has gloss | eng: Sen. Jim Butterworth is a Republican in his first term in the Georgia State Senate representing the 50th District. Butterworth serves as the secretary of Economic Development committee and is also a member of the Education and Youth, Retirement, and Veterans, Military and Homeland Security committees. In January 2009, Butterworth was listed as a "Next Generation Leader" by the Norton Native Intelligence Report. This report is presented by Frank Norton of the Norton Agency, one of North Georgia’s oldest and most successful real estate and insurance firms. The report called Butterworth’s rise to the State Senate a “slow methodical step by step process built on wise decisions, good measure and visionary leadership.” |