Matt Brass

Matt Brass

Republican Party

Georgia State Senate District 28

Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

7

Recent elections

Office

Georgia State Senate District 6

Date Elected

November 5, 2024

Compensation

Base salary

$24,341.64/year

Per diem

$247/day

Personal

Profession

Small business owner

Contact

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Campaign website

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Matt Brass (Republican Party) is a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 28. He assumed office on January 9, 2017. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.

Brass (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 6. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Matt Brass was born and lives in Newnan, Georgia. He graduated from Newnan High School and then served in the U.S. Navy. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Georgia in 2002. Brass' career experience includes serving as a district field representative and chief of staff in the U.S. House of Representatives to Rep. Lynn Westmoreland. He has been a member of the Newnan Rotary and serves on the Communities in Schools Coweta and Leadership Coweta's boards. He is a former board member of the Coweta Community Foundation and the Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Brass was assigned to the following committees:

• Ways and Means Committee
• Education and Youth Committee, Ex-Officio
• House Health and Human Services Committee
• Natural Resources and the Environment Committee, Ex-Officio
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
• Senate Rules Committee, Chair

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2021-2022

Brass was assigned to the following committees:

• Education and Youth Committee, Ex-Officio
• Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Chair
• Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee, Vice chair
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee, Vice chair
• Senate Rules Committee

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2019-2020

Brass was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee, Vice Chairman
• Education and Youth Committee, Ex-Officio
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Chairman
• Natural Resources and the Environment Committee, Secretary
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee, Vice Chairman

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2017 legislative session

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

Sponsored legislation

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 6

Incumbent Matt Brass defeated Jenny Enderlin in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass (R)	72.1	57,585
		Jenny Enderlin (D)	27.9	22,254

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 79,839
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6

Jenny Enderlin advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jenny Enderlin	100.0	3,722

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,722
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6

Incumbent Matt Brass advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass	100.0	16,639

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,639
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2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 28

Incumbent Matt Brass won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 28 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass (R)	100.0	67,216

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 28

Incumbent Matt Brass advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 28 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass	100.0	29,151

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,151
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 28

Incumbent Matt Brass won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 28 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass (R)	100.0	82,691

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 82,691
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 28

Incumbent Matt Brass advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 28 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass	100.0	25,985

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,985
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2018

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 28

Incumbent Matt Brass won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 28 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass (R)	100.0	62,887

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,887 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 28

Incumbent Matt Brass advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 28 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Brass	100.0	12,554

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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.

Matt Brass ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 28 general election.

Georgia State Senate, District 28 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Matt Brass  (unopposed)	100.00%	68,100
Total Votes				68,100
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

Incumbent Mike Crane (R) did not seek re-election. Matt Brass defeated Hayden Marlowe in the Georgia State Senate District 28 Republican primary.

Georgia State Senate, District 28 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Matt Brass	81.65%	10,716
	Republican	Hayden Marlowe	18.35%	2,408
Total Votes				13,124

2011

See also: State legislative special elections, 2011

Brass faced fellow Republicans Duke Blackburn, Mike Crane, Kyle Frank, Dale Pepper, Edward Stone, and Mark Washington. Wayne Seabolt and Jammie Williams ran for the seat as Democrats. Cynthia Bennett also ran as a nonpartisan candidate. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote on November 8, the top two vote getters--Blackburn and Crane--proceeded to a runoff election on December 6.

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

Brass' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Empower local businesses to create jobs

• Excerpt: "Matt understands that it is not the role of the government to create jobs; it is to foster an environment in which both new and existing companies can flourish."

Rein in spending to balance the budget

• Excerpt: "Matt will hold politicians in Atlanta accountable to balancing the budget without relying on one-time pots of money and get Georgia back on a path to prosperity."

Pushback against an overreaching federal government

• Excerpt: "Matt will aggressively reassert state’s rights in Georgia by fighting the expansion of Obamacare, freeing students from Common Core, and stopping new water regulations imposed by an EPA that has run amok."

Adhere to our founding values and Georgia principles

• Excerpt: "Not only will he defend our 2nd Amendment rights from anti-gun regulations, but he will work to enhance those rights. As the father of two boys, Matt believes in the sanctity of life, and will always stand up for the unborn by working to end the moral scourge that is abortion."

Campaign finance summary

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Matt Brass campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Georgia State Senate District 6	Won general	$251,247	$180,682
2022	Georgia State Senate District 28	Won general	$156,646	$0
2020	Georgia State Senate District 28	Won general	$141,535	N/A**
2018	Georgia State Senate District 28	Won general	$140,555	N/A**
2016	Georgia State Senate, District 28	Won	$99,555	N/A**
Grand total			$789,538	$180,682
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2023

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2022

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2021

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In 2021, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 11 to March 31. ACLU Georgia Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to civil rights issues. Club for Growth Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Georgia Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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In 2020, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 26. The session was suspended from March 13 through June 11. Club for Growth Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Georgia Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Georgia Environment Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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Noteworthy events

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

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

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