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Burt is from Jackson, Georgia. He attended Woodward Academy. He has a history degree from The University of Georgia. Burt lives with his wife, Jan, and their two children, Stella and Banks, in Butts County. They attend Rock Springs Church in Milner.

He works with his family businesses: Jones Petroleum, a gas company, and JP Capital & Insurance, a retail insurance company.

Burt Jones is currently a Georgia State Senator representing the 25th District. He was elected in 2012 and has served five terms. Until 2021, he was chairman of the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee.

Wants to make investments in funding for students, teachers, and "other critical educational improvements."

Wants to prioritize vocational and technical education to expand the workforce and train students for higher paying jobs.

Supports banning critical race theory in schools. Instead, he calls for "more civics-based education that focuses on unity and an understanding of our country’s founding principles."

- Wants to make investments in funding for students, teachers, and "other critical educational improvements."
- Plans to expand school choice programs. 
- Wants to prioritize vocational and technical education to expand the workforce and train students for higher paying jobs.
- Supports banning critical race theory in schools. Instead, he calls for "more civics-based education that focuses on unity and an understanding of our country’s founding principles."

Education

Wants to increase funding for local law enforcement officers.

Plans to enhance retirement benefits for law enforcement to both grow and retain a stable workforce of first responders.

Supports increasing penalties for sex traffickers, gang members and repeat offenders.

- Wants to increase funding for local law enforcement officers.
- Plans to enhance retirement benefits for law enforcement to both grow and retain a stable workforce of first responders.
- Supports increasing penalties for sex traffickers, gang members and repeat offenders.

Public Safety

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As a Senator, he voted in favor of SB 258, which allowed individuals to receive tax credits for donating to rural hospitals in Georgia.

As a Senator, he said, "Telehealth has become a vital piece of the healthcare puzzle and we need to expand on the progress that has been made during the pandemic. We need to in-vest in broadband and other infrastructure that will enable telehealth and telemedicine to expand in our communities where access to healthcare is minimal or not in existence."

- As a Senator, he voted in favor of SB 258, which allowed individuals to receive tax credits for donating to rural hospitals in Georgia.
- As a Senator, he said, "Telehealth has become a vital piece of the healthcare puzzle and we need to expand on the progress that has been made during the pandemic. We need to in-vest in broadband and other infrastructure that will enable telehealth and telemedicine to expand in our communities where access to healthcare is minimal or not in existence."

Healthcare

Supports reducing permitting and licensing process to support small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Supports funding and grants for vocational & technical education.

Wants to cut fees and regulations to small businesses and create more jobs.

- Supports reducing permitting and licensing process to support small businesses and entrepreneurs. 
- Plans to reduce state income tax.
- Supports funding and grants for vocational & technical education.
- Wants to cut fees and regulations to small businesses and create more jobs.

Economy

Calls for a "Full, statewide investigation into the numerous documented irregularities in the 2020 elections in Georgia

Wants to ensure SB202 is fully implemented and being enforced.

Supports increased resources for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate and act on potential voter fraud.

- Calls for a "Full, statewide investigation into the numerous documented irregularities in the 2020 elections in Georgia
- Wants to ensure SB202 is fully implemented and being enforced.
- Supports increased resources for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate and act on potential voter fraud.

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Burt Jones

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Butch is from Buford, Georgia. He lives with his wife in Hall County. They attend Lakewood Baptist Church.

Butch is the owner of Milton Martin Honda, a car dealership in Gainesville. He is the former chairman of the Georgia Automobile Dealers Association’s Board of Directors.

Butch Miller is currently President Pro Tempore of the Georgia Senate, representing the 49th District. He was elected in 2010 and has served six terms. He is chairman of the Administrative Affairs Committee.

Wants to support Georgia as the "Number 1 state for business and an engine of job creation."

Plans to grow Georgia's workforce using skills-based training to address the supply chain shortage.

As a senator, "Butch has successfully cut taxes and regulations."

- Wants to support Georgia as the "Number 1 state for business and an engine of job creation." 
- Plans to grow Georgia's workforce using skills-based training to address the supply chain shortage.
- As a senator, "Butch has successfully cut taxes and regulations."
- Wants to eliminate the state income tax.

Plans to "stand with parents to keep classrooms open."

Opposes Critical Race Theory as a part of school curriculums.

As a senator, he helped pass a constitutional amendment that increased access to public charter schools.

As a senator, he created the Special Needs Scholarship allowing students with learning challenges to attend any school that offers assistance.

- Plans to "stand with parents to keep classrooms open."
- Opposes Critical Race Theory as a part of school curriculums. 
- As a senator, he helped pass a constitutional amendment that increased access to public charter schools.
- As a senator, he created the Special Needs Scholarship allowing students with learning challenges to attend any school that offers assistance.

Plans to "back the blue and never bow to the Woke Mob’s demands to Defund the Police."

Wants to provide Georgia’s law enforcement agencies with additional funding.

In 2017, as a senator, he supported and passed the Campus Carry bill. The bill makes it legal for licensed handgun owners to carry concealed weapons on Georgia's public college campuses.

Wants to give prosecutors and law enforcement "the tools to combat" illegal immigration.

- Plans to "back the blue and never bow to the Woke Mob’s demands to Defund the Police."
- Wants to provide Georgia’s law enforcement agencies with additional funding.
- Supports Constitutional Carry.
- In 2017, as a senator, he supported and passed the Campus Carry bill. The bill makes it legal for licensed handgun owners to carry concealed weapons on Georgia's public college campuses.
- Wants to give prosecutors and law enforcement "the tools to combat" illegal immigration.

Supports the elimination of ballot drop boxes.

As a senator, he presided over the passage of SB202, which changed a number of requirements for voting registration and elections in Georgia.

Wants to conduct a forensic audit of the ballots in Fulton County and a review of the Dominion Voting Machines.

- Supports the elimination of ballot drop boxes.
- As a senator, he presided over the passage of SB202, which changed a number of requirements for voting registration and elections in Georgia.
- Wants to conduct a forensic audit of the ballots in Fulton County and a review of the Dominion Voting Machines.

Supports pro-life policies. As a senator, he supported the Heartbeat bill, which banned most abortions in Georgia after a fetal heartbeat was detected (around 6 weeks). The bill passed but was later ruled unconstitutional by a judge.

Opposes vaccine mandates. He said, "The federal government has no place making healthcare decisions for Americans and their children".

- Supports pro-life policies. As a senator, he supported the Heartbeat bill, which banned most abortions in Georgia after a fetal heartbeat was detected (around 6 weeks). The bill passed but was later ruled unconstitutional by a judge.
- Opposes vaccine mandates. He said, "The federal government has no place making healthcare decisions for Americans and their children".

Butch Miller

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Jeanne is the founder and CEO of Jeanne Seaver Consulting Group, a political and business consulting firm created in 2009. She previously worked at the Savannah Convention Center as a Board Member, appointed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp in 2019.

Jeanna Seaver's campaign for Lt. Governor is her first entry into politics.

Plans to "continue to fight for election integrity."

- Plans to "continue to fight for election integrity."

Wants to increase funding for law enforcement.

Plans to pass laws aimed at "protecting Georgians and our tax dollars from illegal immigration."

- Wants to increase funding for law enforcement. 
- Plans to pass laws aimed at "protecting Georgians and our tax dollars from illegal immigration."

Plans to advocate for alternatives that lower healthcare premiums, lower the cost of prescription drugs, and provide Direct Primary Care.

Supports greater healthcare access to both urban and rural Georgia.

- Plans to advocate for alternatives that lower healthcare premiums, lower the cost of prescription drugs, and provide Direct Primary Care. 
- Supports greater healthcare access to both urban and rural Georgia.
- Supports pro-life policies.

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Supports removing Critical Race Theory from the primary education curriculum.

Said, "\[I] will call legislation that mandates teaching our children American History and American values, not dividing us by skin color."

Wants to support students who choose attend trade and tech schools.

Supports school choice and charter schools.

- Supports removing Critical Race Theory from the primary education curriculum.
- Said, "\[I] will call legislation that mandates teaching our children American History and American values, not dividing us by skin color."
- Wants to support students who choose attend trade and tech schools.
- Supports school choice and charter schools.

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Supports replacing state income tax with a consumption tax on goods and services.

Opposes commercialized gambling in Georgia.

- Supports replacing state income tax with a consumption tax on goods and services.
- Opposes commercialized gambling in Georgia.

Jeanne Seaver

Mack lives with his wife. They have four children.

Mack is a welder. He works at Tag Manufacturing, Inc., a manufacturing company. He was previously in the United States Marine Corps from 1990 to 1993. He also worked for five years as an in-home caregiver.

Mack McGregor’s campaign for Lt. Governor is his first entry into politics.

Supports the elimination of critical race theory from school curriculums.

- Supports the elimination of critical race theory from school curriculums.

As of March 10, 2022, Mack McGregor’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wants to conduct a forensic audit of elections for all 159 counties.

Said he wants to "fix the laws on voting and create a fail-proof system for fair and fraud-free elections."

- Wants to conduct a forensic audit of elections for all 159 counties.
- Said he wants to "fix the laws on voting and create a fail-proof system for fair and fraud-free elections."

Wants to "Investigate DFCS/CPS activities"

- Supports constitutional carry.
- Wants to "Investigate DFCS/CPS activities"

- Wants to "end all illegal mandates".
- Supports pro-life policies.

Mack McGregor

- The Lieutenant Governor (Lt. Governor for short) is similar to the Vice President of the United States. If the Governor is incapacitated for any reason, the Lt. Governor takes over their powers until the Governor recovers or the term ends.
- The Lt. Governor influences which new laws get passed by using their role as the President of the State Senate. They work with advocates to introduce legislation and assist in the selection of which bills go up for debate.
- The Lt. Governor oversees debate in the State Senate, guiding the discussion of legislation and casting tie-breaking votes when necessary. 
- The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years in midterm election years (e.g. 2022, 2026, 2030). Unlike the Governor, the Lt. Governor is not subject to term limits and can run an unlimited number of times.

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