| Senator Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican, was elected to
the Georgia State Senate in 2012. He represents portions
of Bartow, Floyd and Gordon counties. Sen. Hufstetler has chaired the Senate Committee on
Finance since 2017. He has been the Senate sponsor of the
only two income tax rate cuts in Georgia's history, among
many other notable legislative bills. He also serves as a member of the Senate Committees on Health & Human Services, Higher Education, Rules
and the Appropriations Subcommittees on Judicial and Economic Development. As an Ex-Officio, he is a
member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Sen. Hufstetler's previous political career was on the Floyd County Commission from 1999 through 2006. He
led the County Commission as Finance Chair to cut property tax rates six times, trimmed waste by analyzing
every expenditure of each department and eliminated the county debt for the first time in modern history. He
also traveled to Moody's in New York and received the county's first-ever "AA" bond rating. The county also
eliminated all county borrowing, including TANs, so that no property tax money was spent on interest and
then accumulated the most significant "Rainy Day" fund balance in history. Professionally, Sen. Hufstetler worked for 14 years in corporate manufacturing and finance for Welch Foods
and the food division of Anheuser Busch in New York, Texas, California, and Georgia. He then moved back to
his native Rome and bought a restaurant to be close to his family. Later, Sen. Hufstetler would be accepted into
the Emory School of Medicine and became an anesthesia provider. After graduating in 2008, he began working
at Redmond Regional Hospital in Rome, where he is currently employed. He also works as an Adjunct
Professor for Emory, training students in anesthesia. Sen. Hufstetler received a B.S. double major at the University of Georgia in Biology and Psychology, a Baking
Science and Technology degree at the American Institute of Baking, and a Master of Medical Science in
Anesthesiology at the Emory School of Medicine. Sen. Hufstetler is married to Joan Bojo. They are proud parents of Caleb- an MBA graduate and investment
banker. Dr. Schell Hufstetler McCrory- a Health Policy Analyst at the CDC, and Rebeckah- a Summa Cum Laude
Physics graduate of the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. candidate in Physics at the University of Oregon.
They also have two grandsons, Conor and Klein. |