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Casey Cagle
Lowell Stacy "Casey" Cagle (born January 12, 1966) is an American politician who served as the 11th lieutenant governor of Georgia from 2007 to 2019.
Cagle served as a Republican Party member of the Georgia State Senate from 1995 to 2007. He assumed the position of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in January 2007, becoming the first Republican to hold the office. He is the second most tenured Lt. Governor behind Zell Miller. Cagle was a candidate in the Republican primary in the 2018 election for Governor of Georgia.
Cagle was born Lowell Stacy Cagle in Gainesville, Georgia, and raised by his single mother. He is a seventh generation resident of Hall County, Georgia. According to his legislative biography, he "attended eight different elementary schools by age six, but persevered to graduate from Hall County's public schools." After graduating from Johnson High School, Cagle attended Georgia Southern University to play football for well-known coach Erk Russell. After an injury ended his dreams of playing college football, Cagle returned home at age 20, and opened a small business.
After returning to Gainesville in 1986, Cagle started what would turn into a growing tuxedo rental company. He expanded the retail business into multiple locations throughout Northeast Georgia. He founded Southern Heritage Bank in 1999 and served as its chairman until it merged into Gainesville Bank & Trust in 2004, and later SunTrust Banks in 2008. Cagle joined the board of directors of GB&T in 2005.
In 1994, at age 28, Cagle ran for the Georgia Senate in Senate District 49 that included Hall County and parts of Dawson County and Forsyth County. He upset the Democratic incumbent, Jane Hemmer, and became the youngest member of the State Senate. He was re-elected five times and served from 1995 to 2006. During this time, Cagle served as Chairman of the State Senate Finance Committee, Vice Chairman of Science and Technology Committee, and as a member of the Natural Resources and the Environment Committee and the influential Appropriations Committee.
In early 2005, Cagle declared his candidacy for lieutenant governor of Georgia. He was opposed in the Republican primary by nationally known Christian conservative activist Ralph Reed. Initially considered as unlikely to win, Cagle emerged as a competitive challenger to Reed. Reed accused Cagle of negative campaigning, blaming Cagle for unfavorable media attention arising from the federal investigation into the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. On July 18, 2006, Cagle defeated Reed in the Republican Party primary with Cagle taking 56% of the vote to Reed's 44%. He then went on to successfully face former state representative Jim Martin in the general election and won with 54.1% to Martin's 42.3%, becoming Georgia's first Republican Lt. Governor.
Cagle initially ran for the governor's seat but on April 15, 2009, withdrew from the governor's race, citing a degenerative spinal condition and unspecified nerve and bone problems that required surgical treatment. He ran for and won re-election as lieutenant governor instead.
Georgia's lieutenant governor office does not have the same two-term limit as the governorship, so Cagle ran for and won a third term as lieutenant governor in 2014. Cagle ran unopposed in the Republican primary and defeated his former State Senate colleague, DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes in the general election. Cagle won re-election with 58% of the vote.
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Casey Cagle
Lowell Stacy "Casey" Cagle (born January 12, 1966) is an American politician who served as the 11th lieutenant governor of Georgia from 2007 to 2019.
Cagle served as a Republican Party member of the Georgia State Senate from 1995 to 2007. He assumed the position of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in January 2007, becoming the first Republican to hold the office. He is the second most tenured Lt. Governor behind Zell Miller. Cagle was a candidate in the Republican primary in the 2018 election for Governor of Georgia.
Cagle was born Lowell Stacy Cagle in Gainesville, Georgia, and raised by his single mother. He is a seventh generation resident of Hall County, Georgia. According to his legislative biography, he "attended eight different elementary schools by age six, but persevered to graduate from Hall County's public schools." After graduating from Johnson High School, Cagle attended Georgia Southern University to play football for well-known coach Erk Russell. After an injury ended his dreams of playing college football, Cagle returned home at age 20, and opened a small business.
After returning to Gainesville in 1986, Cagle started what would turn into a growing tuxedo rental company. He expanded the retail business into multiple locations throughout Northeast Georgia. He founded Southern Heritage Bank in 1999 and served as its chairman until it merged into Gainesville Bank & Trust in 2004, and later SunTrust Banks in 2008. Cagle joined the board of directors of GB&T in 2005.
In 1994, at age 28, Cagle ran for the Georgia Senate in Senate District 49 that included Hall County and parts of Dawson County and Forsyth County. He upset the Democratic incumbent, Jane Hemmer, and became the youngest member of the State Senate. He was re-elected five times and served from 1995 to 2006. During this time, Cagle served as Chairman of the State Senate Finance Committee, Vice Chairman of Science and Technology Committee, and as a member of the Natural Resources and the Environment Committee and the influential Appropriations Committee.
In early 2005, Cagle declared his candidacy for lieutenant governor of Georgia. He was opposed in the Republican primary by nationally known Christian conservative activist Ralph Reed. Initially considered as unlikely to win, Cagle emerged as a competitive challenger to Reed. Reed accused Cagle of negative campaigning, blaming Cagle for unfavorable media attention arising from the federal investigation into the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. On July 18, 2006, Cagle defeated Reed in the Republican Party primary with Cagle taking 56% of the vote to Reed's 44%. He then went on to successfully face former state representative Jim Martin in the general election and won with 54.1% to Martin's 42.3%, becoming Georgia's first Republican Lt. Governor.
Cagle initially ran for the governor's seat but on April 15, 2009, withdrew from the governor's race, citing a degenerative spinal condition and unspecified nerve and bone problems that required surgical treatment. He ran for and won re-election as lieutenant governor instead.
Georgia's lieutenant governor office does not have the same two-term limit as the governorship, so Cagle ran for and won a third term as lieutenant governor in 2014. Cagle ran unopposed in the Republican primary and defeated his former State Senate colleague, DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes in the general election. Cagle won re-election with 58% of the vote.
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