Woodall Draws Two Challengers for Seat

U.S. 7th District U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Lawrenceville, has a Republican challenger from Suwanee in his bid for re-election.

David Hancock, chief operating officer of Alpharetta-based Automation Control Products, has qualified as a Republican to challenge Woodall, according to records of the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. The GOP Primary is July 31.

Qualifying as a Democrat to seek the District 7 seat was attorney Steve Reilly of Lawrenceville.

The winner of the GOP and Democratic primaries will face each other in the General Election Nov. 6.

Qualifying began May 23 and ended May 25.

Hancock said on his website that he would serve just one term and would not accept any campaign funds.

"Congress should not be a career, so my goal is to spend only one term in Washington," Hancock's website states. "Serving in Congress would be a great privilege, but it would also be a burden on my family and my business. I am counting on the fact that after one term someone else will come forward to take their turn."

Hancock cited excessive federal spending as a reason for seeking the District 7 seat.

"Our country is at a point that unless we elect a majority of Congressmen and Senators who are committed to reducing the size and scope of the federal government we may not survive," his website reads.

"We are spending at unsustainable levels, and no matter what they say, Congress continues business as usual. When I wrote this, the debt listed on the official government ‘debt’ website was $15,674,182,767,474.36, a number I can’t even begin to understand. Currently the total debt is at 104% of the U.S. GDP, and still the spending continues, piling even more debt on us and our children."

Reilly is a partner in the Lawrenceville law firm of Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith, LLP., according to Snellville Patch. He lives in Peachtree Corners.

 Information on Georgia's 7th District