Doug Stoner, a member of the Democratic Party, is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, a former member of the Georgia State Senate, and a former candidate to be chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party. He ran in the 2018 Democratic primary for District 5's seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission,[1] which is currently held by a Republican, Tricia Pridemore. Stoner lost the primary to Dawn Randolph on May 22, 2018.[2]
Stoner was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2002, and to the Georgia Senate in 2004.[3] Stoner served on the Economic Development, MARTOC, Retirement, State and Local Governmental, Operations, Transportation, and Urban Affairs committees.[4]
Stoner is the owner of a Dairy Queen.[3] Stoner also served as a senior business development manager at Akins, Ltd.[5]
Stoner ran for Chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party in an August 2013 special election. He was endorsed by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Governor Roy Barnes[6] but lost to former State Representative DuBose Porter.[7]
