Cathleen A. Latham is an American teacher and political activist. She is the former chairwoman of the
Coffee County, Georgia Republican Party and a member of the
Georgia Republican Party
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Current structure
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's executive committee. She is known for her involvement in the
2020 election interference case in the
U.S. state of
Georgia, where she was indicted along with former President
Donald Trump and 17 others.
Personal life and career
Latham is a
Texas native who has spent her career in education at
Coffee High School in Georgia.
She began her teaching career as an English teacher, but transitioned to teaching economics after a colleague's unexpected retirement.
Latham has been teaching economics full-time since 2006 and her students consistently achieve the highest scores in the district on state standardized tests.
In 2019, Latham was recognized as the Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year by the
Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE).
She has been active with GCEE, participating in their workshops for over 10 years, serving on some of their sister organization boards, and taking her students to the first annual Personal Finance Challenge in
Atlanta.
Latham also works as an educational consultant for the
Georgia Department of Education, where she is responsible for writing new Economic Standards and serves as a workshop instructor for AP Economic Education.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in English and History from
Baylor University, and a Masters of Education from
Troy University
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with a concentration in Government and Finance.
Latham is married.
She has served as the under 80,000 Caucus Chair for the Georgia GOP, overseeing 129 rural counties of Georgia.
Involvement in 2020 election
During the
2020 elections in Georgia and their aftermath, Latham was a member of the Georgia Republican Party's executive committee and sat on its election confidence task force. She was one of the “fake electors” who signed unauthorized certificates in a bid to keep Trump in power after his 2020 election defeat.
2020 absentee voting lawsuit
In December 2020, Latham was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Georgia Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger and members of the Georgia State Election Board. The lawsuit, filed by the
Twelfth Congressional District's Republican Committee, sought to invalidate certain rules related to absentee voting in Georgia. Latham, a member of the
Republican Party
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who had been selected to appear as a member of the Republican Presidential Elector Slate on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot, claimed that the rules facilitated
ballot harvesting and vote fraud, and violated her rights as a voter who votes in person.
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2023 indictment for racketeering
In August 2023, Latham was indicted in Georgia for racketeering
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Originally and of ...
, over alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. She was one of the false electors who met to cast their votes for then-President Donald Trump, something the Jan. 6 Committee proved was part of a larger failed conspiracy to replace the lawful electors for Biden in several key states, including Georgia, with Trump electors.remove
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See also
* Deletion (disambiguation)
* Moving ( ...
” the criminal prosecution in the state “as an officer of the United States or a person acting under officers of the United States.”
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al. defendants