For immediate release
October 16, 2018
Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (321) 345-7455
stillman@termlimits.com
Overwhelming Number of Term Limits Pledge Signers in Georgia
Atlanta, GA – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, is currently gathering support from state and federal lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to enact term limits on Congress via an amendment to the U.S. Constitution and to implement and defend term limits on state legislatures. Several Georgia state and federal candidates and elected officials, from multiple party affiliations, have pledged to support this effort.
Federal Candidates
The congressional pledge signers for federal office are (CD-3) U.S. House of Representative Philip Singleton, (CD-4) house candidate Joe Profit, (CD-6) Rep. Karen Handel, (CD-9) candidate Josh McCall, (CD-12) Rep. Rick Allen, (CD-13) David Callahan and U.S. Senator David Perdue.
The U.S. Term Limits congressional pledge is provided to every announced candidate for federal office. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of Congress I will co-sponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms and no longer limit.”
State Candidates
The state senators who committed their support to passing a resolution through the Georgia legislature for an Article V convention (so the states may propose the term limits on Congress amendment) are P.K. Martin (district 9), Mike Dugan (district 30), Chuck Hufstetler (district 52), Chuck Payne (district 54), and John Albers (district 56). As well as senate candidates Leah Aldridge (district 6), Greg Dolezal (district 27), Travis Klavohn (district 38), and Matt Reeves (district 48).
Also proud to sign the Article V term limits pledge are Secretary of State candidates J. Smythe Duval and Brad Raffensperger.
Georgia House of Representatives signatories are Steve Tarvin (district 2), Kasey Carpenter (district 4), Kevin Cooke (district 18), Michael Caldwell (district 20), Wes Cantrell (district 22), Todd Jones (district 25), Emory West Dunahoo Jr. (district 30), Park Cannon (district 58), Micah Gravley (district 67), David Stover (district 71), Karen Mathiak (district 73), Valencia Stovall (district 74), David Clark (district 98), Buzz Brockway (district 102), Dale Rutledge (district 109), Geoffrey Cauble (district 111), Heath Clark (district 147), Gerald Greene (district 151), Bill Hitchens (district 161), Charles Gilliard (district 162), J. Craig Gordon (district 163), Jeff Jones (district 167), and Don Hogan (district 179). As well as Rep-Elect Matthew Gambill (district 15) and Dale Washburn (district 141).
House candidates who have signed are John Burnette (district 13), Ralph Meers (district 17), Matt Southwell (district 34), Salvatore Castellana (district 35), James Morrow Jr. (district 39), Matt Bentley and Erick Allen (district 40), Essence Johnson (district 45), Karin Sandiford (district 46), Andrea Nugent (district 47), Ellen Diehl (district 81), Bonnie Rich (district 97), Paula Hastings (district 102), Donna Sheldon and Donna McLeod (district 105), Janet Mihoci (district 107), Marcus Wideower (district 119), Scott Richard (district 123), Ken Pullin (district 131), Alicia Scott (district 164), and Greg O’Driscoll (district 178).
The U.S. Term Limits amendment convention pledge is provided to state candidates and members of state legislatures. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of the state legislature, I will support and vote for the resolution applying for an Article V convention for the limited purpose of enacting term limits on Congress.”
USTL President, Philip Blumel, commented on the pledges, saying, “This support of term limits shows that there are lawmakers who are willing to listen to the majority of voters who want term limits. America needs state, local, and federal governments that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”
In the 1995 case, Thornton v. U.S. Term Limits, the Supreme Court of the United States opined that only a Constitutional Amendment could limit the terms of U.S. Senators and House Representatives. Once proposed, the amendment must be ratified by 38 states.
Blumel noted, “More than 82% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. These supporters know this and are willing to work to make sure we reach our goal.”
According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, conducted in January 2018, term limits enjoy wide bipartisan support. McLaughlin’s analysis states, “Support for term limits is broad and strong across all political, geographic and demographic groups.”
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U.S. Term Limits is the largest grassroots term limits advocacy group in the country. We connect term limits supporters with their legislators and work to pass term limits at all levels of government, particularly on the U.S. Congress. Term limits on Congress is the one issue that unites America… both President Trump and former President Barack Obama have endorsed the issue. Find out more at termlimits.com.
