Erick Erickson
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Erickson in June 2011.
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| Born |
June 3, 1975 Jackson, East Feliciana Parish Louisiana, U.S. |
| Residence | Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law |
| Occupation | Writer, columnist, and radio host |
| Spouse(s) | Christy Erickson |
| Website | theresurgent |
Erick Erickson (born June 3, 1975) is a politically conservative American blogger who hosts the radio show Atlanta's Evening News with Erick Erickson, broadcast on 750 WSB (AM). He previously served as the editor-in-chief and the CEO of the conservative political blog RedState and was a political contributor for CNN.
Erick-Woods Erickson was born in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates when he was five, and returned to Jackson when he was fifteen. Erickson attended the American School of Dubai, previously known as the Jumeirah American School. His father worked for Conoco Oil as an oil company production foreman. Erickson received a bachelor's degree from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and a law degree from Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law and is an inactive member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia.
Erickson was elected on November 6, 2007 to a four-year term as a Republican member of the Macon, Georgia city council. He resigned his office on February 16, 2011, partway through his first term to pursue a job with WSB radio in Atlanta; The Macon Telegraph noted his poor attendance as a council member before his resignation. While he was in office, Macon police officers considered forming a union. To counter it, Erickson urged that the police department be dissolved.
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