Politics & Government
Sen. Vincent Fort Elected State Democratic Caucus Whip
Sen. Steve Henson of Tucker is the new Georgia Democratic Caucus Leader.
The Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus have voted to install two members to their leadership team, according to a news release Monday from Liz Flowers of the Democratic Caucuses.
Sen. Steve Henson (D-Tucker) and Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) were elected as Senate Democratic Caucus Leader and Senate Democratic Caucus Whip, respectively. Henson was elected to fill the position of Caucus Leader when Sen. Robert Brown resigned to become a candidate for Mayor of Macon, Ga. Fort was elected to fill the position of Whip vacated by Henson. Both are long-time members of the Georgia legislature.
"Both Steve and Vincent bring valuable leadership skills to our Caucus team," said Caucus Chairman, Sen. Doug Stoner. "This has been a seamless process within a caucus that honors individual opinion, while working together to advance Democratic principals.
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Voting for the positions was by acclamation.
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