Lee Ivey Anderson (born January 6, 1957) is a
Republican member of the
Georgia State Senate, representing the 24th district.
Georgia General Assembly
In 2008, incumbent Republican State Representative Barry Fleming of Georgia's 117th House District decided to retire to run for Congress and challenge incumbent U.S. Congressman
Paul Broun of
Georgia's 10th congressional district
Georgia's 10th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is currently represented by Republican Jody Hice, and includes a large swath of urban and rural territory between Atlanta and Augusta ...
. Anderson decided to run here and won the Republican primary with 69% of the vote. He won the general election unopposed. In 2010, he won re-election to a second term unopposed.
In 2021, Anderson sponsored legislation to disband the Lincoln County Board of Elections and allow the Republican-led General Assembly to appoint a new board. Subsequently, the new board sought to remove all polling places except one. Anderson's district includes Lincoln County.
2012 congressional election
Anderson ran in the newly redrawn
Georgia's 12th congressional district
Georgia's 12th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is represented by Republican Rick Allen. The district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional con ...
, currently held by U.S. Congressman
John Barrow (D-Savannah). Lee was endorsed by Georgia Right to Life and signed the
Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
On paper, Anderson had a lot in his favor. The 12th had been significantly redrawn in redistricting, and now had a significant Republican tilt. Had the district existed in 2008,
John McCain
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would have won it with 58 percent of the vote. By comparison,
Barack Obama won the old 12th with 54 percent of the vote. However, on Election Day, Anderson lost, taking only 46.30% even as
Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts f ...
won the district handily. According to a post-mortem editorial in the ''
Augusta Chronicle'', Anderson was almost invisible during the campaign. He never debated Barrow, and made only cursory appearances before the media.
Bottom Line: Lee Anderson's campaign (Editorial)
Augusta Chronicle, November 8, 2012
See also
* Georgia General Assembly
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ...
References
External links
State Rep. Lee Anderson
''official Georgia Legislature site''
Lee Anderson for Congress
''official campaign site''
*
Biography
at Ballotpedia
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Financial information (state office)
at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
Campaign contributions
at OpenSecrets.org
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Living people
Republican Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
People from Grovetown, Georgia
21st-century American politicians
1957 births