Blake Tillery

Blake Tillery (Republican Party) is a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 19. He assumed office on January 9, 2017. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Tillery (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 19. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Blake Tillery lives in Visalia, Georgia. He earned his bachelor's degree in international affairs from the University of Georgia and his Juris Doctor at the University of Georgia School of Law in 2010. Tillery is the managing partner at Smith and Tillery, P.C., and previously co-chaired the Leadership Toombs-Montgomery program. Tillery has also served as Chairman of the Toombs County Commission, the Heart of Georgia Workforce Investment Board, Toombs County Boys and Girls Club Board. He was elected to represent Georgia's 19th district in 2016 and has served as the Vice-Chair of the Appropriations and State Institutions for Property Committees and Secretary for the Judiciary Committee. ^[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Tillery was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee, Chair
• Finance Committee, Ex-Officio
• Government Oversight Committee, Vice Chair
• Senate Retirement Committee, Secretary
• State Institutions and Property Committee, Vice Chair

2021-2022

Tillery was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Government Oversight Committee, Vice chair
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
• State Institutions and Property Committee, Vice chair

2019-2020

Tillery was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee
• Senate Appropriations Committee, Vice Chairman
• Assignments Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee, Secretary
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
• State Institutions and Property Committee, Vice Chairman

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

Republican primary election

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Tillery in this election.

2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

Republican primary election

2018

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

Republican primary election

2016

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016. Incumbent Tommie Williams (R) did not seek re-election.

Blake Tillery ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 19 general election.^[2][3]

Georgia State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Blake Tillery  (unopposed)	100.00%	43,329
Total Votes	43,329
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

Blake Tillery defeated Delvis Dutton and Kevin Parker in the Georgia State Senate District 19 Republican primary.^[4][5]

Georgia State Senate, District 19 Republican Primary, 2016
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Blake Tillery	57.61%	10,865
	Republican	Delvis Dutton	25.81%	4,867
	Republican	Kevin Parker	16.59%	3,128
Total Votes	18,860

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Blake Tillery did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Blake Tillery did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Tillery's campaign website highlighted the following issues:^[6]

Jobs/Economy

• Excerpt: "When we make growing South Georgia a priority and work together as a team, we can get the best jobs for our neighbors. This lowers the tax burden for all of us, increases the vibrancy of our area and helps keep our kids closer to home with opportunities for a good career."

Taxes

• Excerpt: "By reducing expenses, pushing economic growth, and eliminating unnecessary regulations on our small business owners, Blake has plans and ideas to see our state grow AND lower taxes at the same time."

2nd Amendment

• Excerpt: "Blake believes the 2nd Amendment is an INDIVIDUAL right, not a corporate right. Its purpose was to protect individuals from the power and tyranny of government."

Local control

• Excerpt: "We believe in local control and solutions that work for the specific community not in a 'one size fits all' approach."

Education

• Excerpt: "Blake has ideas on reforming education funding through a more fair sales tax instead of the property tax mechanism."

Campaign finance summary

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Endorsements

2016

In 2016, Tillery's endorsements included the following:^[7]

• Georgia State Senator Tommie Williams
• James Thompson, former campaign opponent

Scorecards

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2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Noteworthy events

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

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Tillery, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.^[8]

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