{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Doug Stoner | office = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | term_start1 = January 9, 2023 | term_end1 = January 13, 2025 | predecessor1 = Erick Allen | successor1 = | constituency1 = 40th | term_start2 = January 13, 2003 | term_end2 = January 10, 2005 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = 34th | state_senate3 = Georgia | district3 = 6th | term_start3 = January 10, 2005 | term_end3 = January 14, 2013 | predecessor3 = Ginger Collins | successor3 = Hunter Hill | birth_date = | birth_place = South Cobb, Georgia | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | alma_mater = Kennesaw State University }}
'''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,<ref name="Qualified Candidates">{{cite web|title=Qualifying Candidate Information|url=http://elections.sos.ga.gov/GAElection/CandidateDetails|website=Georgia Secretary of State|accessdate=March 9, 2018}}</ref> which is currently held by a Republican, Tricia Pridemore. Stoner lost the primary to Dawn Randolph on May 22, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Catts |first1=Everett |title=Cagle, Kemp in GOP runoff; Abrams wins Dem side |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/news/cagle-kemp-in-gop-runoff-abrams-wins-dem-side/article_e350a5c6-5e3f-11e8-81f4-0f1ceea0affe.html |accessdate=20 February 2019 |work=Marietta Daily Journal |date=23 May 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life and education== Stoner attended Kennesaw State University. He has a wife, Della, and two children.<ref name=VoteSmart>{{cite web|title=Doug Stoner's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/54034/doug-stoner#.UhVNZJKsiSo|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref>
==Political career== Stoner was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2002, and to the Georgia Senate in 2004 to 2013.<ref name="VoteSmart"/> Stoner served on the Economic Development, MARTOC, Retirement, State and Local Governmental, Operations, Transportation, and Urban Affairs committees.<ref name=Senate>{{cite web|title=Senator Doug Stoner|url=http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/member.aspx?Member=45|publisher=Georgia State Senate|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref> He won a second non-consecutive term to the House in 2022 but retired after his district was redrawn more favorably to Republicans.
Stoner is the owner of a Dairy Queen.<ref name="VoteSmart"/> Stoner also served as a senior business development manager at Akins, Ltd.<ref name=Gsen>{{cite web|title=Senator Doug Stoner|url=https://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/Documents/PrintBios/BioStonerDoug45.pdf|publisher=Georgia Senate|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref>
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<ref name=Leader>{{cite news|last=Bluestein|first=Greg|title=Roy Barnes weighs in on future leader of Georgia Democrats|url=http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/aug/16/roy-barnes-weighs-future-leader-georgia-democrats/|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=16 August 2013}}</ref> but lost to former State Representative DuBose Porter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zpolitics.com/dubose-porter-is-new-dpg-chair/ |title=DuBose Porter is new DPG Chair | zpolitics | politics in a snap! |access-date=2014-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109044558/http://zpolitics.com/dubose-porter-is-new-dpg-chair/ |archive-date=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://twitter.com/doug_stoner Stoner's Twitter account] * [http://www.dougstoner.com/ DougStoner.com] {{GeorgiaSenDst1–10}}
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