Английская Википедия:Bill Heath (politician)

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Bill Heath (born October 20, 1959) is a former Republican Georgia state senator who served from 2005 to 2021. He served as the Senate Floor Leader for Governor Sonny Perdue. Prior to his election to the state senate, Heath served one two-year term in the Georgia House of Representatives.

Political career

Bill Heath's first foray into electoral politics was in 2000, when he challenged Tom Murphy, the Democratic Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, for the 18th State House District. Murphy had held the seat since 1960, and had skated to reelection time and again.

Despite the state Republican Party taking no initial interest in the race, a very competitive race would materialize. Heath would raise over $60,000, a very competitive sum for a State House race.[1] Aiding Heath was the ongoing shift in the district's demographics, with the district becoming more suburban and more Republican as Atlanta's outer suburbs had begun bleeding into the district; Republican candidates for other offices had frequently won the district[2][3] Heath would lose the race by 505 votes, a margin of less than two percentage points.[4]

Heath finally defeated Murphy in 2002, in the final race of Murphy's life. The loss was widely attributed to Murphy's role in the 2001 redistricting, which produced contorted districts that confused and angered voters.[5][6]

Upon taking his seat in the Georgia House, Heath acquired national attention in 2004, when he added a ban on adult women's ability to choose to get genital piercings onto a bill designed to ban the genital mutilation of children. Adult men would still have been allowed to choose to have their genitals pierced under Heath's amendment. The attention arose from both the difference in the way Heath's amendment treated women and men and from Heath's seeming lack of knowledge regarding the practice he proposed to legislate. The amended bill passed the House 160-0, forcing it back to the Georgia Senate.[7]

Email Controversy

In 2013, after an online petition generated by the group Better Georgia, Heath was condemned for his response to legislature creating a $150,000 a year position for former Majority Leader Chip Rogers at Georgia Public Broadcasting. Heath dismissed those who signed the petition as "childish" in an email response, and hid in the Secretary of the Senate Office refusing to talk to the press.[8]

Election history

Election history of Bill Heath
Year Office Election Subject Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
2000 Georgia House, 18th District Primary Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |627 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |100.0
2000 Georgia House, 18th District General Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |6,562 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |48.1 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Tom Murphy (incumbent) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |7,067 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |51.9
2002 Georgia House, 18th District Primary Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |2,989 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |100.0
2002 Georgia House, 18th District General Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |6,431 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |53.9 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Tom Murphy (incumbent) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |5,495 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |46.1
2004 Georgia Senate, 31st District Primary Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |5,217 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |31.0 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |James Garner Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |5,046 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |30.0 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Mason Rountree Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |6,542 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |38.9
2004 Georgia Senate, 31st District Primary Runoff Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |5,342 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |50.6 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Mason Rountree Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |5,215 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |49.4
2004 Georgia Senate, 31st District General Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |37,822 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |65.1 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Lester Tate Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |20,302 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |34.9
2006 Georgia Senate, 31st District Primary Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath (incumbent) Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |6,200 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |100.0
2006 Georgia Senate, 31st District General Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath (incumbent) Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |25,875 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |68.0 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Tracey Bennett Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |12,156 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |32.0
2008 Georgia Senate, 31st District Primary Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath (incumbent) Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |10,658 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |100.0
2008 Georgia Senate, 31st District General Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Bill Heath (incumbent) Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |Republican Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |47,859 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican |66.5 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Tracey Bennett Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |24,086 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic |33.5

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References

  1. ↑ Chapman, Dan: "Taking on Mr. Speaker; A Political Newcomer is Giving Tom Murphy his Toughest Race in Years", p.1F, 2000
  2. ↑ Pruitt, Kathey: "Showdown in Haralson: Legendary Speaker Murphy Faces Stiffest Challenge", p. 3D, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2000.
  3. ↑ Chapman, Dan: "Taking on Mr. Speaker; A Political Newcomer is Giving Tom Murphy his Toughest Race in Years", p.1F, 2000.
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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