Susan Holmes

Susan Holmes
Georgia House of Representatives District 129
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
Prior offices
Mayor, Monticello, Georgia
1998-2010
Education
Bachelor's	University of Georgia
Personal
Place of birth	Jasper County, GA
Profession	Former Educator
Religion	Presbyterian
Websites
Office website

Susan Holmes is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 129. She has represented the district, previously District 125, since 2011.

Holmes is a retired real estate agent. She also taught school, served as a postmaster, a legal assistant and CFO of a family owned insurance company. She also served twelve years as mayor of Monticello, GA. Holmes also served on the board of directors of Griffin Technical College, Piedmont academy, and sat on the Jasper County Zoning, Jasper County Library and Jasper Memorial Hospital Boards.

She earned a B.S. in Business Education from the University of Georgia, where she also attended the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Holmes and her husband, Paul, have three children.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

Georgia Committee Assignments, 2011
• Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
• Intragovernmental Coordination
• Natural Resources and Environment

Elections

2012

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2012

Holmes ran in the 2012 election for Georgia House of Representatives District 129. Holmes ran unopposed in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012. She was unopposed in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Georgia House of Representatives, District 129, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Susan Holmes Incumbent	100%	17,076
Total Votes				17,076

2010

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2010

Holmes defeated David Gault (D) in the November 2 general election.

Georgia House of Representatives, District 125 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Susan Holmes (R)		10,559	64.7%
David Gault (D)		5,751	35.3%

Holmes defeated Mary Carter in the July 20 primary by a margin of 2,974-1,970.

Georgia House of Representatives, District 125 - Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Susan Holmes		2,974	60.2%
Mary Alice Carter		1,970	39.8%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, a year in which Holmes was up for re-election, he collected $92,300 in donations.

His four largest contributors in 2010 were:

Donor	Amount
Lasseter Tractor Co	$3,000
Bradley, Jenny Lynn	$2,400
Hanna, David G	$2,400
Georgia Republican Party	$2,400

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• Multi-county Republican event features Ga. legislators - Morgan County Citizen

Personal

Holmes and her husband Paul have three children.

External links

Suggest a link

• Georgia House of Representatives - Susan Holmes
• Project Vote Smart biographical profile
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Campaign contributions: 2010
• Susan Holmes on Facebook

References

Political offices
Preceded by Kip Smith (R)	Georgia House District 129 2013–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by Jim Cole	Georgia House District 125 2011–2013	Succeeded by Earnest Smith (D)