Ed has a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Furman University. He lives in Acworth with his family. They attend St. Stephen Orthodox Christian Church.

Ed serves as a Program Manager for CROFT, a construction firm. He has worked there for 10 years. Previously, he worked as an Environmental Consultant and Program Manager for a construction firm in Kennesaw.

Ed Setzler is a State House Representative, representing District 35. He was first elected in 2004 and has served nine terms. He is Chairman of the House Committee on Science & Technology.

Supports making "teacher pay in Georgia #1 in the Southeast."

Wants to "eliminate radical ideologies such as CRT" from Georgia curricula.

- Plans to fully fund the QBE formula.
- Wants to protect smaller class sizes.
- Supports making "teacher pay in Georgia #1 in the Southeast."
- Wants to "eliminate radical ideologies such as CRT" from Georgia curricula. 
- Supports school choice.

Education

Wants to provide law enforcement officials with the "tools they need to protect Georgia’s communities."

Supports diverting nonviolent drug offenders into specialized treatment programs instead of prison.

- Wants to provide law enforcement officials with the "tools they need to protect Georgia’s communities."
- Supports diverting nonviolent drug offenders into specialized treatment programs instead of prison.

Public Safety

Supports paper-verifiable statewide election systems.

- Supports paper-verifiable statewide election systems.

Voting & Elections

As State Representative, voted to fund Georgia’s statewide trauma care network.

As State Representative, voted for House Bill 47 which reduced healthcare costs by allowing Georgians to purchase health insurance across state lines.

As State Representative, voted to expand the scope of practice for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician’s Assistants.

- As State Representative, voted to fund Georgia’s statewide trauma care network.
- As State Representative, voted for House Bill 47 which reduced healthcare costs by allowing Georgians to purchase health insurance across state lines.
- As State Representative, voted to expand the scope of practice for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician’s Assistants.

Healthcare

As State Representative, supported passage of Senate Bill 33, which requires state agencies to produce a full, bottom-up accounting and justification of every dollar spent in every state program.

- As State Representative, supported passage of Senate Bill 33, which requires state agencies to produce a full, bottom-up accounting and justification of every dollar spent in every state program.

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Ed Setzler

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Vanessa Parker ran for State Senator representing District 37 in 2020. She was defeated by Republican incumbent Lindsey Tippins.

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Wants to fund special education programs.

Supports funding for vocational training.

- Wants to fund special education programs.
- Supports funding for vocational training. 
- Plans to fund "affordable colleges."

Supports "police reform that will eliminate bias."

- Supports "police reform that will eliminate bias."

Supports "keeping taxes at rates that allow for working people and retired workers to thrive."

- Supports "keeping taxes at rates that allow for working people and retired workers to thrive."

Wants to "ensure that your right to vote is protected and preserved."

- Wants to "ensure that your right to vote is protected and preserved."

Vanessa Parker

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- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342.

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