Lee Hawkins

Hawkins is a dentist who has run a family-owned dental practice in Gainesville for 42 years, per the campaign site. The site says Hawkins graduated from Gainesville High School, Emory University and Emory School of Dentistry, served as president of the Georgia Dental Association, and sat on the board of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, per the campaign site. The site also says Hawkins began a political career in 2006 and has served in the Georgia State Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives, and chairs the Budget and Fiscal Affairs committee, per the campaign site.