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John Wilkinson

R

Georgia State Senate, District 50 (2011 - Present)

Quick Facts
  • Full Name:
    John K. Wilkinson
  • Gender:
    Male
  • Home City:
    Toccoa, GA
  • Religion:
    Christian
  • Family:
    Wife: Debbie; 2 Children; 5 Grandchildren
  • Father's Occupation:
    principal at South Habersham High SchoolSuperintendent of Stephens County Schools
Personal Details

John Wilkinson is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 50. He was first elected to the chamber in a special election on December 6, 2011.

Education

  • MED, Education, University of Georgia, 1982
  • BSA, Agriculture, University of Georgia, 1977

Professional Experience

  • MED, Education, University of Georgia, 1982
  • BSA, Agriculture, University of Georgia, 1977
  • Program Manager, Agricultural Education, Georgia Department of Education, 2005-2009
  • Executive Secretary, Future Farmers of America Association, Georgia Department of Education, 1983-2005

Political Experience

  • MED, Education, University of Georgia, 1982
  • BSA, Agriculture, University of Georgia, 1977
  • Program Manager, Agricultural Education, Georgia Department of Education, 2005-2009
  • Executive Secretary, Future Farmers of America Association, Georgia Department of Education, 1983-2005
  • Majority Caucus Secretary, Georgia State Senate, 2017-present
  • Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 50, 2011-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Georgia, District 9, 2020
  • Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 50, 2018

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Administrative Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Economic Development Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Health & Human Services Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, State & Local Governmental Operations Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Georgia State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs

Member, Appropriations

Vice Chair, Education and Youth

Member, Natural Resources and the Environment

Member, Rules

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MED, Education, University of Georgia, 1982
  • BSA, Agriculture, University of Georgia, 1977
  • Program Manager, Agricultural Education, Georgia Department of Education, 2005-2009
  • Executive Secretary, Future Farmers of America Association, Georgia Department of Education, 1983-2005
  • Majority Caucus Secretary, Georgia State Senate, 2017-present
  • Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 50, 2011-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Georgia, District 9, 2020
  • Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 50, 2018
  • Member, Georgia Agricultural Education Hall of Fame, present
  • Member/Deacon, Tates Creek Baptist Church, present

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Outstanding Member, National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education, 2006;
  • Award of Excellence, University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 2009;
  • Policy Maker of the Year, Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education, 2012
  • Outstanding Faculty Award in Agriculture Education, University of Georgia, 1987
  • Honorary American FFA Degree (1990)

  • Warren Wilkinson

  • principal at South Habersham High School
  • Superintendent of Stephens County Schools

Favorite Movie:

Hoosiers and Field of Dreams

Favorite Type of Music:

Gospel and Country

Hobbies or Special Talents:

* Spending time with the family, reading, and traveling

  • * College football, history, and agriculture

    • 5

    Priority Issues:

    -Protect the traditional, conservative values we hold dear

  • -Grow jobs by promoting business friendly policies
  • -Equip parents and teachers to provide children with a world class education.
  • -Protect jobs for Georgians
  • -Protect our water resources. Water = Jobs
  • -Protect our American freedoms and the rights of the unborn

    • Policy Positions

    2020

    Abortion

    Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
    - Pro-life

    Budget

    1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
    - Unknown Position

    Campaign Finance

    Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
    - Unknown Position

    Defense

    Do you support increasing defense spending?
    - Unknown Position

    Economy

    1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
    - Unknown Position

    3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
    - Unknown Position

    Education

    Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
    - No

    Energy and Environment

    1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
    - Unknown Position

    Guns

    Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
    - No

    Health Care

    1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
    - Unknown Position

    Immigration

    1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
    - Unknown Position

    National Security

    1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
    - Unknown Position

    Trade

    Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
    - Yes

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