Commissioner: Jason Shaw State Public Service Commissioner: Bubba McDonald State Public Service Commissioner: Tricia Pridemore Past chairs Foster Blodgett (1867–c.1870) Alfred E. Buck (c. 1896) Walter H. Johnson (c. 1897) W. Y. Gilliam (c. 1925) Churchill P. Goree (1920–?) Roscoe Pickett (1928–?) Josiah T. Rose (c. 1931) Clint W. Hager (1937–1941) W. Roscoe Tucker (1945–1952) Elbert Tuttle (1952–1955) William B. Shartzer (c. 1955–58) John A. "Jeff" Davis (c. 1961) Mack Mattingly (1975–1977) Rodney Mims Cook Sr. (1977–1981) Fred Cooper (1981–1985) Bob Bell (1983–1985) Paul Coverdell (1985–1987) John Stuckey (1987–1989) Rusty Paul (1995–1999) Chuck Clay (1999–2001) Ralph Reed (2001–2003) Alec Poitevint (2003–2007) Sue Everhart (2007–2013) John Padgett (2013–2017) John Watson (2017–2019) David Shafer (2019–) Past Republican governors Rufus Bullock served from 1868 to 1871 before the Ku Klux Klan ran him out of office for appealing to the federal government to send military reinforcements to protect African-American legislators who had been expelled from the General Assembly as well as disenfranchised African American voters. Benjamin Conley was sworn in and served for 72 days following Bullock's resignation until Confederate Colonel and Democrat James M. Smith was elected for the next term. In 2002, Sonny Perdue was elected as the first Republican Governor of Georgia since Reconstruction. He earned a doctorate from University of Georgia in 1971 in veterinary medicine. He served in the U.S. Air Force, earning the rank of captain, before receiving his honorable discharge and starting up a small business in Raleigh, N.C. He served 10 years beginning in 1990 as a Democrat in the Georgia State Senate, including a tenure as majority leader from 1995 to 1996. He served as governor from 2003 to 2011 for two terms. Nathan Deal served two terms as Georgia's Governor from 2011 to 2019 after beating Roy Barnes in 2010 and Jason Carter in 2014. Deal resigned his position from the U.S. House of Representatives to run for Governor. He won the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary in a run-off against then-Former Secretary of State Karen Handel. References Further reading External links Georgia Republican Party website Georgia Teen Republicans Georgia Young Republicans Georgia Republican Party