31 Facts About Barry Loudermilk

Barry Dean Loudermilk is an American politician from the state of Georgia who has been the United States House representative from since 2015.

Barry Loudermilk stepped down from the Georgia Senate to run for Phil Gingrey's congressional seat in the 11th district; Gingrey ran for a US Senate seat.

Barry Loudermilk won the Republican nomination for the House seat in a 2014 runoff against Bob Barr.

From 2014 to present, Barry Loudermilk has been re-elected to successive biennial terms.

Barry Loudermilk enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1984, where he worked as a communications operations specialist.

Barry Loudermilk was honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1992.

Barry Loudermilk was elected chairman of the Bartow County Republican party in 2001, serving until 2004.

Barry Loudermilk served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2005 until 2010 and was a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2011 to 2013.

Barry Loudermilk resigned from the state senate in August 2013 to focus on a US congressional bid.

Barry Loudermilk was described as being the favorite of local tea party groups and having the support of Washington-based figures with a history of endorsing anti-establishment conservative politicians.

Barr's surrogates argued that Barry Loudermilk consistently embellished his military record.

In January 2025, Barry Loudermilk became the chair of a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee formed by Speaker Johnson that was intended to cast doubt on the work of the January 6th Committee.

On May 19,2022, the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack requested that Barry Loudermilk appear for an interview about a tour he led of the United States Capitol Complex on January 5,2021, the day before the 2021 United States Capitol attack.

House Democrats had suggested Barry Loudermilk aided in the attack, which he and House Republicans disputed.

Barry Loudermilk entered the US Capitol with this group on January 5,2021.

Barry Loudermilk wants to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Barry Loudermilk compared the 2017 Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare to the American Revolutionary War and World War II.

In December 2019, Barry Loudermilk likened the impeachment of Trump to the crucifixion of Jesus.

In December 2020, Loudermilk was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated Trump.

Barry Loudermilk was one of 139 Republican House members who objected to certifying Biden as president.

Barry Loudermilk opposes the regulation of buy now, pay later financing.

Barry Loudermilk called the act a "big Christmas present" for his constituents, claiming it would reduce the deficit, improve the lives of all Americans, and cause more companies to hire due to increased revenues.

Barry Loudermilk supports dismantling the IRS and establishing a flat tax system.

Four months earlier, Barry Loudermilk, who had received $2,000 in campaign contributions from Equifax as part of an extensive lobbying effort, introduced a bill that would reduce consumer protections in relation to the nation's credit bureaus, including capping potential damages in a class action suit to $500,000 regardless of class size or amount of loss.

Barry Loudermilk argued in 2015 against negotiating the Iran nuclear deal.

Barry Loudermilk was a Committee on Homeland Security and task force member for the bipartisan 2015 Final Report of the Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel.

Barry Loudermilk is anti-abortion and believes that life starts at conception.

Barry Loudermilk opposes federal legalization of same-sex marriage, believing it should be decided by states.

In 2015, Loudermilk condemned the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v Hodges, which held that same-sex marriage bans violated the constitution.

Barry Loudermilk is a Baptist and has spoken of his attendance to Oakland Heights Baptist Church in Cartersville, GA.

Barry Loudermilk was "standing near home plate" when the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting began, in which he was uninjured.