Beth Camp Explained

Beth Camp
Office:Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Term Start:January 11, 2021
Predecessor:Ken Pullin
Constituency:131st District (2021–2023)
135th District (2023–Present)
Birth Date:10 January 1974
Party:Republican
Spouse:Mark Camp
Children:Meredith Camp Bennett
Residence:Concord, Georgia, U.S.
Website:campforgeorgia.com

Elizabeth Anne Camp (born 1974) is an American business woman from Georgia. Camp is a Republican member of Georgia House of Representatives for District 135.[1] She is a former member of the Pike County, Georgia Board of Education (2017-2020).

Education

Camp is a cum laude graduate of Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, GA. She earned a bachelor degree with honors in Integrative Studies/Psychology from Clayton State University. She obtained a master's degree from the University of Alabama in Communications Studies becoming a member of the Lambda Pi Eta honor society.

Career

At the age of 17, Camp began working as a 911 operator later to become an emergency medical technician. For several years, she was the farm manager at Mar-Be-Me Farm which she and her husband own in Concord, GA. Camp has been a full time realtor since 2006. She was the managing broker of Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty in Zebulon from 2018 until 2023. She is currently a Georgia licensed real estate broker/Realtor(R) and owner of Camp & Associates, LLC.

In 2022, Camp and business partners purchased and renovated the Concord Cafe. It opened 2023 as an American Southern food restaurant.

Political History

Ms. Camp began her political career making phone calls for candidate George H.W. Bush in the 1988 Presidential campaign to inspire voters to get to the polls. This experience was instrumental in the role the individual plays in the political process. Over the next few decades, she was involved in a multitude of volunteer and civic roles to improve the lives of others.

Camp was non-contested when she ran for public office the first time in 2016 as District 4 member of the Pike County Board of Education. She served a whole term before seeking the open seat of Georgia House District 131 March 2020.

Camp was sworn in to represent House District 131 January 11, 2021. After redistricting, she was re-elected as House Representative to the newly formed House District 135 being sworn in for a second term on January 9, 2023.

Camp serves on the following committees in the Georgia House of Representatives 2023-2024 session: Intergovernmental Coordination (Chairman); Agriculture & Consumer Affairs; Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications; State Planning; Juvenile Justice; and Ways & Means.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georgia General Assembly. www.legis.ga.gov. Mar 19, 2021.