On Monday, Cobb Republican Assembly members combined with GOP Members from HD 19 to hear from State Rep. Joseph Gullet (R-19) and School Board Member Brad Wheeler.
The Cobb Republican Assembly also elected officers to serve for the next two years term. Congratulations to the new team!
Chairman & President: Christopher Deeb • 1st Vice President: Matthew Hardwick • 2nd Vice President: Marcus Jean-Francois • 3rd Vice President: Marty Grier • Treasurer: Gary Waldrep • Secretary: Karee Grier
“We are winning and I’m excited about what our new team might be able to accomplish over the next two years,” said Chris Deeb, the newly elected Cobb RA Chairman and chapter President. “Next year’s agenda will be all about winning!”
Mrs. Karee Grier
Rep. Gullet gave a report on issues the state legislature addressed at the capitol last year and issues expected to confront the legislature next year, including the proposed Equal Protection Pro-Life legislation, Election Integrity reform, and ideas for having gold treated as currency rather than as a capital gain.
“Our core values is what motivates us and defines our identity, both as individuals and as an organization. Together we can do a better job of defining those values and communicating those values with our legislators and in our outreach,” said Karee Grier, Cobb RA Secretary. “I believe Cobb RA has great potential!”
The Cobb GOP also conducted some business in their portion of the meeting as House District 19 elected Mrs. Pamela Jean-Francois as HD Secretary and Marcus Jean-Francois to serve as Treasurer of the Lost Mountain 03 precinct. HD 19 also voted to adopt local bylaws / rules governing their sub-division of the Cobb GOP. Among other things, the new rules enable House District 19 in the Cobb GOP to pass its own resolutions by a simple majority.
We are looking forward to our bi-annual Cobb RA Officer Elections Meeting happening on Monday evening, November 17th!
In addition, we are teaming up with the Cobb GOP House District 19 organization to host back-to-back meetings that will include a presentation from two of our local Cobb Republican elected officials: State Rep. Joseph Gullett (R-19) and Cobb County School Board member for Post 7, Brad Wheeler.
Rep. Gullett will provide a legislative report on how the 2025 legislative session went, and what to expect from the up-coming 2026 legislative session. Brad Wheeler will provide a report on how things are going with the county school board. Opportunity for Q&A will be available.
Anyone is welcome to attend the meeting, but only Cobb Republican Assembly members who register for the event will be allowed to vote. Early pre-registration is $20 and late registration at the door is $25. This will help to support our outreach in the community.
We will be voting on officers for the following positions:
In addition, we will have the opportunity to vote on bylaw changes and resolutions.
The event will be hosted at Mars Hill Community Church in West Cobb. The address for the church is 109 Mars Hill Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127.
Refreshments will be provided.
We hope to see you there!
Here are a summary of the details:
Cobb RA Officer Election Meeting Location: Mars Hill Community Church Address: 109 Mars Hill Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127 Doors open: 6:00pm Registration: $20 early / $25 at the door
Many dedicated grassroots volunteers are working hard to get out the vote for the Public Service Commission races on November 4th. Come celebrate their efforts, enjoy great fellowship, and savor some mouthwatering barbecue with the Cobb County Republican Assembly chapter!
All patriots are welcome to join us for this fun social BBQ event where we will be celebrating our hard work & watch the returns for Public Service Commission races! There is no cost to attend, but we do need folks to pre-register so we have an accurate head count.
As per the rules of the Cheatham Community Center, no alcoholic beverages will be provided, but we will have a variety of other drinks available and freebarbecue to enjoy!
• Address: 3702 Ernest W Barrett Pkwy SW, Marietta, GA 30064 • Date: Tuesday, November 4th • Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Jerry Ramsey, the 2nd Vice President of the Cobb County Republican Assembly, is the primary coordinator for this barbecue. As many know, Jerry’s Election Night parties are legendary. If you have questions about the event, please reach out to Jerry.
DON’T FORGET TO VOTE FOR FITZ JOHNSON & TIM ECHOLS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER!
Every Cobb registered voter is eligible to vote in the state-wide Public Service Commissioner elections going on right now! (It doesn’t matter whether you live in the regional districts they represent.) Early voting has started, and Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th!
Early poll reporting shows that so far Democrat voting exceeds Republican voting in this race. It is imperative that we get as many of our fellow Republicans to go to the polls and vote for the Republican nominees in this important election. Democrats are eager to impose the same kinds of “Green New Deal” policies in Georgia as they have in states like California — which will wreck jobs and cause energy costs to skyrocket!
Help us get the word out. Make sure your Republican friends, family, and neighbors all remember to vote!
If you are a Cobb RA member, be sure to mark your calendar for the evening of Monday, November 17th, as the date we are planning to hold our chapter’s Officer Elections. Members should keep an eye out for more information to follow about the exact location and time that evening.
If you’re interested in running for a position on the Cobb RA Executive Committee, please let us know. Members can also submit any proposed resolutions, rule changes, or recommended local endorsements.
If you are not a member but would like to participate in more Cobb RA and GRA events, be sure to apply to join as a member!
We are pleased to announce that our Cobb RA chapter is teaming up with the North Metro RA chapter (Cherokee & Pickens) and the Fulton RA chapter to host a District Candidate Forum and Endorsement Convention! The event is being held this coming Tuesday evening, April 22nd at the Cherokee County GOP Headquarters and includes dinner for a suggested donation of $15 per person.
Melanie Collier from Bartow is challenging incumbent David Oles for District 11 Chairman from Pickens
Candidates for district chairman, state committee, district executive committee, and at-large positions will be invited to share and answer questions. In addition, guest speakers State Rep. Charlice Byrd and Reagan Box will be a part of the program.
Anyone may attend and eat, but only GRA members from this region may vote on any possible endorsement.
To summarize the event details:
Regional District Candidate Forum & Endorsement Convention Where: Cherokee County GOP Headquarters Address: 9425 Highway 92, Woodstock, GA 30188 Date: April 22, 2025 Time: 6:00pm Suggested donation: $15 includes dinner
This past Tuesday, many of us volunteered to help host and attend the Town Hall that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) held in Acworth. We appreciate the exceptionally strong voting record of MTG. She and Congressman Andrew Clyde are the best rated Republicans from the Georgia congressional delegation based on their voting score.
Even so, enemies of the Republic planted protesters into the crowd and tried to create a scene. One of these protesters grabbed a police officer by the throat, and got escorted out of the room. When he resisted, he was tackled and tased.
In spite of these efforts to distract, Marjorie pressed on and celebrated many of the accomplishments so far by the Trump Administration and projected where we are headed for improving our country.
Many other congressional representatives have stopped doing in-person Town Halls because of a coordinated effort by Leftists to create such disruptions. We appreciate the Congresswoman being brave enough to host this one in spite of the threats.
Advanced voting for the Cobb County Commission special election starts April 19th! We need all Republicans from District 2 & 4 to get out and vote! Because turnout with this special election will be so small, Republicans have the best chance they’ve had in years to flip the county commission!
Cobb RA member Matthew Hardwick earlier won the Republican nomination for the District 4 County Commission race in South Cobb, and he will face incumbent Monique Sheffield in the special election.
Alicia Adams is running for the District 2 Commission seat against Democrat Erick Allen, who defeated in the incumbent in the primary. If you live in either of these county commission districts, be sure to vote for our Republican nominees!
Please reach out to these candidates if you would like to help them make phone calls, door-knock, or otherwise campaign to get out the vote!
It’s official: Candidate Sophia Farooq & her slate have won the endorsement of the membership of the Cobb County Republican Assembly! This is a tough accomplishment since all Republican Assembly organizations require a 2/3rds majority vote of the participating membership. To win the endorsement, Sophia and her team had to get twice as many endorsement votes as the other two candidates combined, as well as the votes for “no endorsement.” Every RA endorsement requires an option for “no endorsement.” Sophia did that with votes to spare.
Over the last few years, those of us who have volunteered alongside Sophia in the Cobb RAs and in the Cobb GOP have rubbed shoulders with her, working with her and several of her slate candidates on outreach projects.
Responses to our survey question 1 on the ballot.
We have gotten to know them personally.
We’ve seen Sophia’s temperament, her work ethic, her ambition for Republican growth (particularly in South Cobb), and her practical principled approach first-hand. She has a record of issue-based community engagement. We believe she has earned credibility through her track-record.
Foremost among our reasons for endorsing her is that we believe she is the candidate among the three most likely to advance the mission of the Republican Assembly by helping us promote the principles of the Republican Party ahead of the politicians. At the Candidate Forum we hosted last week, she spoke unequivocally about being united around advancing policies and principles and entrusting the grassroots membership with the power to speak through the Cobb GOP to provide feedback to our Republican politicians. Whether that be through resolutions or other means.
Sophia is a hard-worker who loves this country. She is committed to holding Republican politicians accountable. She’s actually been making improvements in the Cobb House District she has Chaired over the last two years. An area in Cobb that many would write off.
Moreover, the Cobb RA condemns the racist attacks and smear campaign that has been waged against Sophia by activists mostly outside Cobb County who don’t even know her. Sophia has honestly acknowledged that she grew up in a Muslim family and considers herself to belong to that religion at this time, but at the same time she condemned Hamas and all other terrorism. She said she believes Israel has the right to defend themselves from terrorism.
“Let us beware displaying prejudice and racist stereotyping by suggesting that all Muslims or people with Middle East ancestry are terrorists. If I said something like that about a candidate, the Establishment would waste no time in calling me a bigot, yet that is what they, and people being used as their proxies, appear to be implying about Sophia,” said Nathaniel Darnell, the Cobb RA Chairman.
Andrew Mason
The members of the Cobb RA chapter who have served alongside Sophia never have had reason to question her character or her loyalty to this country and the principles that have made America great. She worked hard to help Trump win election last year.
At our Candidate Forum, Sophia openly declared, “I stand with Israel” and “I oppose all forms of terrorism.” See video time code: 55:08. (She also mentioned that some of her siblings have married into families of Christian and Jewish faiths.)
In fact, one of the members of her slate, Andrew Mason, has previously served as an Intelligence Specialist in the U.S. Navy Reserve and Dale Jones, her Vice Chair candidate, is a former Navy Officer. They recognize that Sophia loves America and shares our gratitude for President Trump and the MAGA agenda.
Karee Grier
We are also excited to support Cobb GRA member and HD 38 Chair Karee Grier who is running for Assistant Secretary on Sophia’s slate. Karee and her husband Marty have been instrumental in engaging the Christian community in the GOP in Cobb. They have facilitated Biblical Citizenship and Constitution Alive classes in church settings, helping others understand the importance of the Christian faith applied in constitutional principles toward preserving America’s founding values.
The GOP platform, like our founding documents, reflects a Christian worldview. For example, it states:
“We, the Georgia Republican Party, do affirm our belief in God, and hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created in the image of God and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
Sophia’s current religion may be different from that of our founding fathers, yet she shares an appreciation for the principles they promoted, and the principles we fight for today in the Republican Party. In many ways, she has conducted herself more consistently with biblical Christian teaching than others involved in politics who call themselves “Christian,” but, as Jesus said, “do not do what I say” (Luke 6:46; cf. John 14:15) (emphasis added).
So we hope everyone will set aside these smears and focus instead on presenting a positive agenda for improvement and growth in the Cobb County Republican Party. If you are a Cobb delegate, we recommend Sophia and her team for your support on Saturday.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our county Endorsement Convention!
As Chairman Salleigh Grubbs wraps up her second term, three candidates have announced that they are running to succeed her for Cobb GOP Chairman this year: Dr. Fun Fong, Sophia Farooq, and Mary Clarice Hathaway. All three of them have confirmed that they are coming to speak at our Thursday, March 13th Cobb County Republican Assembly Candidate Forum! We invite you to come hear them speak and ask questions of each of them and their proposed slates of other Executive officers.
Four years ago, we hosted a similar candidate forum between three candidates, and participants found it was very helpful in helping them decide who to elect.
The forum this year will be held at the Cobb Computer Museum of America at 5000 Commerce Parkway, Roswell, GA 30076. Folks will start gathering at 6:00pm and the program should start at 6:30pm.
Attendees will need to pay a nominal $5 per person to help cover the cost of the venue. You can pay at the door or preregister online here.
After the forum, the Cobb RA chapter will be holding an Online Endorsement Vote among members of the Cobb County Republican Assembly, which will run online March 17th – 18th. You will have to already be an approved member in order to vote on endorsing one of the candidates / slates in this Cobb GOP Chairman’s race. If you would like to apply to join, click here. Remember that it takes a two-thirds majority of the participating Cobb RA membership to endorse a candidate according to our rules.
We appreciate Cobb RA chapter President Chris Deeb for arranging for this forum!
To summarize the event details:
Cobb RA Candidate Forum & Endorsement Convention Where: Cobb Computer Museum of America Address: 5000 Commerce Parkway, Roswell, GA 30076 Date: March 13, 2025 Time: 6:30pm Cost: $5
Roswell, GA — We had a great time last night with folks who came out for our annual Caucus & Convention Training. In addition to having many guests from Cobb, we also had visitors from Paulding, Fulton, Forsyth, and Gwinnett show up.
