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J.C. Henderson

Democratic · GA · Newton County Commissioner, District 4

J.C. Henderson has represented District 4 on the Newton County Board of Commissioners since 1996 and is the board's longest-serving member. He graduated from Newton County High School in 1976.

Where J.C. Henderson stands, based on their records

Supports

Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)

Opposes

Public Infrastructure (1 record)

Mixed record

Government Spending Reduction (5 support · 1 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 5 support · 1 oppose

  • Cast the only vote against the county's fiscal 2027 budget. It passed 4-1.

    June 16, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Voted against sending the county's last $1,240,897 in federal pandemic relief (ARPA) money to the Public Works department. It passed 3-2.

    December 3, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Cast the only vote against a $3 million state loan (from GEFA) to build a new county landfill cell. It passed 4-1.

    February 2, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Cast the only vote against the county's $51 million project list for the 2017 special local sales tax (SPLOST). It passed 4-1.

    November 15, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Made the motion to spend $250,000 on five more full-time jail detention officers requested by Sheriff Ezell Brown. It passed 3-2.

    August 16, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Voted twice against the county budget and property tax rate for fiscal year 2017. The first version failed, and the second passed 3-2.

    August 1, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support

  • Made the motion to spend $250,000 on five more full-time jail detention officers requested by Sheriff Ezell Brown. It passed 3-2.

    August 16, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 1 oppose

  • Cast the only vote against the county's $51 million project list for the 2017 special local sales tax (SPLOST). It passed 4-1.

    November 15, 2016Opposes Public Infrastructure

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

Track record — General

General · 12 records

  • Received the Outstanding Georgia Citizen Award from State Rep. Sharon Henderson; he was the first county commissioner to receive it.

    September 16, 2025

    Source: covnews.com

  • Abstained from the county's fiscal 2026 budget vote, saying he wanted more information about the county's yearly payment to the contractor ABM. The budget passed 4-0.

    June 17, 2025

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Voted against the county formally objecting to the City of Covington's request to annex land along Gregory Road, and had a letter read into the record. The objection passed 3-1 with one abstention.

    May 6, 2025

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Cast the only vote against an ordinance raising the county's development impact fees to 40%, starting November 1, 2024. It passed 4-1.

    September 17, 2024

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Voted against requiring a county business license from nonprofits and small businesses receiving federal pandemic relief (ARPA) grants. It passed 3-2.

    February 7, 2023

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Cast the only vote against transferring the county's purchase option on four tracts of the Historic Heartland mega site to the Newton County Industrial Authority. It passed 4-1.

    October 15, 2019

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Abstained from the county's fiscal 2018 budget vote because he received and managed funds for the Nelson Heights Community Center. The budget passed.

    July 25, 2017

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Moved to have the county attorney investigate all sitting commissioners; the motion died without a second. He then cast the only vote against drafting conflict-of-interest changes to the county ethics ordinance.

    January 3, 2017

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Cast the only vote against a county resolution on administrative services for the Nelson Heights Community Center, objecting to how the county ended those services. It passed 4-1.

    June 21, 2016

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

  • Was named in a county-hired forensic accountant's review that found questionable spending at the Nelson Heights Community Center and tied some of it to him. He served on the board of the nonprofit that runs programs there.

    May 11, 2016

    Source: rockdalecitizen.com

  • Moved to take back his earlier vote appointing Lloyd Kerr as interim county manager. No other commissioner supported the motion.

    January 21, 2016

    Source: rockdalecitizen.com

  • Cast the only vote against amendments to the county's charter recommended by a citizens' committee on changing the form of county government. They passed 4-1.

    January 7, 2016

    Source: newtoncountyga.gov

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