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Katherine James earned a bachelor's degree in architecture and a master's degree in architecture and industrial management from Georgia Institute of Technology. 

Katherine is the chair of the Lumpkin County Republican Party. 

Katherine currently works as a business executive in the enterprise software industry. She previously worked as a vice president at IFS, an enterprise software company, a senior vice president at Core Security, a cybersecurity company, and a vice president at Aptean, an enterprise software company.

Katherine previously served as the chair of the Lumpkin County Republican Party.

Candidates clash at debate hosted by local Republican Party

Katherine’s campaign for county commission chair in Lumpkin County is her first run for public office.

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Supports increasing awareness of property fraud prevention.

- Supports increasing awareness of property fraud prevention.

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Supports changes to land use policies to manage population growth.

Supports aligning development with regional planning goals.

Supports evaluating development projects based on community impact.

- Supports changes to land use policies to manage population growth.
- Supports aligning development with regional planning goals.
- Supports evaluating development projects based on community impact.

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Katherine James

Katherine is the chair of the Lumpkin County Republican Party.

- County Commission Chairs oversee the Board of County Commissioners, which create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- The County Commission Chair is specifically responsible for preparing the county budget, which must be passed by the rest of the County Commissioners. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commission Chairs have additional executive duties including coordinating with the office of the Mayor for your county, appointing Commissioners to committees, and representing your county at official functions.
- County Commission Chairs are elected to 4-year terms in county-wide elections.