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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Doug Holt |
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Social Circle, Georgia , United States |
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(2025 years) |
| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | Rob Ritchie
Aug 13, 2024 10:05pm |
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| Info | Although this may be Representative Doug Holt’s Freshman term as a Georgia State Representative, it certainly is not his first time being involved in the political arena. Representative Holt’s fascination with history, stemming from his early teens, made him become aware of what he considered to be disturbing trends in this country. This awareness caused him to pursue a career in politics in order to try and combat those trends. The early reading that he did convinced him that a good public servant should understand politics, economics, the military and business. Having gained experience and/or knowledge in all those fields led him to seek legislative office in the most recent electoral season. Presently, he is an active member of the Education, Insurance, Transportation and Special Rules House Committees.
Prior to his legislative service, he was a Republican volunteer assisting with campaigns from 1986-2004. In 1997, he organized and was the First President of Plantation Homeowners Association, leading the Association to victory in several rezoning and property mis-use battles. He held membership in the Newton County Board of Education for 6 years prior to this session. As Chairman of the Newton County Republican Party, he led the Newton GOP to its biggest winning campaign season ever, taking control of the County Commission and School Board for the first time ever.
A devout member of the First United Methodist Church in Covington, Representative Holt has served as Chairman of the Council on Ministries, a member of the Administrative Board and is also a member of the Builders Sunday School class. Married to his wife, Julie, since 1993, the couple has a son, Ray who was born in September 2002. Julie is a media specialist at West Newton Elementary in Newton County.
Holt is an Ohio native, and graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in Economics, did course work in Public Finance and earned a minor in International Studies, graduating 9 th in his class, Magna Cum Laude. He was actively committed to the U.S. Army ROTC, from which he graduated 1 st in Cadet Battalion and was named a Distinguished Military Graduate.
His military career awarded him ranks and awards, including the 1 st Battalion Center/School Order of Excellence Award and the Army Commendation Medal. He was honorably discharged due to medical reasons. He later worked as a programmer, systems analyst and system administrator for MAG Mutual Insurance, Larson-Juhl and CIBA Vision. In 1996, he founded and served as President of the Newton Computing Corporation, a software consulting firm. In 2004 he founded and served as President of Campaign DIY, Inc., a supplier of voter data and related products to local politicians and political parties.
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