{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Greg Goggans |image = |caption = |office = Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 7th district |term_start = January 10, 2005 |term_end = January 14, 2013 |predecessor = Peg Blitch |successor = Tyler Harper |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|12|5}} |birth_place = |party = Republican }}
'''Greg Goggans''' (born December 5, 1957) is an American politician who served in the Georgia State Senate from the 7th district from 2005 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/Member.aspx?Member=13&Session=20 |title=Georgia State Senator Greg Goggans (Republican - 7) |publisher=Senate.ga.gov |date= |accessdate=2019-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Walter C. Jones |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/article/20120229/NEWS/801257095 |title=Georgia Sen. Greg Goggans is retiring |publisher=Jacksonville.com |date=2012-02-29 |accessdate=2019-06-21}}</ref> He won his first election in 2005, after the retirement of Peg Blitch left an open seat in the seventh district.<ref name="2005election"/> Goggans resided in Douglas, and was an orthodontist before pursuing political office.<ref name="2005election">{{cite news |title=Alma mayor joins race for Blitch seat |url=https://www.tiftongazette.com/news/local_news/alma-mayor-joins-race-for-blitch-seat/article_353b507f-32d8-5d1f-87b0-978bd2a21434.html |access-date=May 4, 2022 |work=The Tifton Gazette |date=December 7, 2006}}</ref>
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