151st Georgia General Assembly
District Previous Subsequent Reason for change
3rd Jeff Chapman ( R ) William T. Ligon , Jr. ( R ) Ran for Governor
17th John Douglas ( R ) Rick Jeffares ( R ) Retired
23rd J.B. Powell ( D ) Jesse Stone ( R ) Ran for Agriculture Commissioner
29th Seth Harp ( R ) Joshua McKoon ( R ) Ran for Insurance Commissioner
37th John Wiles ( R ) Lindsey Tippins ( R ) Defeated in Primary Runoff
40th Dan Weber ( R ) Fran Millar ( R ) Retired
44th Gail Buckner ( D ) Gail Davenport ( D ) Ran for Secretary of State
47th Ralph Hudgens ( R ) Frank Ginn ( R ) Ran for Insurance Commissioner
49th Lee Hawkins ( R ) Butch Miller ( R ) Ran for Congress
51st Chip Pearson ( R ) Steve Gooch ( R ) Retired
52nd Preston Smith ( R ) Barry Loudermilk ( R ) Ran for Attorney General
54th Don Thomas ( R ) Charlie Bethel ( R ) Retired
56th Dan Moody ( R ) John Albers ( R ) Retired
Members of the State Senate -- Changes in Membership from Previous Term
Two seats changed party control from the previous session , one due to defeat of an incumbent and the other due to a party switch ( Tim Golden ) the beginning of the 151st Georgia General Assembly saw thirteen new state senators . One defeated an incumbent in the General Election , one defeated an incumbent in the primary , Six replaced incumbents who had run for other office . Five replaced a senator who had retired .
The 151st General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 10, 2011, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 151st Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 150th and served as the precedent for the 152nd General Assembly in 2013.