Joshua McKoon (born February 25, 1979) is an American politician who is Chairman of the
Georgia Republican Party
The Georgia Republican Party (GAGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Georgia and one of the two major political parties. It is currently the dominant party in the state and is chaired by Joshua McKoon.
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. A member of the
Republican Party, he formerly represented the
29th
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district in the
Georgia State Senate
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.
In 2017, McKoon announced that he would not be seeking re-election for State Senate. During his time in the State Senate, McKoon championed "religious liberty" legislation and stricter ethics legislation.
He ran for
Georgia Secretary of State
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, but came in third in the
primary
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receiving nearly 112,000 votes.
As chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, McKoon has pushed for changes to voting laws in Georgia and advocated for
2020 election deniers to serve on the Georgia State Election Board to "stop
emocratsfrom cheating in 2024."
McKoon is a close ally of his predecessor
David Shafer who was indicted in 2023 for his role in the
Trump fake electors plot
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References
External links
Campaign websiteGeorgia State Senate official pageJoshua McKoon at Ballotpedia
1979 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Republican Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly
2024 United States presidential electors
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