Barry Loudermilk (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Georgia's 11th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2015. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Loudermilk (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 11th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2024 election.
Loudermilk is a former Republican member of the Georgia State Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives. He was chairman of the Bartow County Republican Party from 2000-2004.
Loudermilk is president and co-owner of INSI Technologies. He served in the United States Air Force from 1984 to 1992. He has been a businessman, department head of mathematics and information technology at Charter College, and a regional business manager with Honeywell Federal Systems.
At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Loudermilk was assigned to the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on House Administration, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Loudermilk was born in Riverdale, Georgia. After graduating from high school, Loudermilk enlisted in the United States Air Force from 1984 to 1992. He served as a communications operations specialist in Texas, Hawaii, and Alaska. According to Loudermilk's campaign website, he received awards for his roles in "the 1986 Philippine Crisis, the 1986 Air Raid on Libya, Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm."
After his military service ended in 1992, Loudermilk earned a B.S. from Wayland Baptist University. He went on to become a small business owner in Georgia, founding a company called Innovative Network Systems, Inc., and becoming a co-owner of a flight training school called the Freedom Flight Center. He served as chairman of the Bartow County Republican Party from 2001-2004 and was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2005, serving District 14 until 2010. He was then elected as a senator to the Georgia State Senate and served from 2011 to 2013.
During his time in the legislature, Loudermilk received various awards, including the Advocates for Children’s Public Servant of the Year award (2007), the Civil Air Patrol's National Legislator of the Year award (2006), the Blue Ridge Women's Center's Sanctity of Life Award (2010), the Technology Association of Georgia's Legislator of the Year award (2011) and the American Conservative Union's Defender of Liberty Award (2012)."
