities Committees. After running unopposed in 2006, Sen. Pearson is now serving in his second term in the Senate. He has been appointed chairman of the Senate Economic Development Committee and secretary of the Senate Transportation Committee. He also serves on the Appropriations, Rules, Administrative Affairs and Insurance and Labor Committees and the influential Committee on Assignments. He also serves the Senate as a Deputy Whip. A graduate of Shorter College, Chip is involved in a wide array of community groups including Rotary, National Federation of Independent Business and the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association. Sen. Pearson is also a licensed pilot and an Eagle Scout. He is happily married to the former Jill Christian, and they are the proud parents of three children – Madeleine, Mary Anna and Edward. Residents of Dawson County for 18 years, the Pearsons worship at Amicalola Baptist Church, where Chip teaches Sunday school. |
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Senate Votes to Prevent Coercive Abortions3/26/10 The Georgia State Senate today voted to prevent women in Georgia from being forced to have an abortion against their will. Under Senate Bill 529, authored by Sen. Chip Pearson (R-Dawsonville), criminal abortions will include unlawfully coercive abortions, or with the intent to prevent a birth based on the gender or race of the unborn child... More Sen. Chip Pearson: Build Reservoirs Now or Leave Georgians without Drinking Water in Three Years8/13/09 Recently, a federal judge ruled that metro Atlanta residents have no right to tap Lake Lanier for their drinking water. Because that function was not originally authorized when the lake was built 50 years ago, 3 million people could be without a single source of water if a compromise with Florida and Alabama is not reached within three years. While I understand the need to follow the letter of the law, we must also consider what’s practical. We cannot leave 3 million citizens without drinking water... More |
