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Josh McKoon
Chair of the Georgia Republican Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 10, 2023
Preceded byDavid Shafer
Member of the Georgia Senate
from the 29th district
In office
January 2011 – January 14, 2019
Preceded bySeth Harp
Succeeded byRandy Robertson
Personal details
Born (1979-02-25) February 25, 1979 (age 45)
Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationFurman University (BA)
University of Alabama (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Joshua McKoon (born February 25, 1979) is an American politician who is Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. A member of the Republican Party, he formerly represented the 29th district in the Georgia State Senate.

In 2017, McKoon announced that he would not be seeking re-election for State Senate. During his time in the State Senate, McKoon championed "religious liberty" legislation and stricter ethics legislation.

He ran for Georgia Secretary of State, but came in third in the primary receiving nearly 112,000 votes.

As chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, McKoon has pushed for changes to voting laws in Georgia and advocated for 2020 election deniers to serve on the Georgia State Election Board to "stop from cheating in 2024." McKoon is a close ally of his predecessor David Shafer who was indicted in 2023 for his role in the Trump fake electors plot.

References

  1. Galloway, Jim. "Josh McKoon: 'I have decided not to stand as a candidate for re-election'". ajc. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Bluestein, Greg. "Meet Josh McKoon, the new Georgia GOP chair". Political Insider (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
  3. "Georgia Primary Election Results". The New York Times. May 24, 2022. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  4. Bluestein, Greg; Niesse, Mark (2024). "Georgia GOP elects election deniers to key posts". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459.

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Preceded byDavid Shafer Chair of the Georgia Republican Party
2023–present 		Incumbent
State chairs of the Republican Party
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