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Married to a teacher, Ed spends many hours each year in the classroom and has been a consistent youth mentor and classroom lecturer at public schools throughout Cobb County. Ed’s impact on education includes his service to Kennesaw State University where he has been a classroom lecturer, leadership program trainer, departmental advisor, and graduation speaker. Pastor Moore of Mission For Life Church tells the story of how Ed stepped in to help a young man of the congregation when he was wrongly accused of a crime.

Ed Setzler lives in Acworth, Georgia. Setzler earned a B.S. in physics from Furman University in 1992. He served in the U.S. Army from 1992 to 2001 and reached the rank of captain.

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Ed currently serves as a Principal at the St John Consulting Group, where he leads architecture, engineering, and master planning programs. Previously, he worked as the Vice President of Federal Programs at Croft & Associates and as a Program Manager at WSP (formerly MACTEC), where he managed infrastructure engineering and environmental programs worldwide.

Ed is currently a member of the Georgia State Senate representing District 37. He previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives.

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Said, "Ed has been a champion of protecting greenspace and protecting the low-density residential character of West Cobb."

Supports a tax incentive for businesses to promote teleworking, easing financial strain on working families and reducing traffic congestion.

Fights against corporate cronyism that shifts tax burdens to working families, while supporting the Entertainment Industry Investment Act to boost job creation in Georgia's film industry.

Said, "Ed supported passage of Senate Bill 33, the Zero-based Budget Act, which requires state agencies every four years to produce a full, bottom-up accounting and justification of every dollar spent in every state program."

Supports a 20% cut to the state income tax, elimination of the state income tax on military retirement, and returning the state’s budget surplus to taxpayers.

Sponsored the "Transactional Gold and Silver Act" (SB 424), which provides for gold and silver specie to be used as legal tender and establishes a bullion depository.

- Said, "Ed has been a champion of protecting greenspace and protecting the low-density residential character of West Cobb."
- Supports a tax incentive for businesses to promote teleworking, easing financial strain on working families and reducing traffic congestion.
- Fights against corporate cronyism that shifts tax burdens to working families, while supporting the Entertainment Industry Investment Act to boost job creation in Georgia's film industry.
- Said, "Ed supported passage of Senate Bill 33, the Zero-based Budget Act, which requires state agencies every four years to produce a full, bottom-up accounting and justification of every dollar spent in every state program."
- Supports a 20% cut to the state income tax, elimination of the state income tax on military retirement, and returning the state’s budget surplus to taxpayers.
- Sponsored the "Transactional Gold and Silver Act" (SB 424), which provides for gold and silver specie to be used as legal tender and establishes a bullion depository.

Economy

Supports creating a drinking water reservoir development fund and committing resources to safeguard the state's long-term water supply.

Supports providing homeowners with financing options for residential solar power systems through legislation.

- Supports creating a drinking water reservoir development fund and committing resources to safeguard the state's long-term water supply.
- Supports providing homeowners with financing options for residential solar power systems through legislation.

Energy & the Environment

As of March 11, 2026, Ed Setzler’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Said, "To provide an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability in state government agencies, Ed supported Senate Bill 300, the Transparency in Government Act, which publicizes state expenditures, contracts, audits, salaries, and travel expenses for every state agency and employee on a publicly searchable website."

- Said, "To provide an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability in state government agencies, Ed supported Senate Bill 300, the Transparency in Government Act, which publicizes state expenditures, contracts, audits, salaries, and travel expenses for every state agency and employee on a publicly searchable website."

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Supports protecting the fundamental rights of Georgians while providing law enforcement with necessary tools, contributing to laws on various public safety issues including sex trafficking, illegal immigration, and diversion programs for nonviolent drug offenders.

Supports effective law enforcement while balancing the protection of citizens' constitutional liberties; advocates for increased funding for public safety and addressing criminal street gangs and child exploitation.

- Supports protecting the fundamental rights of Georgians while providing law enforcement with necessary tools, contributing to laws on various public safety issues including sex trafficking, illegal immigration, and diversion programs for nonviolent drug offenders.
- Supports effective law enforcement while balancing the protection of citizens' constitutional liberties; advocates for increased funding for public safety and addressing criminal street gangs and child exploitation.

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Supports fully funding the QBE formula, protecting smaller class sizes, increasing teacher pay to the highest in the Southeast, and providing school choice options for families.

Supports the creation of public charter schools in communities with a clear need and few public-school options.

Supports preserving the financial security of the HOPE Scholarship and creating the Zell Miller Scholarship for qualified students to attend state universities with zero tuition.

As a House member, worked to secure equitable per-student funding for Kennesaw State among comparable public universities.

Ed Setzler cosponsored and successfully passed House Bill 57, a solar power financing act that provided homeowners with options to finance residential solar power systems.

Sponsored the "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act" (SB 552) to provide equal access to public schools for students engaging in political clubs and organizations.

- Supports fully funding the QBE formula, protecting smaller class sizes, increasing teacher pay to the highest in the Southeast, and providing school choice options for families.
- Supports the creation of public charter schools in communities with a clear need and few public-school options.
- Supports preserving the financial security of the HOPE Scholarship and creating the Zell Miller Scholarship for qualified students to attend state universities with zero tuition.
- As a House member, worked to secure equitable per-student funding for Kennesaw State among comparable public universities.
- Ed Setzler cosponsored and successfully passed House Bill 57, a solar power financing act that provided homeowners with options to finance residential solar power systems.
- Sponsored the "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act" (SB 552) to provide equal access to public schools for students engaging in political clubs and organizations.

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