State Senate: | Georgia State |
District: | 49th |
Term Start: | January 11, 1993 |
Term End: | January 9, 1995 |
Preceded: | Nathan Deal |
Succeeded: | Casey Cagle |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1947 |
Birth Place: | Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 2 |
Education: | Augusta University (BS) |
Jane Reynolds Hemmer (born March 23, 1947)[1] is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman ever elected to the Hall County, Georgia board of commissioners in 1986.[2] She served until her election to the Georgia State Senate in 1992, where she succeeded then-Democrat Nathan Deal, who had successfully run for a seat in the United States House of Representatives.[3] She lost her race for reelection to 28-year old Casey Cagle in the Republican Revolution of 1994.[4]