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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Jesse Stone is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 23. He was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

Education

  • MBA/JD, University of Georgia, 1974-1981
  • BBA, Business Management, University of Georgia, 1978

Professional Experience

  • MBA/JD, University of Georgia, 1974-1981
  • BBA, Business Management, University of Georgia, 1978
  • Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Merrill & Stone, Limited Liability Company, 1986-present
  • Criminal Justice Professor, East Georgia State College
  • Attorney, Gardner, Willis & Sweat, 1981-1986

Political Experience

  • MBA/JD, University of Georgia, 1974-1981
  • BBA, Business Management, University of Georgia, 1978
  • Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Merrill & Stone, Limited Liability Company, 1986-present
  • Criminal Justice Professor, East Georgia State College
  • Attorney, Gardner, Willis & Sweat, 1981-1986
  • Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 23, 2010-present
  • Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 23, 2018
  • Mayor, City of Waynesboro, 2003-2007

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Georgia State Senate Appropriations Committee, present

Member, Georgia State Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, present

Member, Georgia State Senate Education Committee, present

Member, Georgia State Senate Ethics Comittee, present

Former Vice Chair, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Secretary, Georgia State Senate Education & Youth Committee

Former Member, Georgia State Senate Higher Education Committee

Chair, Georgia State Senate Judiciary Noncivil Committee

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial, Georgia State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Appropriations

Member, Banking and Financial Institutions

Member, Education and Youth

Member, Ethics

Chair, Judiciary

Member, Subcommittee on Judiciary Group A

Member, Subcommittee on Judiciary Group B

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MBA/JD, University of Georgia, 1974-1981
  • BBA, Business Management, University of Georgia, 1978
  • Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Merrill & Stone, Limited Liability Company, 1986-present
  • Criminal Justice Professor, East Georgia State College
  • Attorney, Gardner, Willis & Sweat, 1981-1986
  • Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 23, 2010-present
  • Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 23, 2018
  • Mayor, City of Waynesboro, 2003-2007
  • Member, Downtown Development Authority, 2003-present
  • Member, Waynesboro Historic Preservation Commission, 2003-present
  • Former Vice Chair, 12th Congressional District Republican Committee
  • Former Chair, Administrative Chair, Swainsboro First Methodist
  • Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America
  • Former Member, Burke Countians Against Domestic Violence
  • Former President, Burke County Genealogical Society
  • Former Member, Burke County Health Department Board
  • Former Chair, Burke County Republican Party
  • Former Member, Central Savannah River Area Regional Development Council Board
  • Former Vice Chair, East Georgia State College Foundation
  • Former Member, Georgia-Carolina Boy Scout Council
  • Former Secretary, Middle Judicial Circuit Bar Association
  • Former Member, Old Fella Animal Rescue
  • Former Member/Volunteer, Parent Teacher Organization
  • Former Member, Rotary Club
  • Former Chair, State Bar's Agricultural Law Section
  • Former President, Swainsboro Primary Parent-Teacher Organization
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