Bonnie Marie Rich (born September 5, 1969) served in the Georgia House of Representatives from the 97th District until she was defeated by fellow Republican David Clark in a primary on June 6, 2022. After redistricting placed them in the same district together, David Clark won with 59.25% of the vote against Rich.Official & Complete Results
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from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and education

Rich was born in Tyrone, Georgia. Rich's mother is the late Donna Miller Young, and her father is the late Kenneth Randall Miller. In 1991, Rich earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

. Rich earned a J.D. degree in Law from

Georgia State University College of Law Georgia State University College of Law is a law school located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1982, it is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. In addition to the Jur ...

. In August 2019, Rich completed the Legislative Leadership Training conducted by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.

Career

In 1994, Rich started her career as an Associate Attorney. In 1999, Rich became an Assistant General Counsel for Primerica Financial Services, until 2003. In 2008, Rich became the Assistant Director and Supervising Attorney of the Philip C. Cook Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law. In 2014, Rich became an Attorney at Law at Bonnie Rich Law in Georgia.

Political career

On November 6, 2018, Rich won the election and became a Republican member of

for District 97. Rich defeated Aisha Yaqoob with 55.86% of the votes. On November 3, 2020, as an incumbent, Rich won the election and continued serving District 97. Rich defeated Mary Blackmon Campbell with 52.17% of the votes. In 2021, while chair of the Georgia House redistricting committee, Rich helped secure passage of a new redistricting map criticized for being gerrymandered in favor of Republicans. This same map that she oversaw development of placed her in the same district with conservative State Representative David Clark, who defeated her in the 2022 Republican Primary.

Personal life

Rich's husband is Randy Rich, a judge. They have two children. Rich and her family live in

Suwanee, Georgia Suwanee is a city in Gwinnett County and a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,355; this had grown to an estimated 20,907 as of 2019. In 2020, its population was 20 ...

References

External links

Bonnie Rich at ballotpedia.org

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