Casey Cagle
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| 11th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia | |
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Assumed office January 8, 2007 |
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| Governor |
Sonny Perdue Nathan Deal |
| Preceded by | Mark Taylor |
| Member of the Georgia Senate from the 49th district |
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In office January 1995 – January 8, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jane Hemmer |
| Succeeded by | Lee Hawkins |
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Lowell S. Casey Cagle January 12, 1966 Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nita Cagle |
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Gainesville State College Georgia Southern University |
| Website |
Campaign website Government website |
Lowell S. "Casey" Cagle (born January 12, 1966) is an American politician currently serving as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He is a member of the Republican Party, a conservative, and a former member of the General Assembly in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2006, Cagle defeated political activist Ralph Reed in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He later defeated Democrat Jim Martin in the November 7, 2006 general election, to become the first Republican Lieutenant Governor in Georgia's history.
Cagle was born Lowell S. Casey Cagle in Gainesville, Georgia and raised by his single mother. He is a seventh generation resident of Hall County, Georgia. According to his legislative biography, he "attended eight different elementary schools by age six, but persevered to graduate from Hall County's public schools." After graduating from Johnson High School, Cagle attended Gainesville State College and Georgia Southern University to play football. After an injury ended his dreams of playing college football, Cagle entered the business world, starting his first venture, a small tuxedo shop in Gainesville, when he was 20 years old.
After returning to Gainesville in 1986, Cagle started what would turn into a successful tuxedo rental company. He expanded the retail business into multiple locations throughout North Georgia. He founded Southern Heritage Bank in 1999 and served as its chairman until it merged into Gainesville Bank & Trust in 2004, and later SunTrust Banks in 2008. Cagle joined the board of directors of GB&T in 2005. According to filings, his estimated net worth is $3 million.
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