Larry Walker (Georgia)
Larry Walker (Republican Party) is a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 20. He assumed office on December 18, 2015. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
The Georgia Senate unanimously elected Walker president pro tempore on January 12, 2026. The president pro tempore presides over the senate when the lieutenant governor is absent and helps guide the legislative process.[1]
Walker said, "As President Pro Tempore, I will keep the Senate focused on cutting taxes, cutting unnecessary red tape and standing up for working families who are too often burdened by an overgrown bureaucracy. Georgians deserve a government that works for them, not one that gets in their way."[2]
Walker earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Georgia in 1987. His career experience included working as an accountant for Coca-Cola, a sales manager for Walker Rhodes Tractor Co., and chief executive officer of Walker Insurance Agency.[3] Walker also served on the boards of several organizations, including the Methodist Home, Museum of Aviation, and Morris Bank. He chaired the Perry Downtown Development Board and was vice chair of the Houston County Rotary Club.[4]
Walker was first elected to the senate in a 2015 special election in which he received 52% of the vote. He was re-elected unopposed in 2016. In 2020, he was re-elected by a 30-point margin. Walker was re-elected unopposed again in 2022 and 2024.
According to Walker's 2026 campaign website, "His signature legislation includes eliminating the corporate net worth tax on small business, establishing tax credits for job creating investment in rural Georgia, abolishing redundant information practices notice requirements for insurance companies and agents, enhancing Georgia’s successful digital entertainment industry incentives, strengthening our agriculture water use metering program and supporting our military installations through the creation of military economic opportunity zones."[5]
Biography
Larry Walker was born in Perry, Georgia and earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business in 1987. Walker's career experience includes owning and operating Walker Insurance Agency and working as a staff accountant for The Coca Cola Company. He has served on the board of the Methodist Home, the Museum of Aviation, and chaired the Perry Downtown Development Authority, the Middle Georgia Technical College Board, and the Houston County Development Authority. Walker was also president of the Perry Rotary Club and was named Perry Rotarian of the Year in 2004 and 2008. Perry was elected to state senate in 2015 and has served as Caucus Vice-Chairman for the Majority Party. [6]
Committee assignments
2025-2026
Walker was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- Insurance and Labor Committee, Chair
- Senate Retirement Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
2023-2024
Walker was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Secretary
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- House Health Committee, Ex-Officio
- Insurance Committee, Chair
- Senate Retirement Committee, Ex-Officio
- Senate Rules Committee
2021-2022
Walker was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Chair
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Assignments Committee
- Insurance and Labor Committee, Vice chair
- Senate Rules Committee
2019-2020
Walker was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
- Insurance and Labor Committee
- Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- Senate Rules Committee, Ex-Officio
- Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee, Ex-Officio
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Georgia committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture and Consumer Affairs |
| • Health and Human Services |
| • Insurance and Labor |
| • Veterans, Military and Homeland Security |
Sponsored legislation
Elections
2026
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker is running in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20 on May 19, 2026.
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2024
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 20 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker (R) | 100.0 | 79,290 |
| Total votes: 79,290 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker defeated Tori Branum in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker | 76.6 | 16,613 |
 | Tori Branum | 23.4 | 5,083 | |
| Total votes: 21,696 | |||
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2022
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 20 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker (R) | 100.0 | 59,824 |
| Total votes: 59,824 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker | 100.0 | 25,491 |
| Total votes: 25,491 | |||
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2020
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker defeated Julius Johnson in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 20 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker (R) | 65.0 | 57,946 |
| Julius Johnson (D) | 35.0 | 31,257 | ||
| Total votes: 89,203 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 20
Julius Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 20 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julius Johnson | 100.0 | 11,991 | |
| Total votes: 11,991 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker defeated Franklin Wetmore in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker | 93.1 | 20,071 |
| Franklin Wetmore | 6.9 | 1,478 | ||
| Total votes: 21,549 | |||
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2018
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker (R) | 100.0 | 57,488 |
| Total votes: 57,488 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20
Incumbent Larry Walker advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 20 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Walker | 100.0 | 10,750 |
| Total votes: 10,750 | |||
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2016
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.
Incumbent Larry Walker ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 20 general election.[7][8]
| Georgia State Senate, District 20 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Larry Walker Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 60,774 | |
| Total Votes | 60,774 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Larry Walker ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 20 Republican primary.[9][10]
| Georgia State Senate, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Larry Walker Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2015
Senate
A special election for the position of Georgia State Senate District 20 was called for December 1. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was November 4.[11]
The seat was vacant following Ross Tolleson's (R) resignation on November 1, 2015.[12]
Larry Walker (R) defeated Vivian Childs (R), Brooks Keisler (R), Jon Martin (R), James Pettis (R) and Mike Reece (R) in the special election.[13][14]
| Georgia State Senate, District 20, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Larry Walker |
52.2% | 4,111 | |
| Republican | Jon Martin | 18.6% | 1,462 | |
| Republican | James Pettis | 13.1% | 1,029 | |
| Republican | Mike Reece | 5.9% | 461 | |
| Republican | Brooks Keisler | 5.3% | 420 | |
| Republican | Vivian Childs | 4.9% | 388 | |
| Total Votes | 7,871 | |||
House
A special election for the position of Georgia House of Representatives District 146 was called for July 14.[15] A runoff election took place on August 11. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3.[16]
The seat was vacant following Larry O'Neal's (R) resignation to become the chief judge on the Georgia Tax Tribunal.[17]
Shaw Blackmon (R), Kelly Burke (R) and Larry Walker (R) faced off in a special election.[18] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Blackmon and Walker, met in a runoff election, which Blackmon won.[19][20]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 146, Special Election Runoff, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Shaw Blackmon |
56.9% | 2,520 | |
| Republican | Larry Walker | 43.1% | 1,905 | |
| Total Votes | 4,425 | |||
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 146, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Shaw Blackmon (advanced to runoff) |
43.8% | 1,735 | |
| Republican | Larry Walker (advanced to runoff) |
35.3% | 1,397 | |
| Republican | Kelly Burke | 20.9% | 828 | |
| Total Votes | 3,960 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
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2020
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2024
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In 2024, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 28.
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2023
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In 2023, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 9 to March 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 4.
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In 2021, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 11 to March 31.
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In 2020, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 26. The session was suspended from March 13 through June 11.
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In 2018, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 8 through March 29.
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In 2016, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 11 through March 24.
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In 2015, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 12 through April 2.
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Noteworthy events
Walker, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.[21]
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Footnotes
- ↑ WMGT, "Houston County State Senator Larry Walker III elected president pro tempore of Georgia Senate," January 12, 2026
- ↑ Georgia Senate Press Office, "Sen. Larry Walker, III Elected President Pro Tempore of Georgia State Senate," January 12, 2026
- ↑ Linkedin, "Larry Walker, III," accessed January 14, 2026
- ↑ Georgia State Senate, "Senator Larry Walker," accessed January 14, 2026
- ↑ Larry Walker's 2026 campaign website, "About Larry," accessed January 14, 2026
- ↑ State of Georgia Senate Press Office, "Larry Walker," accessed October 10, 2019
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Call for Special Election in State Senate District 20," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ 41 NBC, "Tolleson announces retirement from State Senate," October 6, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Secretary Kemp Announces the Close of Qualifying for the Special Election in State Senate District 20," accessed November 10, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election - December 1, 2015," accessed December 2, 2015
- ↑ PeachPundit.com, "Dates of Special Elections To Fill Vacancies," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Call for Special Elections in State House of Representatives Districts 48, 80, 146, 155," accessed May 21, 2015
- ↑ WMAZ, "O'Neal Resignation Effective Midnight April 30," April 29, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "State Representative, District 146," accessed June 8, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Election Results, "Statewide results for special election," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Special Election Runoff results," accessed September 8, 2015
- ↑ WGAU 98.7FM & AM1340, “Senator tests positive for coronavirus, Athens lawmakers self-quarantine,” March 19, 2020
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