State Senator Bill Cowsert of Athens has announced he will run for Attorney General of the state of Georgia.
Senator Bill Cowsert, a Republican, has served in the State Senate since 2006. He represents Clarke, Oconee, and Walton Counties in Northeast Georgia and led the Senate Special Investigations Committee that looked into alleged misconduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Cowsert says that if elected Attorney General, he will focus on cracking down on undocumented immigrants, sex trafficking, and fentanyl distributors.
A graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, he is the founding partner of a law firm in Athens. In a statement, Cowsert was endorsed by a former Walton County sheriff and the current Oconee County sheriff.
