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District 121: Rep. Marcus Wiedower

Marcus received a Bachelors of Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia. He likes in Watkinsville, Georgia with his wife and three children. He also attends Athens Church.

Marcus is the Vice President of External Affairs at Hillpointe, a real estate firm. He has worked there for the past 4 years.

Ballotpedia: Marcus Wiedower

Marcus Wiedower is currently the representative for House District 121. He was elected in 2022 and has served one term. Marcus previously served as the representative for House District 119, winning the 2018 and 2020 election. He ran in the 2017 special election for representative for district 119, but did not win.  

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The candidate's website says, "NO to Raising Taxes"

Said, "Our tax dollars need to come back to our community."

Said, "We need to reprioritize our spending in Atlanta and we need to cut the waste... We need to be good stewards of taxpayers' resources."

Opposes raising taxes and said, "We need to reprioritize our spending in Atlanta and we need to cut the waste... We need to be good stewards of taxpayers' resources."

As Representative, he voted to "suspend the state gas tax, decrease the state income tax, and give rebates to Georgia taxpayers!"

- Opposes raising taxes and said, "We need to reprioritize our spending in Atlanta and we need to cut the waste... We need to be good stewards of taxpayers' resources."
- As Representative, he voted to "suspend the state gas tax, decrease the state income tax, and give rebates to Georgia taxpayers!"

Economy

As of March 19, 2024, Marcus A. Wiedower’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Wants to improve the integrity of Georgia elections.

- Wants to improve the integrity of Georgia elections.

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The candidate's website says, "Raised over $200,000 to fund needs of local school"

Said, "Our community is blessed with great schools, but we can always do better... We need to ensure that we are spending our dollars wisely when it comes to education so that no children are falling through the cracks... We also need to ensure UGA gets the funding it needs to thrive."

Said, "We need to ensure that we are spending our dollars wisely when it comes to education so that no children are falling through the cracks. We also need to ensure UGA gets the funding it needs to thrive."

- Said, "We need to ensure that we are spending our dollars wisely when it comes to education so that no children are falling through the cracks. We also need to ensure UGA gets the funding it needs to thrive."

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Marcus A. Wiedower

As of April 22, 2024, John Michael Grigsby did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

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Plans to prevent Sports betting if the legislature approved of it.

- Plans to prevent Sports betting if the legislature approved of it.

As of March 19, 2024, John Michael Grigsby did not have a website or any information online.

Plans to first address increasing accessibly to health care for everybody in Georgia, citing 60 counties in Georgia "do not have a primary care physician, 49 don’t have a pediatrician for the children, 53 of them do not have a mental health professional.”

- Plans to first address increasing accessibly to health care for everybody in Georgia, citing 60 counties in Georgia "do not have a primary care physician, 49 don’t have a pediatrician for the children, 53 of them do not have a mental health professional.”

Supports limiting terms for politicians as he believes "Some people get comfortable in their position up there and they just stop doing their job.”

- Supports limiting terms for politicians as he believes "Some people get comfortable in their position up there and they just stop doing their job.”

Wants to address criminal scammers by developing a task force to combat such issues.

- Wants to address criminal scammers by developing a task force to combat such issues.

John Michael Grigsby

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- There are 180 members of the Georgia House of Representatives, each representing a single district.
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342. They only serve in the role part-time.