Rep. Matt Hatchett New House Majority Whip
State Representative Matt Hatchett (R-Dublin) was elected today as the House Majority Whip. He will serve for the remainder of the 2021-2022 legislative term.
From a press release:
“I am honored to have been elected by my Republican colleagues to serve in this new capacity,” said Majority Whip Hatchett. “I am thankful for the residents of House District 150 in Middle Georgia for allowing me the honor to represent them and fight for us all at the State Capitol. Year after year, voters continue to entrust the House Republican Caucus to lead their state legislature and bring sound policies to the table that put Georgians first. With this in mind, I look forward to continuing to move this state forward with strong conservative values.”
“Matt Hatchett is a proven leader who has earned the trust of the House Majority Caucus,” said Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge). “He has fought time and again for our priorities and principals both on the campaign trail and in the well of the Georgia House. I am proud he has been chosen by our colleagues as Majority Whip, and I am honored to continue to have him as part of our House leadership team.”
Majority Whip Hatchett is responsible for monitoring legislation as it moves through both chambers of the General Assembly and helping the members of the Majority Caucus to better understand the details of bills and resolutions.
As a result of this election, Majority Whip Hatchett has resigned as the chair of the Majority Caucus, a position he held since 2013.
Representative Matt Hatchett represents the citizens of District 150, which includes Treutlen County and portions of Johnson and Laurens counties. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 and currently serves as House Majority Whip and and Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee. He also serves on the Special Committee On Access to Quality Health Care and the Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, as well as the Economic Development & Tourism, Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Ethics and Health & Human Services committees.
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Lawton is a graduate of Georgia Southern University (the GSU) with a degree in Information Technology. He has held numerous positions within the Georgia Republican Party throughout the years.
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Come on Lawton you can do better than just post a PR release. You should tell up how Fleming was going to challenge Ralston and lost his panties.
I mean this is just weak sauce. Let us know about the ins and outs. This is a political site.
Here is the meat of the story:
“Jekyll Island, Ga. – A chief architect of the state’s new election law lost his bid Friday for a key Georgia House Republican leadership position in a vote that was widely seen as a test of Speaker David Ralston’s clout.
State Rep. Matt Hatchett, a close ally of the speaker, defeated state Rep. Barry Fleming, a potential rival to Ralston, in a closed-door GOP retreat in Jekyll Island. The vote was by secret ballot, but several Republican legislators with knowledge of the tally said Hatchett won by an overwhelming margin.
The vote was to replace state Rep. Trey Kelley as the chamber’s majority whip, the fourth-ranking GOP leadership position, as he fights charges stemming from a 2019 fatal accident.
Fleming chaired the special House committee that shepherded Senate Bill 202, the election overhaul that includes new voting restrictions, through the Legislature.
And he’s assiduously courted allies who want to push the chamber in a more combative direction than Ralston. A victory could have potentially set him up to challenge Ralston. Fleming didn’t immediately comment.
It was the most serious challenge to Ralston’s leadership since a small band of Republicans tried to oust him from leadership in 2019. That effort only attracted 10 GOP names, and many of those dissenters are no longer in office.”
https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/key-sponsor-of-georgia-election-law-loses-bid-for-gop-house-leadership/WATKZ2YKQZAQ5KF5NKSC6LGKSM/
So Fleming was trying to gain power but now he is on the back bench. I imagine he will fade from view like all the others.
Lawton if you want folks to stop by, you need to put a little effort into the site. Upgrade the features, let folks edit posts and embed Twitter.
I also get tired reading press releases which by their nature are self-serving. A little context would go a long way. As the man said, this is supposed to be a political site so how about a little more inside ball in place of blind cut/past?
An edit function would be nice too, if only to cover the times I forget to post a link. I understand no one wants a poster to materially change a post once it’s up, but how about a 5 minute grace period so we can clean up obvious errors or omissions?