{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Wayne Garner |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|05|08}} |birth_place = Fulton County, Georgia, U.S. |office = Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 30th district |preceded = |succeeded = |term_start = 1980 |term_end = 1994 |party = Democratic |alma_mater = University of West Georgia |spouse = Jerri Denise Gray<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1981.pdf|title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register: 1981-1982|work=Georgia General Assembly|access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref> |children = 2<ref name="a" /> }}
'''Wayne Garner''' (born May 8, 1951)<ref name="b" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uwg.galileo.usg.edu/repositories/2/resources/55|title=Wayne Garner papers|work=University of West Georgia Special|access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref> is an American politician.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115712090/leading-candidate-for-lieutenant/|title=Leading candidate for lieutenant governor drops out of race|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=January 3, 1990|access-date=January 3, 2022|page=26|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> He served as a Democratic member for the 30th district of the Georgia State Senate.<ref name="b" />
== Life and career == Garner was born in Fulton County, Georgia. He attended Douglas County High School<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gych_rogp_113|title=Wayne Garner, 16 June 2010.|work=Digital Library of Georgia|date=June 16, 2010|access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref> and the University of West Georgia.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://pap.georgia.gov/wayne-j-garner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426121543/https://pap.georgia.gov/wayne-j-garner|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2021|title=Wayne J. Garner|work=State Board of Pardons and Paroles|access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>
In 1980, Garner was elected to represent the 30th district of the Georgia State Senate,<ref name="b" /> serving until 1994.<ref name="a" />
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