Larry Walker III
Senate President Pro Tempore · running unopposedLarry Walker III is a Perry businessman (Walker Insurance Agency) and University of Georgia finance graduate who has represented Senate District 20 since a 2015 special election. In January 2026 the Senate unanimously elected him President Pro Tempore, the chamber's second-ranking post. He drew no opponent in 2026 — no Democrat qualified and he took the Republican primary with 100% — so he is the only name on the November ballot.
Previously held
- President Pro Tempore, Georgia State Senate (2026–present)
- Majority Caucus leadership, Georgia State Senate (prior terms)
- Georgia State Senate, District 20 (2015–present)
- Past chairman, Perry Downtown Development Authority
- Owner, Walker Insurance Agency (Perry)
Top contributors
A business-and-trade-PAC donor base typical of a senior Senate leader: his largest givers are the trial lawyers' Civil Justice PAC, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Georgia Hospital Association, agribusiness (Georgia AgPAC), rural telecom/broadband, the bail-bond industry, and Altria (tobacco). His committee reports more cash on hand than it raised this cycle — a war chest with no race to spend it on.
- $6,000.00Civil Justice PAC Inc (Atlanta, GA)
- $4,600.00MACPAC Metro Atlanta Chamber Political Action Committee (Atlanta, GA)
- $4,100.00GHAPAC Georgia Hospital Association (Atlanta, GA)
- $3,650.00Georgia's Rural Telephone & Broadband PAC (GTBA) (Atlanta, GA)
- $3,500.00Georgia AgPAC Inc. (Commerce, GA)
- $3,300.00Georgia Association of Professional Bondsmen Inc (Gainesville, GA)
- $3,300.00Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, VA)
- $3,300.00Georgia Entertainment Company LLC (Indianapolis, IN)
- $3,300.00Jimmy Allgood Rental LLC (Dublin, GA)
- $3,300.00Georgia Bankers Association PAC (Atlanta, GA)
$363,907 raised · $451,670 cash on hand — as of May 10, 2026 (GA Ethics latest filing).
Source: Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile)Where they stand
A vocal school-choice supporter, Walker backed SB 233 (the Georgia Promise Scholarship) creating $6,500 private-school vouchers; his campaign also touts full education funding, teacher pay raises, and workforce development.
Source: AJC — Georgia Promise Scholarship / SB 233 · Walker campaign — issuesSays “everyone should have reasonable access to healthcare, no matter where they live,” focusing on stabilizing rural hospitals and expanding mental/behavioral-health access rather than full Medicaid expansion.
Source: Walker campaign — healthcareNo Walker-specific statement or vote on raising the minimum wage surfaced; his stated economic priorities emphasize tax cuts and reducing regulation on small business rather than wage mandates.
Source: Walker campaign — jobs & economyNo individual Walker position surfaced, but as part of the Senate Republican majority he was in the chamber that passed SB 62, barring local governments from blocking enforcement of public-camping bans and letting property owners seek compensation (Senate passed it 49–7).
Source: PBS NewsHour — GA homeless-encampment bill (SB 62)Representing the Robins Air Force Base area, Walker has championed military/veteran legislation — creating “military economic opportunity zones” and speeding professional licensing for military spouses — and sits ex-officio on the Veterans, Military & Homeland Security Committee.
Source: Walker campaign — military · Gov. Kemp — 2024 military/veteran legislationPart of the Republican majority that passed SB 21 (2025, 33–18), stripping lawsuit immunity from “sanctuary” jurisdictions and requiring local honoring of federal immigration detainers; no public Walker dissent surfaced.
Source: Georgia Recorder — Senate passes SB 21A self-described Second Amendment supporter; he was in the Senate majority that passed Georgia's 2022 permitless “constitutional carry” law (SB 319), though a gun-rights group that year flagged him among Republicans who had not co-sponsored it.
Source: Gov. Kemp — signs Constitutional Carry Act (SB 319) · Walker campaign — conservative valuesAnti-abortion; states he supported “the Heartbeat Bill and extending protections to the unborn,” and served in the legislature that enacted Georgia's HB 481 six-week ban.
Source: Walker campaign — conservative values · Wikipedia — Georgia House Bill 481Has aligned with the Senate Republican bloc on socially conservative measures — in 2024 he chief-sponsored SB 390 targeting the American Library Association (which the Senate passed 33–20). No direct vote statement on transgender-care bills was attributed to him in the sources found.
Source: WABE — Senate passes SB 390 (ALA bill)No standalone Walker quote surfaced, but he is part of the Senate Republican majority that in 2025 passed measures (HB 127, 33–21) banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Georgia public schools and colleges.
Source: Georgia Recorder — Senate passes DEI banNo Walker-specific position or vote on cannabis was located; Georgia's 2026 medical-cannabis expansion (lifting THC caps, allowing vaping) passed the General Assembly, but no source tied Walker individually to a stance.
Source: The Current — General Assembly approves medical marijuana vapingAs President Pro Tempore, Walker presided when the Senate abruptly adjourned in early 2026, blocking a floor vote on Sen. Hufstetler's SB 34 amendment that would have barred Georgia Power from billing residential customers for data-center costs; Walker cited the Crossover Day schedule, while Democrats called the move “shameful.”
Source: State Affairs Pro — surprise move shelves data-center bill · Georgia Watch — lawmakers leave data-center tax breaks intactPPP loan
Forgiven $58,975 — Walker Insurance Agency, Inc. (Perry, GA), April 2020.
The insurance agency Sen. Walker leads in Perry took a $58,975 PPP loan, forgiven in March 2021.
Scandals
None documented.
Georgia Senate — official bio · Campaign site · Full legislator fact sheet