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2011Housedirectory.Pdf TABLE OF CONTENTS (CLICK TO VIEW PAGE) 2011 - 2012 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LIST To view the Representative’s page, click on their name 2011 - 2012 House of Representatives List 3-6 Abdul-Salaam, Roberta (D) ................................................................................................................................74 Abrams, Stacey (D) ............................................................................................................................................84 Allison, Stephen (R)..............................................................................................................................................8 Amerson, Amos (R) ..............................................................................................................................................9 Anderson, Lee (R) ............................................................................................................................................ 117 2011 Leadership and other Capitol Offices 7 Ashe, Kathy (D) ..................................................................................................................................................56 Atwood, Alex (R) ...............................................................................................................................................179 Austin, Rick (R) ...................................................................................................................................................10 Baker, Glenn (D) .................................................................................................................................................78 Battles, Paul (R) .................................................................................................................................................15 Committee Chair Offices 8 Bearden, Tim (R) ................................................................................................................................................68 Beasley-Teague, Sharon (D) ..............................................................................................................................65 Bell, Simone (D) .................................................................................................................................................58 Benton, Tommy (R) .............................................................................................................................................31 Coverdell Legislative Office Building - CLOB 9-10 Black, Ellis (R) ..................................................................................................................................................174 Braddock, Paulette (R) .......................................................................................................................................19 Brocway, Buzz (R) ............................................................................................................................................101 Brooks, Tyrone (D) .............................................................................................................................................63 Bruce, Roger (D) ................................................................................................................................................64 2011 - 2012 Representative Information 11-70 Bryant, Bob (D) .................................................................................................................................................160 Buckner, Debbie (D) .........................................................................................................................................130 Burns, Jon (R) ..................................................................................................................................................157 Byrd, Charlice (R) ...............................................................................................................................................20 Carter, Amy (R) .................................................................................................................................................175 Committee Rosters 71-81 Casas, David (R) ..............................................................................................................................................103 Channell, Mickey (R) ........................................................................................................................................ 116 Cheokas, Mike (D) ............................................................................................................................................134 Clark, Josh (R) ....................................................................................................................................................98 Clark, Valerie (R) ..............................................................................................................................................104 Georgia Congress 84-85 Coleman, Brooks (R) ..........................................................................................................................................97 Collins, Doug (R) ................................................................................................................................................27 Cooke, Kevin (R) ................................................................................................................................................18 Coomer, Christian (R) .........................................................................................................................................14 Departments 86 Cooper, Sharon (R) ............................................................................................................................................41 Crawford, Rick (D) ..............................................................................................................................................16 Davis, Steve (R) ...............................................................................................................................................109 Dawkins-Haigler, Dee (D) ...................................................................................................................................93 Dempsey, Katie (R) ............................................................................................................................................13 Capitol Hill Numbers 87 Dickerson, Pam (D) ............................................................................................................................................95 Dickson, Tom (R) ..................................................................................................................................................6 Dobbs, Elly (D) ...................................................................................................................................................53 Dollar, Matt (R) ...................................................................................................................................................45 Drenner, Karla (D) ..............................................................................................................................................86 Other Offices 88 Dudgeon, Mike (R) .............................................................................................................................................24 Dukes, Winfred (D) ...........................................................................................................................................150 Dutton, Delvis (R) .............................................................................................................................................166 Ehrhart, Earl (R) .................................................................................................................................................36 2011 State Holidays 89 England, Terry (R) ............................................................................................................................................108 2 3 Epps, Bubber (D) ..............................................................................................................................................140 Lucas, David (D) ...............................................................................................................................................139 Epps, Carl Von (D)............................................................................................................................................128 Maddox, Billy (R) ..............................................................................................................................................127 Evans, Stacey (D)...............................................................................................................................................40 Maddox, Gene (R) ............................................................................................................................................172 Floyd, Hugh (D) ..................................................................................................................................................99 Manning, Judy (R) ..............................................................................................................................................32
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