Ed Setzler

Republican Party

Candidate, Georgia State Senate District 37

Georgia State Senate District 37

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor:Lindsey Tippins (R)

Prior offices:

Georgia House of Representatives District 35

Years in office: 2005 - 2023

Compensation

Base salary

$24,341.64/year

Per diem

$247/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Furman University, 1992

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1992 - 2001

Personal

Religion

Orthodox

Profession

Business executive

Contact

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Ed Setzler (Republican Party) is a member of theGeorgia State Senate, representingDistrict 37. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Setzler (Republican Party) is running for re-election to theGeorgia State Senate to representDistrict 37. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Biography

Ed Setzler lives in Acworth, Georgia.^[1] Setzler earned a B.S. in physics from Furman University in 1992. He served in the U.S. Army from 1992 to 2001 and reached the rank of captain.^[1][2] Setzler's career experience includes working as the vice president of federal programs of Croft & Associates and a program manager with MACTEC.^[2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Setzler was assigned to the following committees:

• Education and Youth Committee
• Senate Health and Human Services Committee
• Senate Science and Technology Committee,Chair
• State and Local Governmental Operations Committee,Vice Chair
• Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee

2023-2024

Setzler was assigned to the following committees:

• Education and Youth Committee
• House Health Committee,Secretary
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Senate Science and Technology Committee,Vice Chair

2021-2022

Setzler was assigned to the following committees:

• House Appropriations Committee
• Education Committee
• Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
• House Rules Committee
• House Science and Technology Committee (decommissioned),Chair
• House Transportation Committee

2019-2020

Setzler was assigned to the following committees:

• Education Committee
• Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
• House Rules Committee
• House Science and Technology Committee (decommissioned),Chairman
• House Transportation Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Setzler served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Setzler served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Setzler served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Setzler served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Georgia State Senate District 37

IncumbentEd Setzler is running in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 37 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Ed Setzler (R)

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Endorsements

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 37

IncumbentEd Setzler defeatedVanessa Parker in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 37 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler (R)	57.5	65,243
	Submit photo	Vanessa Parker (D)	42.5	48,270

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,513
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 37

Vanessa Parker defeatedSadia Ali in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 37 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Vanessa Parker	50.9	5,036
		Sadia Ali	49.1	4,863

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,899
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 37

IncumbentEd Setzler advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 37 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler	100.0	11,099

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,099
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 37

Ed Setzler defeatedVanessa Parker in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 37 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler (R)	58.8	51,953
	Submit photo	Vanessa Parker (D)	41.2	36,341

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,294
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 37

Vanessa Parker defeatedTitus Nichols in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 37 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Vanessa Parker	70.0	8,920
		Titus Nichols	30.0	3,823

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,743
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 37

Ed Setzler defeatedDavid Delk andScott Johnson in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 37 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler	54.1	16,504
	Submit photo	David Delk	25.9	7,912
	Submit photo	Scott Johnson	20.0	6,103

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,519
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2020

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 35

IncumbentEd Setzler defeatedKyle Rinaudo in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 35 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler (R)	50.5	15,189
		Kyle Rinaudo (D)	49.5	14,909

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,098
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 35

Kyle Rinaudo defeatedLisa Campbell in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 35 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kyle Rinaudo	53.8	1,302
		Lisa Campbell	46.2	1,116

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,418
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35

Lisa Campbell andKyle Rinaudo advanced to a runoff. They defeatedElizabeth Webster in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Campbell	40.5	2,751
✔		Kyle Rinaudo	29.9	2,033
		Elizabeth Webster	29.6	2,014

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,798
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35

IncumbentEd Setzler advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler	100.0	4,977

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,977
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2018

See also:Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 35

IncumbentEd Setzler defeatedSalvatore Castellana in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 35 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler (R)	52.3	11,816
		Salvatore Castellana (D)	47.7	10,775

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,591
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35

Salvatore Castellana defeatedKyle Rinaudo in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Salvatore Castellana	61.7	1,225
		Kyle Rinaudo	38.3	762

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,987
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35

IncumbentEd Setzler advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 35 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Setzler	100.0	2,215

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2016

See also:Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theGeorgia House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

IncumbentEd Setzler ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 35 general election.^[3][4]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 35 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ed SetzlerIncumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	18,901
Total Votes				18,901
Source:Georgia Secretary of State

IncumbentEd Setzler ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 35 Republican primary.^[5][6]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 35 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Ed SetzlerIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theGeorgia House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with runoff elections taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. IncumbentL. Edwin "Ed" Setzler was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.^[7][8][9]

2012

See also:Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2012

Setzler ran in the2012 election forGeorgia House of Representatives District 35. Setzler ran unopposed in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.^[10] Setzler ran unopposed in the general election.^[11]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 35, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ed SetzlerIncumbent	100%	17,151
Total Votes				17,151

2010

See also:Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2010

Setzler ran for re-election to the 35th District seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the July 20 primary. Setzler defeatedMatthew Adams (D) in the general election onNovember 2, 2010.^[12]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 35 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Ed Setzler (R)		9,918	64.6%
Matthew Adams (D)		5,424	35.4%

2008

In 2008 Setzler was re-elected to the Georgia House of Representatives District 35. Setzler (R) finished with 14,178 votes while his opponent Jason Adams (D) finished with 9,149 votes.^[13] Setzler raised $61,414 for his campaign fund.^[14]

Georgia House of Representatives District 35
Candidates		Votes
Ed Setzler (R)		14,178
Jason Adams (D)		9,149

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2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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