| Senator Chuck Payne, a Republican, was first elected
to serve as the State Senator for the 54th district in January of 2017. Senator Payne serves as Vice Chairman of the
Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee, Ex-Officio of the Senate Public Safety Committee, Secretary of the Senate Finance Committee, Secretary of the
Senate Higher Education Committee and Secretary of the
Senate State Institutions and Property Committee. Senator
Payne also serves as Chairman of the Finance SubCommittee on issues pertaining to Ad Valorem Taxes.
Sen. Payne served four years (1984-1988) in the Army and
the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. It was during
this time that he met the love of his life, Angie Sellers, and
they were married in January of 1988. In that same year,
they moved back to Dalton and Sen. Payne began his 30-
year career of public service to troubled youth and their
families with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice.
Sen. Payne retired from the Department of Juvenile Justice
with 30 years of service on October 31, 2016.
Sen. Payne has always maintained his affinity for working
with youth. In his 30 years with the Department of Juvenile
Justice, he helped a countless number of kids who found
themselves on the wrong side of the law, and many give
him credit for helping to turn their lives around. Sen. Payne
has volunteered to coach little league sports for both boys
and girls, having coached basketball, softball, baseball and
football over the course of many years.
Sen. Payne has also been very involved in civic efforts over
the past 28 years. He has served as Chairman of the Whitfield County Republican Party throughout the years of 1997
-2005 and 2013-2016. He was also elected among his peers
to serve as Vice-Chair of both the GA-9th Congressional
District Republican Party (2009) and the GA-14th District
Republican Party (2010-2013). Throughout his 28 years of
volunteer effort, "principle above politics" has remained the
focus of his efforts in building consensus of conservative
ideals and principle across North Georgia, devoting the balance of his time to his family and services of his faith.
Sen. Payne and his wife, Angie, have two children - son,
Chaz Payne and daughter, Heather Johnson and son in-law,
Daniel Johnson. In March of 2019, their family welcomed the birth of their first grandchild. |