Mitch Seabaugh
Senator Mitchell W. Seabaugh, a Republican was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2000. He is a member of the Agriculture, Insurance and Labor, Public Safety, and Special Judiciary Committees.
Within the community, Senator Seabaugh served as the Chairman of the Coweta's County Business License and Tax Appeal Board. He served on the Coweta County School Board Citizens' Advisory Council., he has coached youth baseball in the Newnan and the Sharpsburg youth leagues. Senator Seabaugh also actively supports the Northgate Band serving as a chaperone and band photographer.
Senator Seabaugh also has represented his district as an executive committee member of the Coweta County Republican Party for the past six years. Senator Seabaugh has worked on numerous local campaigns. In 1996, he served as the Coweta County Chairman for the Bob Dole for President Campaign. He also served on the 3rd District Committee and the Georgia Republican Party State Committee.
Senator Seabaugh was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, also the hometown of Rush Limbaugh. In 1980, he married the former Leah Huddleston. Mitch, Leah and their children, Karen, 20 and Ryan, 17, live in East Coweta County.
After graduating form Southern Arkansas University with a BBA majoring in Accounting, Mitch accepted a position as a Controller with International Paper Company and relocated to Georgia. Currently, he is the President of Mitchell W. Seabaugh, CPA PC.
While at IP, he had the opportunity to introduce his company's innovative healthcare policies to Senator Paul Coverdell as an alternative to the Clinton healthcare plan. Later, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, referred to those ideas as the best example he had seen of free enterprise healthcare reform.
He and his family are active members of SonRise Baptist Church in eastern Coweta County.
Senator Seabaugh's goal for his first year in office is to cultivate more involvement in the political process by citizens in his district.
In his spare time, Mitch enjoys golf and reading.
February 2001