State Rep. Matthew Wilson, D-Brookhaven, announced his candidacy Wednesday against Republican Insurance Commissioner John King, who was appointed in 2019 amid felony fraud charges brought against his predecessor.
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Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King, left, speaks with Colquitt County Administrator Chas Cannon, center, and state Rep. Sam Watson, R-Moultrie, during King s campaign stop in Moultrie Thursday morning.
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Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King, left, speaks with Colquitt County Administrator Chas Cannon, center, and state Rep. Sam Watson, R-Moultrie, during King s campaign stop in Moultrie Thursday morning. Jack R. Jordan/The Moultrie Observer
MOULTRIE, Ga. â Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King visited the Moultrie Welcome Center Thursday as part of his statewide campaign tour.Â
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Beck was indicted on charges that he defrauded a former employer out of $2 million, spending the money on personal expenses and funding his insurance commissioner campaign. Beck denies the charges and has yet to go on trial.
King was born in Mexico and is Georgia’s first Hispanic statewide officeholder. He has served as a brigadier general in the U.S. Army National Guard. Kemp has often brought him into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic to convey messages to Georgia’s growing Latino population, which now numbers more than 1 million.
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FILE - In this Friday, May 15, 2020, file photo, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King makes a statement and answers questions from the media following a tour of Fieldale Farms while visiting Gainesville, Ga. King announced a bid on Monday, April 12, 2021, for a full four-year term as Georgia’s elected insurance commissioner after Gov. Brian Kemp appointed him to the office in 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
FILE - In this Friday, May 15, 2020, file photo, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King makes a statement and answers questions from the media following a tour of Fieldale Farms while visiting Gainesville, Ga. King announced a bid on Monday, April 12, 2021, for a full four-year term as Georgia’s elected insurance commissioner after Gov. Brian Kemp appointed him to the office in 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution