Former Pro Baseball Player and Businessman Geoff Duncan Qualifies

ATLANTA – Geoff Duncan, a former pitching star in the Florida Marlins organization and with Georgia Tech and a former state representative from Cumming, qualified Tuesday in the race to be Georgia’s next lieutenant governor.

Pledging to be the first “outsider” to win the No. 2 seat in state government, Duncan said Georgians have had enough with electing career politicians and want a thoughtful conservative who puts “policy over politics” to preside at the state Capitol.
“As Georgia’s next Lieutenant Governor, I pledge to be a servant of the people and not the special interests,” said Duncan, who with his wife Brooke and three sons qualified at the State Capitol on Tuesday morning. “Georgia voters are sick and tired of electing leaders who are beholden to special interests instead of what’s best for the people of Georgia.”
Duncan, a longtime resident of Fulton and Forsyth counties who has also run two small businesses, completed two terms in the Georgia House and pledged that as Lieutenant Governor he would only serve two terms.
“I was not a go-along-with the tax increases kind of Republican during my five years in the Legislature,” Duncan said. “I am also not one to make a career out of working for state government or off state government like my opponents. I will always put good policy over politics.”
The GOP primary for lieutenant governor and other statewide and local elections is May 22.
Duncan, 42, was a star pitcher for Georgia Tech and then went on to pitch for the Florida Marlins for six seasons in its minor league and AAA levels before leaving due to a shoulder injury in 2001. He has been a small businessman, starting a small marketing firm and then becoming CEO of a healthcare technology startup.
As lieutenant governor, Duncan said he would encourage state government to partner more with the private sector to solve the state’s challenges. “I like to call it the four ‘C’s’– churches, charities, corporations and citizens,” he said. “They are our untapped resources available to assist everything from those who don’t have health insurance to the homeless, broken families and students who can’t read. A government program isn’t always the solution.”
In addition, Duncan pledged to improve on the tax cuts poised to pass the General Assembly this year to make Georgia more competitive with its neighbors.
“It’s great that we are cutting taxes, but if we are still not among the lowest in the Southeast then we will not help our citizens nor attract the jobs they need,” Duncan said.
Duncan also pledged to be a leader in implementing far-reaching school choice programs for all students. “We are a Red State yet we are far behind in meeting the demands of voters, parents and students in giving them educational options,” he said. “This is going to take the kind of leadership I will provide in showing that school choice is good for everyone – parents, students,teachers and school systems.”
To learn more about Duncan’s candidacy go to www.teamduncan.org.