{{Short description|American politician (1963–2019)}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Greg Kirk | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = Photo credit to the Georgia State Senate Press Office 2017 | state_senate = Georgia | district = 13th | term_start = January 2014 | term_end = December 22, 2019 | predecessor = John Crosby | successor = Carden Summers | prior_term = | birth_date = {{birth date|1963|09|24}} | birth_place = Americus, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|22|1963|09|24}} | death_place = Americus, Georgia, U.S. | profession = | party = Republican }}
'''Greg M. Kirk''' (September 24, 1963 – December 22, 2019) was an American politician from Americus, Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia State Senate from the 13th District, representing the Georgian counties of Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth and parts of Sumter and Wilcox from 2014 until his death in 2019.<ref name="biosenate">{{cite web |title=Greg Kirk |url=http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/Documents/PrintBios/BioKirkGreg853.pdf |publisher=Georgia State Senate |date= |accessdate= }}</ref> He was a member of the Republican Party.
==Personal life== Kirk graduated with a master's degree in Psychology from Troy State University. He and his wife, Rosalyn, had seven children and five grandchildren. They lived in Americus, Georgia.<ref name=biosenate/>
==Georgia State Senate committee memberships== As of the 2017 Georgia Legislative Session, Sen. Kirk served on the following committees:<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web |work=Ballotpedia |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Greg_Kirk |title=Greg Kirk |date= |accessdate= }}</ref> *Agriculture and Consumer Affairs *Health and Human Services *Insurance and Labor and *Judiciary
==Election history== ===2014 Republican Primary Election===
{{Election box begin no change|title=2014 Republican primary election, Georgia Senate district 13<ref name="ballotpedia" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Greg Kirk |votes = 6,826 |percentage = 50.9 }} {{Election box candidate no party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Bryce A. Johnson |votes = 6,597 |percentage = 49.1 }} {{Election box end}}
Kirk did not face opposition in the 2014 General Election.
===2016 General Election===
{{Election box begin no change|title=2016 general election, Georgia Senate district 13<ref name="ballotpedia" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Greg Kirk (incumbent) |votes = 43,534 |percentage = 72.09 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Ruenett Melton |votes = 16,853 |percentage = 27.91 }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2018 === Kirk ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections in 2018.<ref name="ballotpedia" />
==Health and death== Kirk announced in June 2019 that he had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer earlier that year, but said in an update in November that many of his tumors were "gone or shrunk". He entered outpatient hospice care for pain management the next month and said in a statement on December 18 that he planned to run for re-election in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiftongazette.com/news/updated-state-senator-greg-kirk-in-outpatient-hospice-care/article_f98b1e4a-21b9-11ea-b392-277cb4157f3e.html|title=State Senator Greg Kirk in outpatient hospice care|last=Taylor|first=Stuart|date=2019-12-18|website=The Tifton Gazette|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref> Four days later, on December 22, Kirk died at the age of 56.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-sen-greg-kirk-has-died/lDcMJfIJDr0wkZMFG25ONL/|title=State Sen. Greg Kirk remembered for public service to Georgians|last=Prabhu|first=Maya T.|date=2019-12-22|website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=English|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>
==References== {{portal|State of Georgia}} {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{URL|https://www.gregkirk.org|Greg Kirk for State Senate}}
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