State Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, a Republican from East Cobb, has announced her 2022 campaign for re-election to the Georgia State Senate in District 32.
Kirkpatrick, a retired orthopedic surgeon, has held the seat since 2017. Her campaign website can be found by clicking here.
She is the Chairwoman of the Senate Veterans and Military committee and also serves on the Health and Human Services, Insurance, Judiciary and Appropriations committees and represents Dobbins Air Reserve Base on the Georgia Joint Defense Commission.
In her announcement, Kirkpatrick said that “I am proud of my track record of service since 2017″ and that “I will continue to work tirelessly to support lower taxes, election integrity, public safety, life, families and businesses.”
Kirkpatrick will be facing a Republican primary challenge from State Rep. Charlice Byrd, who announced her campaign earlier this week.
District 32 has mostly covered East Cobb and a portion of Sandy Springs, but last month the Georgia legislature redrew the lines to include some of northeast Cobb and parts of Cherokee County, including a part of Woodstock (see map below).
In a social media posting after reapportionment ended Kirkpatrick said that “I am looking forward to representing Cherokee County and Marietta City in addition to East Cobb. I will work hard to get to know my new constituents.”
Last weekend she participated in the Woodstock Christmas parade with the Young Republicans of Cherokee.
Kirkpatrick, who was a President of Resurgens Orthopaedics, included in her legislative accomplishments her work for free-market solutions to health care in Georgia.
“I fight for patients as they navigate our very complex healthcare system. As a conservative, I believe in a limited role for government, increased involvement by parents in their kids’ education, and lower taxes,” she said. “I look forward to working hard to represent the citizens in Cherokee and Cobb counties in the Senate and continuing to pass good legislation.”
Qualifying for the 2022 elections begins in March; primaries are scheduled for May.
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I’ll be supporting Sen. Kirkpatrick’s opponent State Rep. Charlice Byrd. I have been disappointed the lack of action from Sen. Kirkpatrick on some of the pressing issues facing East Cobb and the state. Namely, protecting parental and student rights from an increasingly activist school boards, even in Cobb County. I would also have hoped that given her medical background that Sen Kirkpatrick would be more outspoken against the unscientific mask and vaccine mandates, especially for younger Georgians. Then of course, there is the passive inaction on election integrity, tech censorship and illegal immigration.
Kay served East Cobb well in the past, but the time has come for a more activist legislature to address these issues. I trust Charlice Byrd to confront the establishment GOP in Georgia more to push these issues forward.