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Ed Harbison, of Columbus, was first elected to the Senate from the 15th District in 1992. Sen. Harbison represents the citizens of Chattahoochee County and portions of Muscogee County.

Sen. Harbison is currently chairman of the Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee and secretary of the Regulated Industries and Utility Committee. He also serves on the Banking and Financial Institutions, Insurance and Labor and Reapportionment and Redistricting committees. Sen. Harbison is a former Chairman of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus.

During the 2008 General Assembly, Sen. Harbison successfully sponsored a bill to ease barriers and alleviate bureaucratic “red tape” for children of military officers who transfer from one state to another while in service.

Sen. Harbison also is responsible for legislation which successfully led to the installation of Emergency Call Boxes in the state along Interstate I-85 from LaGrange to Columbus. He chaired the Senate Eviction Law Study Committee and served on the Joint Senate-House Study Committee on Certificate of Need Health Care Facilities. He also serves on the Policy Committee of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
During the 1994 General Assembly, Sen. Harbison successfully steered legislation through the Senate to give the Governor the authority to order the Georgia National Guard to assist state law enforcement agencies in anti-drug efforts.

Prior to his election to the Senate, Sen. Harbison served as second vice-president of the Muscogee County School Board and was a member of the Columbus Charter Review Commission.
Born in Prattville, Alabama and raised in Montgomery, Sen. Harbison graduated from the Career Academy School of Broadcasting and attended Troy State University at Fort Benning. He served four years in the U.S. Marines.

Sen. Harbison is a public relations and advertising consultant and a broadcast journalist. Active in the community, Sen. Harbison served on the Mayor’s Committee for a Drug-Free Columbus; the Community Task force on Gangs, the Columbus Charter Review Committee and the Columbus Cable TV Study Commission. He is a 1990 graduate of Leadership Columbus, a member of the A.J. McClung YMCA Board of Directors and a former officer of the Georgia Association of Newscasters. Sen. Harbison has been featured on NBC’s “Dateline” news program regarding the death penalty, and has been quoted in USA Today on his opposition to a state redistricting plan.

Senator Harbison currently serves not only Muscogee County but Marion, Macon, Talbot, Taylor and Schley Counties as well. He also is Chairman of Veterans, Military and Homeland Security