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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — DA Lannom is a highly-decorated, retired military officer who is running for Georgia State House, District 28. To say he has a heart for service would be a massive understatement.

Twenty-two years in the U.S. Army with two combat tours followed by nine years as a consultant serving Defense Department clients in Okinawa, Japan and throughout the Korean Peninsula attest to his love of country and commitment to public service.

Lannom was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry upon graduation from the University of Missouri – Rolla in 1986. During his military career he earned a Master’s Degrees in Petroleum Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, and Legal Studies in Oil, Gas, and Energy from University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Maryland, and University of Oklahoma.

During his career, he was deployed on combat tours in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 as well as Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

His awards include the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, numerous combat campaign medals, the Combat Infantry Badge, and Army Parachutist Badge.

He operates his own consulting LLC serving as the Director of Operations of a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business and hopes to represent District 28 in the State House.

He says the key issues in the race are education, support for law enforcement and first responders and support for the U.S. and Georgia Constitutions.

“We have to protect the next generation,” he said during a recent appearance on the John Fredericks Show. “We’ve got to remove CRT, SEL, DEI and pornography from our school system. It goes deeper than that, we have got to protect the young ones in K-12.”

On supporting law enforcement and first responders, Lannom said, “We have to keep funding law enforcement but we also have to keep recidivists off the street. About 50 percent of the crime in our county is committed by repeat offenders from outside the county. At a state level, we have to get rid of district attorneys, prosecutors and judges that espouse what Sheriff Ron Freeman describes as a Hug-A-Thug mentality.”

He describes himself as a Constitutional Carry, right-to-life, right to work Republican who believes in freedom of thought and freedom of speech but warns that suppression of conservative speech is under attack and is a major issue that has to be defended.