Senator Cecil Staton, a Republican from Macon, was first elected to the Senate in 2004 to represent the 18th Senatorial District which includes portions of Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones and Monroe counties. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2008 without opposition.

He serves as chairman of the Senate Science and Technology Committee. He is also a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sitting on three sub-committees, and is Vice-Chairman of the sub-committees on Community Health and Higher Education. Additionally, he serves on the Finance, Transportation, Retirement, and Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security  committees.

A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Sen. Staton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University and a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Oxford in England. Moving to Georgia in 1989, for more than 15 years he served as a college professor and administrator. He currently is a publisher and broadcaster in Macon and Warner Robins.

Sen. Staton and his wife Catherine have two sons, Trey and William. They are members of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon. In 2000, he received the Richard Furman Award from Furman University. He has also been recognized as the Rural Healthcare Legislator of the Year in 2008, and has won recognition for his work on trauma and other health care related issues. He is also responsible for most of the new election laws in Georgia in recent years including Georgia’s requirement for photo identification for voting (2005), and in 2009 a requirement that proof of citizenship accompany voter registration applications.

Sen. Staton’s legislative office is located in Suite 303B of the Legislative Office Building, where he can be reached at 404.656.5039. His email address is cecil.staton@senate.ga.gov. For more information, visit www.cecilstaton.com.