For the British-American actor, see T. Roy Barnes.
Roy Barnes
80th Governor of Georgia
In office January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003
Lieutenant
Mark Taylor
Preceded by
Zell Miller
Succeeded by
Sonny Perdue
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 33rd district
In office November 3, 1992 – November 3, 1998
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Don Wix
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 33rd district
In office November 5, 1974 – November 6, 1990
Preceded by
Jack Henderson
Succeeded by
Steve Thompson
Personal details
Born
Roy Eugene Barnes
(1948-03-11) March 11, 1948 (age 76) Mableton, Georgia, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Marie Dobbs
(m. 1970)
Children
3
Education
University of Georgia (BA, JD)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Unit
United States Army Reserves
Roy Eugene Barnes (born March 11, 1948)[1] is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003.[1] As of 2024, he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
A Democratic member of the Georgia Senate from 1974 to 1990, Barnes ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1990, losing to Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller in the Democratic primary. Barnes then served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998. He ran for governor again in 1998, handily winning the primary and general elections.
In 2003, Barnes was awarded the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Library for his success while governor of minimizing the Confederate battle emblem on the Georgia state flag despite the political fallout.[2] It is widely believed that his support of the flag change significantly contributed to his re-election defeat in 2002.[2][3]
After his defeat, he resumed the practice of law and co-chaired the Aspen Institute Commission on No Child Left Behind Act. He returned to politics when he ran for governor again in 2010, losing to Republican Nathan Deal.[4] A decade later, he declined the invitation to act as special counsel in the Georgia election racketeering and fraud case involving former president Donald Trump,[5] and stated, "I told DA Willis that I lived with bodyguards for four years and I didn’t like it, and I wasn’t going to live with bodyguards for the rest of my life."[6]
^ abCook, James F. (2005). The Governors of Georgia, 1754-2004, 3rd Edition, Revised and Expanded. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press.
^ abRoy E. Barnes, Barnes Law Group, Marietta, GA: Barnes Law Group, 2014, Retrieved 14 May 2014.
^"Roy Barnes | JFK Library". www.jfklibrary.org. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^"Press Notification" (PDF). Retrieved August 29, 2010.
^Fausset, Richard; Hakim, Danny (August 14, 2023). "Grand Jury Hears Hours of Testimony in Election Interference Case". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
^Bookman, Jay (February 24, 2024). "Bookman: Threats of violence poisoning American politics, damaging democracy". Florida Phoenix. States Newsroom.
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