Brandon Lamont Beach (born May 2, 1961) is an American

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serving as a member of the

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.Senator Brandon Beach
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and

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counties. Beach was involved with

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Early life and education

Born in Louisiana on May 2, 1961, Brandon Beach has an

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from

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(LSU) and a

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(MBA) from Centenary College. He is a former member of the Alpharetta City Council and the Alpharetta Planning and Zoning Commission. As of January 2013, Brandon Beach is the president and CEO of the North Fulton

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Political career

Beach was elected in 2012 and sworn into the

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in 2013. He sits on the Senate Economic Development, Government Oversight, Science and Technology, and currently serves as Chairman of the Transportation committee. Beach ran unopposed in 2020. In 2019, Beach ran for the Republican nomination to challenge current Representative

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in Georgia's 6th Congressional District. On November 14, 2019, Beach withdrew from the race and announced he would seek reelection.

Role in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election

After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, Beach backed attempts to overturn the presidential vote in Georgia over baseless fraud allegations. Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan subsequently stripped Beach of his chairmanship of the Transportation Committee. In July, 2022,

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prosecutor

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announced that she had sent a

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to Beach and two other Republican officials, warning them that they face indictment in connection with their role in the

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scheme, which was part of the

Coronavirus exposure

Beach was confirmed to have

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. He first showed symptoms on March 10, 2020, and was tested on March 14. In spite of showing symptoms, he attended a special session of the

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on March 16. The positive test results arrived on March 18. His actions led the entire Georgia State Senate, as well as staffers and others, to enter self-isolation and quarantine until the end of March 2020. Beach's failure to follow coronavirus protocols has angered many within the

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stated that Beach's actions were a clear example of what not to do if you felt sick. Testing has confirmed at least four other members of the Senate with positive test resultsFifth Georgia state senator tests positive for coronavirus
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. Beach has responded that he is "not a bad person", and that he thought it was bronchitis.What the Coronavirus Is Doing to Rural Georgia
by Charles Bethea, in the ''

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''; published April 4, 2020; retrieved April 13, 2020.

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