Cherokee County's Senator Chip Rogers

Six years ago Chip Rogers walked door to door across every neighborhood in the 15th House District. He promised voters that, if elected, he would work as hard as possible representing our values in state government. Two years later Chip did it again. Walking every neighborhood in the 21st Senate District, committing to hard work and results.

Promise Made — Promise Kept!

Senator Chip Rogers has earned the nickname “Georgia’s Senate Workhorse”. Never afraid of any issue, big or small, Senator Rogers has garnered respect on both sides of the political aisle.

“Regardless of how tough the issue, Senator Chip Rogers is always willing to take it on and lead. His hard work and commitment produces real results for Georgia.”

A Leader for Education

Endorsed by the Georgia Association of Educators — Georgia’s largest teacher organization has endorsed Senator Chip Rogers for re-election. The Georgia Association of Educators includes more than 40,000 members across the state. GAE President Jeff Hubbard said, “Our endorsement is based on GAE’s commitment to improving Georgia’s public schools.”

Winner of Educators’ Top Legislative Award — Senator Rogers was awarded the “Friend of Education” award given to only one legislator each year by GAE.

Endorsed by Cobb Association of Educators

Grade Integrity Act — Senator Rogers wrote the law allowing teachers to give the actual grade earned by students in the classroom. Under this law, teachers are no longer forced to change a grade without just cause.

Led the Fight for More State Funding of Cherokee & Cobb Schools — Senator Rogers teamed up with the Cherokee Legislative Delegation to advocate a change in funding to bring millions of additional dollars to Cherokee and Cobb Schools.

Local Control — Senator Rogers cosponsored School Flexibility Act, to allow more local control of Georgia schools.

A Leader for Stopping Identity Theft

Credit Freeze Law — Representative Calvin Hill and Senator Rogers teamed up to pass Georgia’s first credit freeze law. WSB radio personality Clark Howard personally lobbied for this bill and calls it one of the nation’s best credit freeze laws.

Identity Theft Law — Senator Rogers single-handedly wrote Georgia’s tough new identity theft law to help stop the fastest growing crime in the nation.

Identity Protection — Senator Rogers created the law to prohibit the public posting of any person’s social security number without their approval.

Removal of Fingerprint Requirement — Senator Rogers and Representative Barry Loudermilk joined efforts to remove the fi ngerprint requirement for Georgia drivers licenses and destroy all previous fi ngerprint records. No drivers license fi ngerprint had ever been used to solve a crime in Georgia, but the database of fi ngerprints created a serious identity theft target to the detriment of Georgians.

A Leader for Common — Sense Values

Dog Fighting Law — Senator Rogers’ four-year effort to pass a Dog Fighting Bill resulted in one of the nation’s strongest laws against the torture of pets. Georgia is now ranked as having the third strongest dog-fighting law in America.

Immigration Enforcement — Senator Rogers authored the nation’s strongest state law requiring that federal immigration laws be enforced at the state level. The measure was so successful that it has become the “model bill” for states all across America.

Second Amendment Protection — Representative Tim Bearden and Senator Rogers passed historic legislation allowing fi rearms license holders greater freedom to exercise Second Amendment rights. Some have called this the best self-protection legislation to pass the General Assembly in decades.

Protecting Swimming Pools and Swim Teams — Senator Rogers wrote the new law preventing the state from indiscriminately shutting down swimming pools without scientific evidence and data.

A Leader for Protecting Taxpayers

Americans for Prosperity
2008 Legislator of the Year

Georgia Chamber of Commerce
2008 Legislator of the Year