Frank Ginn

Frank Ginn, close up.

Senator Ginn, District 47 (R)

2011 – present

office: (404) 656-9224
cell: (706) 680-4466
Office: 121-I Capitol
frank.ginn@senate.ga.gov
Frank’s Website

Economic Development and Tourism – Vice Chairman
MARTOC – Vice Chairman
Appropriations
Natural Resources and the Environment – Ex-Officio
Regulated Industries and Utilities – Ex-Officio
Rules
Transportation
State and Local Governmental Operations – Ex-Officio

Signature Policies

Reduce the Size of Government: Frank Ginn’s website claims that he is “a defender of local taxpayers against an endless stream of state regulations.”

Creating a Business-Friendly Environment: Ginn supports tax breaks to help relocate out of state businesses to Georgia. He also opposes unions and minimum wage increases.

Controversy

Steel Beam Scandal: Ginn says a construction company gave him some steel beams, completely free of charge, leftover from a bridge project in Madison County worth an estimated $31,000. As the former chairman of the Georgia Senate Transportation Committee, Ginn was in a position to influence state contracts that this company, ER Snell, might bid on in the future. Ginn says he sold the beams to a recycling center for $10,000.

Read an article on this scandal from the FOX-5 investigative team.

Voting Record

Repeal data center tax breaks: YES
Revoke CDLs for noncitizens: YES
Criminalize protest: YES
Limit access to police video: YES
Need-based scholarships: YES
Ban EMS surprise billing: YES
Mandate paper ballots: YES
FY 2026 budget amendment: YES
Ban cell phones in schools: YES

Learn more about 2026 votes here.

Ban transgender girls in sports: YES
Sue “sanctuary city” officials: YES
Restore “religious freedom”: YES
Pay minimum wage to the disabled: YES
Prosecute librarians: YES
Promote school safety: YES
Ban cell phones in schools: YES
Make it harder to vote: YES
Protect in-vitro fertilization: YES

Learn more about 2025 votes here.

Renter Protection Act: YES
Paid Parental Leave: NO
Expand Medicaid: NO
Require ICE Detainers: YES
Puberty Blocker Ban: YES
Require Cash Bail: YES
Rush Vote Tallying: YES
School Vouchers: YES
Bar Library Association Funding: YES

Learn more about 2024 votes.

Expand TANF Benefits: YES
Limit Construction Moratoria: YES
Impose Mandatory Minimums: YES
Require Cash Bail: YES
Oversee Prosecuting Attorneys: YES
Ban Gender-Affirming Treatment: YES
Private School Vouchers: YES

Learn more about 2023 votes.

ACC Homestead Exemption: YES
Mental Health Parity Act: YES
Ban “Divisive Concepts”: YES
Sex Discrimination Protection: did not vote
Criminalize Protest: YES
Allow Permitless Carry: YES
Expand Postpartum Medicaid: YES
Ban the Abortion Pill: YES
Mandate Cash Bail: YES

Learn more about 2022 votes.

COVID Immunity for Businesses: YES
Paid Parental Leave: YES
Ban Banning Natural Gas: YES
Ban the Defunding of Police: YES
Tax Airbnb and VRBO: YES
End the Citizen’s Arrest: NO
Expand Education Vouchers: YES
Restrict Absentee Voting: YES
Allow Early End to Probation: excused
Criminalize Protest: no vote in Senate
Omnibus Voter Suppression: YES

Collect Internet Sales Tax: YES
Fight Hate Crimes: NO
Adopt Budget: YES
“Peace Officer’s Bill of Rights”: YES
License / Criminalize Hemp: YES
Stop Burning Creosote RR Ties: YES
Ban Surprise Medical Bills: YES
Postpartum Medicaid Coverage: YES
Raise Coal Ash Fee: YES
Expunge More Criminal Records: YES
Restrict Signature Bonds: YES
Learn more about 2020 votes.

Protect Confederate Monuments: YES
Require Schools Allow Recess: YES
Apply for Medicaid Waivers: YES
Takeover the Atlanta Airport: NO
Improve EMS Transparency: YES
Buy Voting Machines: YES
Protect Renters from Retaliation: YES
Ban Abortion: YES
Learn more about 2019 votes.

Cash Bail Reform: YES
Conservation Funding: YES
Income Tax Cut: YES
Change the Driver’s Licenses of Immigrants: Sponsored
Cyber-security: YES
Campus Free Speech: YES
Cooperation with ICE: YES

Learn more about 2018 votes.

Ban Sanctuary Campuses: YES
Allow Beer Sales at Breweries: YES
Criminalize Protest: YES
Campus Carry: YES
Establish Education Turnaround Advisory Council: YES
Immigrant Registration: YES

Learn more about 2017 votes.

Election Results

2024 General Election

Frank Ginn — 62.6%
Conolus Scott — 37.4%

2024 Republican Primary

Frank Ginn — 62.2%
Ross Harvin — 37.8%

2022 General Election

Frank Ginn (R, incumbent) — 62.0%
Conolus Scott, Jr. (D) — 38.0%

2022 Republican Primary

Frank Ginn (incumbent) – 66.1%
Ross Harvin – 20.6%
Charlie Chase — 13.3%

2020 General Election

Frank Ginn (R) – 65.9%
Dawn Johnson (D) – 34.1%