Bill Stephens (R) Candidate for 9th District Congress
About BillFormer Georgia State Senator Bill Stephens is the son of a welder and a teacher and a sixth generation native of Fannin County in the North Georgia Mountains. Stephens was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1998 serving eight years and rising from a back bench Freshman to Senate Majority leader in less than five years. As a result of the Redistricting process, Senator Stephens represented 13 different North Georgia counties in the Senate at one time or another. Following his Freshman Term, his colleagues elected him as Senate Republican Caucus Chairman, where he helped bring about and lead the historic transition of the Senate from Democratic to Republican control in the election of 2002. Following that historic election, Stephens became a member of Governor Elect Sonny Perdue’s Transition Team, and it’s Spokesperson. In January of 2003 Stephens was named the first Georgia Senate Republican Administration Floor Leader in 134 years. Six months later, he was elected to the position of Majority leader. He was unanimously elected to a second term in that position. Stephens ran for Georgia Secretary of State in 2006 and lost in a Runoff Election. Along the way, Stephens also served a term as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and was Vice Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. He authored or co-authored over twenty pieces of major legislation, served on the three member Senate Budget Conference Committee and built a reputation for pointing out real life examples of wasteful governmental spending through the creation of the “Georgia Stuck Pig Award”, given annually for a number of years to recognize the most egregious examples of inappropriate spending of taxpayer dollars... Continue reading on Bill's website (opens new window)
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ContactStephens for Congress Bill Stephens bill@billstephens.com Jonathan Porter, Campaign Manager jonathan@billstephens.com Caroline Guest, Fundraising Director caroline@billstephens.com Alicia Stafford, Communications/Media alicia@billstephens.com |
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Stephens Says He’s Ready to Fight for Georgia’s Use of Lake Lanier in Congress7/21/09 Former State Senator Bill Stephens stresses the importance of a solution to Judge Magnuson’s ruling as Georgia’s Congressional delegation meets today to decide the next steps for the future of Lake Lanier’s... More Bill Stephens Pledges to No More Earmarks Until A Through Earmark Reform Is Started7/13/09 Bill Stephens, Former State Senate Majority Leader and Candidate for Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, announced today via Twitter his pledge to not request earmarks as part of Congress’ appropriations process until Congress enacts a thorough earmark reform... More |
