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Sharon Beasley-Teague
Sharon Beasley-Teague
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives; from the 65th district
	In office; January 10, 2005 - January 11, 2021
Succeeded by	Mandisha Thomas
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives; from the 48th (Post 2) district
	In office; January 13, 2003 - January 10, 2005
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives; from the 58th district
	In office; January 11, 1993 – January 13, 2003
Personal details
Born	February 15, 1952 (age 72)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Farajo Elnamala
Alma mater	Indiana College of Business Technology; Georgia State University
Profession	Machinist

Sharon Beasley-Teague (born February 15, 1952) is an American politician from Georgia. She is a member of the Democratic Party and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 65th district.^[4] In 2020, she was defeated in the runoff election by Mandisha Thomas.^[5]

Education[edit]

Beasley-Teague graduated from Indiana College of Business Technology and attended Georgia State University.

Committee assignments[edit]

Beasley-Teague currently serves on the following committees:^[6]

Game, Fish, and Parks
Human Relations and Aging
Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment
Ways and Means

Elections[edit]

48th district (Post2) 2002 Primary Election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	10,853	100%
Total votes			10,853	100%

48th district (Post2) 2002 General Election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	32,901	100%
Total votes			32,901	100%

65th district 2004 Primary Election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	3,359	75.6%
	Democratic	T.J. COPELAND	1,083	24.4%
Total votes			4,442	100%

65th district 2004 Georgia General Election^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	13,722	100%
Total votes			13,722	100%

2006 Primary election^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	2,432	60.8%
	Democratic	T.J. Copeland	1,568	39.2%
Total votes			4,000	100%

2006 General Election ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	9,997	100%
Total votes			9,997	100%

2008 Primary Election^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	2,225	54.6%
	Democratic	Lewanna Heard	737	18.1%
	Democratic	Sandra B. Hardy	681	16.7%
	Democratic	Woody Holmes	247	6.1%
	Democratic	Charles Sharper	186	4.6%
Total votes			4,076	100%

2008 General Election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	25,793	100%
Total votes			25,793	100%

2010 Primary Election^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	3,551	76.1%
	Democratic	George Sneed	1,118	23.9%
Total votes			4,669	100%

2010 General Election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	17,656	100%
Total votes			17,656	100%

2012 Primary Election^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	3,813	100%
Total votes			100%	3,813

2012 General Election^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	18,793	100%
Total votes			18,793	100%

2014 Primary Election^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	2,871	100%
Total votes			2,871	100%

2014 General Election^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	12,579	100%

2016 Primary Election^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	2,327	73.62%
	Democratic	Sylvia Wayfer	834	26.38%
Total votes			3,161	100%

2016 General Election^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	19,109	82.02%
	Republican	Gordon Rolle	4,190	17.98%
Total votes			23,299	100%

2018 Primary Election^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	2,907	55.97%
	Democratic	Mandisha Thomas	2,287	44.03%
Total votes			5,194	100%

2018 General Election^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	21,189	100%
Total votes			21,189	100%

2020 Primary Election^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	6,141	49.20%
	Democratic	Mandisha Thomas	4,562	36.55%
	Democratic	Amber Doss-Hunter	1,779	14.25%
Total votes			12,482%	100%

2020 General Runoff^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mandisha Thomas	3,427	58.03%
	Democratic	Sharon Beasley-Teague	2,479	41.97%
Total votes			5,906	100%

References[edit]

^ "January 2005 session" (PDF).
^ "January 2003 session" (PDF).
^ "January 1993 session".
^ "Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague". National Foundation for Women Legislators. Archived from the original on May 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
^ Prabhu, Maya T. "2 longtime Georgia House incumbents appear to be defeated". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
^ "Georgia General Assembly".
^ "2002 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2002 Georgia General Election".
^ "2004 Georgia Primary election".
^ "2004 Georgia General Election".
^ "2006 Georiga Primary Election".
^ "2006 Georgia General Election".
^ "2008 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2008 Georegia General Election".
^ "2010 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2010 Georgia General Election".
^ "2012 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2012 Georgia General Election".
^ "2014 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2014 Georgia General Election".
^ "2016 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2016 Georgia General Election".
^ "2018 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2018 Georgia General Election".
^ "2020 Georgia Primary Election".
^ "2020 Georgia Primary Election run off".

[1] "January 2005 session" (PDF).

[2] "January 2003 session" (PDF).

[3] "January 1993 session".

[Georgia-4] "Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague". National Foundation for Women Legislators. Archived from the original on May 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2012.

[5] Prabhu, Maya T. "2 longtime Georgia House incumbents appear to be defeated". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

[6] "Georgia General Assembly".

[7] "2002 Georgia Primary Election".

[8] "2002 Georgia General Election".

[9] "2004 Georgia Primary election".

[10] "2004 Georgia General Election".

[11] "2006 Georiga Primary Election".

[12] "2006 Georgia General Election".

[13] "2008 Georgia Primary Election".

[14] "2008 Georegia General Election".

[15] "2010 Georgia Primary Election".

[16] "2010 Georgia General Election".

[17] "2012 Georgia Primary Election".

[18] "2012 Georgia General Election".

[19] "2014 Georgia Primary Election".

[20] "2014 Georgia General Election".

[21] "2016 Georgia Primary Election".

[22] "2016 Georgia General Election".

[23] "2018 Georgia Primary Election".

[24] "2018 Georgia General Election".

[25] "2020 Georgia Primary Election".

[26] "2020 Georgia Primary Election run off".

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Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
157th General Assembly (2023–2025) Speaker of the House Jon G. Burns (R) Majority Leader Chuck Efstration (R) Minority Leader James Beverly (D)
▌Mike Cameron (R) ▌Steve Tarvin (R) ▌Mitchell Horner (R) ▌Kasey Carpenter (R) ▌Matt Barton (R) ▌Jason Ridley (R) ▌Johnny Chastain (R) ▌Stan Gunter (R) ▌Will Wade (R) ▌Victor Anderson (R) ▌Rick Jasperse (R) ▌Eddie Lumsden (R) ▌Katie Dempsey (R) ▌Mitchell Scoggins (R) ▌Matthew Gambill (R) ▌Trey Kelley (R) ▌Martin Momtahan (R) ▌Tyler Smith (R) ▌Joseph Gullett (R) ▌Charlice Byrd (R) ▌Brad Thomas (R) ▌Jordan Ridley (R) ▌Mandi Ballinger (R) ▌Carter Barrett (R) ▌Todd Jones (R) ▌Lauren McDonald (R) ▌Lee Hawkins (R) ▌Brent Cox (R) ▌Matt Dubnik (R) ▌Derrick McCollum (R) ▌Emory Dunahoo (R) ▌Chris Erwin (R) ▌Alan Powell (R) ▌Devan Seabaugh (R) ▌Lisa Campbell (D) ▌Ginny Ehrhart (R) ▌Mary Frances Williams (D) ▌David Wilkerson (D) ▌Terry Cummings (D) ▌Doug Stoner (D) ▌Michael Smith (D) ▌Teri Anulewicz (D) ▌Solomon Adesanya (D) ▌Don Parsons (R) ▌Sharon Cooper (R) ▌John Carson (R) ▌Jan Jones (R) ▌Scott Hilton (R) ▌Chuck Martin (R) ▌Michelle Au (D) ▌Esther Panitch (D) ▌Shea Roberts (D) ▌Deborah Silcox (R) ▌Betsy Holland (D) ▌Inga Willis (D) ▌Mesha Mainor (R) ▌Stacey Evans (D) ▌Park Cannon (D) ▌Phil Olaleye (D) ▌Sheila Jones (D) ▌Roger Bruce (D) ▌Tanya F. Miller (D) ▌Kim Schofield (D) ▌Kimberly New (R) ▌Mandisha Thomas (D) ▌Kimberly Alexander (D) ▌Lydia Glaize (D) ▌Derrick Jackson (D) ▌Debra Bazemore (D) ▌Lynn Smith (R) ▌J. Collins (R) ▌David Huddleston (R) ▌Josh Bonner (R) ▌Karen Mathiak (R) ▌Eric Bell II (D) ▌Sandra Scott (D) ▌Rhonda Burnough (D) ▌Demetrius Douglas (D) ▌Yasmin Neal (D) ▌Long Tran (D) ▌Scott Holcomb (D) ▌Mary Margaret Oliver (D) ▌Karen Lupton (D) ▌Omari Crawford (D) ▌Karla Drenner (D) ▌Imani Barnes (D) ▌Viola Davis (D) ▌Billy Mitchell (D) ▌Becky Evans (D) ▌Saira Draper (D) ▌Angela Moore (D) ▌Rhonda Taylor (D) ▌Doreen Carter (D) ▌Karen Bennett (D) ▌Dar'shun Kendrick (D) ▌Pedro Marin (D) ▌Ruwa Romman (D) ▌Marvin Lim (D) ▌Matt Reeves (R) ▌David Clark (R) ▌Gregg Kennard (D) ▌Gabe Okoye (D) ▌Soo Hong (R) ▌Chuck Efstration (R) ▌Farooq Mughal (D) ▌Shelly Hutchinson (D) ▌Sam Park (D) ▌Jasmine Clark (D) ▌Dewey McClain (D) ▌Segun Adeyina (D) ▌Reynaldo Martinez (R) ▌Bruce Williamson (R) ▌Sharon Henderson (D) ▌Tim Fleming (R) ▌Regina Lewis-Ward (D) ▌El-Mahdi Holly (D) ▌Lauren Daniel (R) ▌Clint Crowe (R) ▌Holt Persinger (R) ▌Houston Gaines (R) ▌Marcus Wiedower (R) ▌Spencer Frye (D) ▌Rob Leverett (R) ▌Trey Rhodes (R) ▌Gary Richardson (R) ▌Gloria Frazier (D) ▌Mark Newton (R) ▌Mack Jackson (D) ▌Karlton Howard (D) ▌Lynn Gladney (D) ▌Jodi Lott (R) ▌Brian Prince (D) ▌Kenneth Vance (R) ▌David Knight (R) ▌Beth Camp (R) ▌David Jenkins (R) ▌Debbie Buckner (D) ▌Vance Smith (R) ▌Vacant ▌Teddy Reese (D) ▌Carolyn Hugley (D) ▌Miriam Paris (D) ▌James Beverly (D) ▌Dale Washburn (R) ▌Robert Dickey (R) ▌Shaw Blackmon (R) ▌Bethany Ballard (R) ▌Noel Williams Jr. (R) ▌Danny Mathis (R) ▌Patty Bentley (D) ▌Mike Cheokas (R) ▌Bill Yearta (R) ▌David Sampson (D) ▌Gerald Greene (R) ▌Matt Hatchett (R) ▌Leesa Hagan (R) ▌Bill Werkheiser (R) ▌Butch Parrish (R) ▌Jon G. Burns (R) ▌Lehman Franklin (R) ▌Bill Hitchens (R) ▌Carl Gilliard (D) ▌Anne Allen Westbrook (D) ▌Ron Stephens (R) ▌Edna Jackson (D) ▌Jesse Petrea (R) ▌Buddy DeLoach (R) ▌Al Williams (D) ▌Clay Pirkle (R) ▌Penny Houston (R) ▌Joe Campbell (R) ▌Charles Cannon (R) ▌Darlene Taylor (R) ▌John Corbett (R) ▌John LaHood (R) ▌James Burchett (R) ▌Dexter Sharper (D) ▌Steven Meeks (R) ▌Rick Townsend (R) ▌Steven Sainz (R)
▌Republican (101) ▌Democratic (78) ▌Vacant (1) as of 20 March 2024^[update] Georgia General Assembly Georgia House of Representatives Georgia State Senate

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Sharon Beasley-Teague


Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 65th district
In office January 10, 2005^[1] - January 11, 2021
Succeeded by	Mandisha Thomas
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 48th (Post 2) district
In office January 13, 2003^[2] - January 10, 2005
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 58th district
In office January 11, 1993^[3] – January 13, 2003

Personal details
Born	(1952-02-15) February 15, 1952 (age 72)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Farajo Elnamala
Alma mater	Indiana College of Business Technology Georgia State University
Profession	Machinist