Doug Stoner | |
Office: | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | January 9, 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Erick Allen |
Constituency1: | 40th |
Term Start2: | January 13, 2003 |
Term End2: | January 10, 2005 |
Constituency2: | 34th Post 1 |
State Senate3: | Georgia |
District3: | 6th |
Term Start3: | January 10, 2005 |
Term End3: | January 14, 2013 |
Predecessor3: | Ginger Collins |
Successor3: | Hunter Hill |
Birth Place: | South Cobb, Georgia |
Residence: | Smyrna, Georgia |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Kennesaw State University |
Doug Stoner, a member of the Democratic Party, is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, a former member of the Georgia State Senate, and a former candidate to be chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party. He ran in the 2018 Democratic primary for District 5's seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission,[1] which is currently held by a Republican, Tricia Pridemore. Stoner lost the primary to Dawn Randolph on May 22, 2018.[2]
Stoner attended Kennesaw State University. He has a wife, Della, and two children.[3]
Stoner was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2002, and to the Georgia Senate in 2004.[3] Stoner served on the Economic Development, MARTOC, Retirement, State and Local Governmental, Operations, Transportation, and Urban Affairs committees.[4]
Stoner is the owner of a Dairy Queen.[3] Stoner also served as a senior business development manager at Akins, Ltd.[5]
Stoner ran for Chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party in an August 2013 special election. He was endorsed by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Governor Roy Barnes[6] but lost to former State Representative DuBose Porter.[7]