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John Albers
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Georgia State Senate District 56
Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

13

Compensation

Base salary

$24,341.64/year

Per diem

$247/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

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John Albers (Republican Party) is a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 56. He assumed office on January 10, 2011. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.

Albers (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 56. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Albers' professional experience includes working as an executive and partner at Ronald Blue & Co., a financial services firm, and serving as a volunteer firefighter. He has also worked as chief information officer for the law firm Fisher Phillips.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Albers was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Albers was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Albers was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Georgia committee assignments, 2017
Appropriations
Finance
Public Safety, Vice chair
Rules
State and Local Governmental Operations, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Albers served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Albers served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Albers served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers defeated JD Jordan in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers (R)
 
61.0
 
65,931
Image of JD Jordan
JD Jordan (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.0
 
42,184

Total votes: 108,115
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

JD Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of JD Jordan
JD Jordan Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
7,925

Total votes: 7,925
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers
 
100.0
 
12,551

Total votes: 12,551
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2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers defeated Patrick Thompson in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers (R)
 
61.6
 
58,121
Image of Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson (D)
 
38.4
 
36,156

Total votes: 94,277
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Patrick Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson
 
100.0
 
10,604

Total votes: 10,604
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers
 
100.0
 
31,495

Total votes: 31,495
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers defeated Sarah Beeson in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers (R)
 
51.1
 
51,476
Image of Sarah Beeson
Sarah Beeson (D) Candidate Connection
 
48.9
 
49,284

Total votes: 100,760
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Sarah Beeson advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sarah Beeson
Sarah Beeson Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
19,339

Total votes: 19,339
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers
 
100.0
 
13,639

Total votes: 13,639
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2018

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers defeated Ellyn Jeager in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers (R)
 
52.5
 
41,874
Image of Ellyn Jeager
Ellyn Jeager (D)
 
47.5
 
37,902

Total votes: 79,776
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Ellyn Jeager defeated Patrick Thompson and Jim Guess Jr. in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ellyn Jeager
Ellyn Jeager
 
64.2
 
5,393
Image of Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson
 
23.8
 
1,999
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Jim Guess Jr.
 
12.0
 
1,006

Total votes: 8,398
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Incumbent John Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Albers
John Albers
 
100.0
 
9,508

Total votes: 9,508
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2016

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

Incumbent John Albers defeated Patrick Thompson in the Georgia State Senate District 56 general election.[2][3]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Albers Incumbent 59.88% 49,202
     Democratic Patrick Thompson 40.12% 32,969
Total Votes 82,171
Source: Georgia Secretary of State


Patrick Thompson defeated Akhtar Sadiq in the Georgia State Senate District 56 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Patrick Thompson 53.04% 1,507
     Democratic Akhtar Sadiq 46.96% 1,334
Total Votes 2,841


Incumbent John Albers ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 56 Republican primary.[4][5]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Albers Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Akhtar Sadiq was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent John E. Albers was unopposed in the Republican primary. Sadig was defeated by Albers in the general election.[6][7][8]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Albers 69.7% 34,734
     Democratic Akhtar Sadiq 30.3% 15,087
Total Votes 49,821

2012

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2012

Albers ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Georgia State Senate District 56. Albers ran unopposed in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012, and defeated Akhtar Sadiq in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11]

Georgia State Senate, District 56, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Albers Incumbent 67.3% 48,145
     Democratic Akhtar Sadiq 32.7% 23,438
Total Votes 71,583

2010

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2010

Albers was unopposed for the November 2nd election. No Democrats filed to run for the seat.[12]

Georgia State Senate, District 56
2010 General election results
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png John Albers (R) 36,334 100.0%

Albers came in second in the July 20 primary.[13]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 - Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Brandon Beach 5,280 38.0%
Green check mark transparent.png John Albers 4,655 33.5%
David Christian Belle Isle 3,959 28.5%

This necessitated a runoff between Albers and Beach on August 10, which Albers narrowly won.[14]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 - Republican Primary Runoff (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png John Albers 7,156 50.7%
Brandon Beach 6,955 49.3%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

John Albers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

John Albers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Albers' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[15]

  • Economic Development/Job Growth
  • Transportation
  • Reduce Taxes & Spending
  • Education
  • Milton County

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

John Albers endorsed Newt Gingrich in the 2012 presidential election.[16]

Campaign finance summary


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John Albers campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Georgia State Senate District 56Won general$162,497 $47,117
2022Georgia State Senate District 56Won general$167,007 $0
2018Georgia State Senate District 56Won general$198,178 N/A**
2016Georgia State Senate, District 56Won $131,046 N/A**
2014Georgia State Senate, District 56Won $113,001 N/A**
2012Georgia State Senate, District 56Won $139,174 N/A**
2010Georgia State Senate, District 56Won $172,995 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Noteworthy events

Resignation as Fisher Phillips CIO (2021)

Albers resigned as chief information officer of the law firm Fisher Phillips after The Lincoln Project accused him of supporting legislation that would suppress voting. The law firm released a statement saying that it had “concluded that John Albers’ role as a state legislator is incompatible with his role as our chief information officer, and he has resigned from the firm. We are grateful for John’s many accomplishments at the firm as an excellent professional and wish him well."[17] In response to The Lincoln Project's allegations, Albers said “this is clearly false. I am fully transparent and glad to share everything with anyone. This issue caused the firm undue angst even though it was not true.”[1]

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

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Albers, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.[18]

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Personal

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Albers and his wife, Kari, have two children.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The Jolt: Georgia GOP lawmaker loses job after Lincoln Project’s ‘clearly false’ tweet," March 22, 2021
  2. Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
  3. Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
  5. 5.0 5.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
  6. Georgia Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 10, 2014
  7. Georgia Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed May 28, 2014
  8. Georgia Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
  9. Georgia Secretary of State Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed May 29, 2012
  10. Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 31, 2014
  11. Georgia Elections Division, "2012 Election Results" accessed November 16, 2012
  12. Georgia Secretary of State, "2010 Election results," accessed December 31, 2014
  13. Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Primary election results," accessed March 24, 2014
  14. Georgia Secretary of State, "Official Results of the Tuesday, August 10, 2010 General Primary Election"
  15. senatoralbers.com, "Issues," accessed September 2, 2014
  16. Newt Gingrich 2012, "Slate of Georgia Officials Back Newt Gingrich for President," December 13, 2011
  17. Law.com, "Lincoln Project's Latest Target in Big Law Reveals Risks of Employees in Politics," March 25, 2021
  18. WGAU 98.7FM & AM1340, “Senator tests positive for coronavirus, Athens lawmakers self-quarantine,” March 19, 2020

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