Bruce Williamson

	Bruce Williamson
	Georgia House of Representatives District 115
	Incumbent
	In office
	January 11, 2011 - Present
	Term ends
	January 12, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
	Compensation
Base salary	$17,342/year
Per diem	$173/day
	Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
	Education
Bachelor's	Furman University, 1976
Master's	University of Georgia, 1977
	Personal
Profession	Founder/Chairman, Liberty First Bank
Religion	Methodist
Websites
	Office website
	Campaign website

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Williamson is founder and chairman of Liberty First Bank in Monroe, GA. Previously, he was the founder of Walton Bank and Trust Company, which merged with Main Street Bank in 2001. He was also owner of Williamson Insurance Agency, Inc. and Main Street Insurance Services and co-founder of Williamson-Musselwhite Insurance Incorporated. Williamson holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Furman University and an M.A. in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Vickie, have four children.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Williamson served on the following committees:

Georgia Committee Assignments, 2013
• Banks and Banking, Vice Chair
• Governmental Affairs
• Insurance
• Ways and Means

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Williamson served on the following committees:

Georgia Committee Assignments, 2011
• Banks and Banking
• Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight
• Governmental Affairs

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Bruce Williamson endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. ^[1]

Elections

2014

See also: Georgia's 10th congressional district elections, 2014

Williamson announced in April 2013 that he would be considering a run for Paul Broun's open seat in the U.S. House.^[2]

2012

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2012

Williamson ran in the 2012 election for Georgia House of Representatives District 115. Williamson ran unopposed in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012. No Democratic candidate filed to run for this seat. The general election took place on November 6, 2012. ^[3]^[4] Williamson ran unopposed in the general election.^[5]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 115, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bruce Williamson Incumbent	100%	18,608
Total Votes				18,608

2010

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2010

No one ran against him Williamson the November 2 general election.^[6]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 111 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Bruce Williamson (R)		16,020	100.0%

Williamson defeated Lee Rowell and Timmy Shelnutt in the July 20 primary.^[7]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 111 - Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates	Votes	Percent
Bruce Williamson	4,417	51.0%
Timmy Shelnutt	2,680	31.0%
Lee Rowell	1,557	18.0%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, a year in which Williamson was up for re-election, he collected $65,357 in donations.^[8]

His four largest contributors in 2010 were:

Donor	Amount
Williamson III, Hugh B	$5,000
Kelly, Thomas F	$2,400
Kelly, Leigh	$2,400
Downey, Catherine	$1,500

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