Jeremy G. Rich
Democratic · GA · Thomas County Commissioner, District 1
Jeremy G. Rich is a Thomas County commissioner who chairs its finance committee, and has been pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church in Thomasville since 2012. He earlier served as vice chair of the Thomasville Planning and Zoning Commission.
Where Jeremy G. Rich stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (5 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 6 oppose), Housing Affordability (2 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Made the motion to give $32,650 of opioid settlement money to Georgia Pines for its co-responder program. The board approved it unanimously.
July 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted against denying a request to allow a dirt pit (surface mine) on a 151-acre farm tract on Maddox Road. The board denied the request 4-3.
August 27, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 6 oppose
Made the motion to give $32,650 of opioid settlement money to Georgia Pines for its co-responder program. The board approved it unanimously.
July 14, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to pay the county's $16,989 share of a grant for the Thomas County Accountability Court. The board approved it unanimously.
June 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Cast the only no vote on a $45,000 audit of seven years of county landfill operations. It passed 6-1.
February 24, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to buy a new ambulance from Custom Truck & Body Works for $291,034. The board approved it unanimously.
June 11, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted yes to buy a new fire engine, a new tanker truck, two used pumper trucks, and two ambulances. It passed 6-2.
March 22, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to give extra pay to county first responders and essential workers, using federal pandemic relief money. The board approved it unanimously.
June 22, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted no on the 2021 county road resurfacing project after it came in over budget. It passed 4-2.
June 8, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to hire CCH Construction to replace the county library roof and mechanical systems for $424,113. The board approved it unanimously.
June 25, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Made the motion to give $32,650 of opioid settlement money to Georgia Pines for its co-responder program. The board approved it unanimously.
July 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to pay the county's $16,989 share of a grant for the Thomas County Accountability Court. The board approved it unanimously.
June 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to buy a new ambulance from Custom Truck & Body Works for $291,034. The board approved it unanimously.
June 11, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted yes to buy a new fire engine, a new tanker truck, two used pumper trucks, and two ambulances. It passed 6-2.
March 22, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to give extra pay to county first responders and essential workers, using federal pandemic relief money. The board approved it unanimously.
June 22, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 2 oppose
Asked fellow commissioners to meet the next day to review a request to back a state workforce housing grant for the Plantation Point neighborhood. They refused, and the board tabled the request.
June 10, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: timesenterprise.com
Voted no on rezoning about 20 acres off Hall Road for a new housing subdivision. Neighbors had raised traffic concerns. It passed 6-2.
July 25, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Moved to delay a vote on a new subdivision off Brentwood Drive until the developers met with neighbors. No one seconded it. He then voted with the 6-1 majority to reject the rezoning.
August 24, 2021Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted yes to rezone commercial land for a gated multifamily housing development (from Commercial General to RM-11). It passed 7-1.
July 28, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Made the motion to hire CCH Construction to replace the county library roof and mechanical systems for $424,113. The board approved it unanimously.
June 25, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Voted no on handing the county's public transit service to the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission on September 1, 2025. It passed 6-2.
August 26, 2025
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted no on having the county go to court to recover federal relief grant fees from Community Outreach Training Center, a local nonprofit. It passed 6-2.
August 26, 2025
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted no on letting the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission apply for a federal rural transit grant for the county. It passed 6-2.
August 12, 2025
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Made the motion to allow a small personal care home for 2 to 6 residents. It failed 3-5, so the request was denied.
May 27, 2025
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Reported that he met with the Office of the Chief of Staff in Washington, D.C., to help appeal a $19 million grant the City of Thomasville had lost.
May 13, 2025
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Voted no on allowing a cell tower at the Gemini Mobile Home Park on N. Pinetree Boulevard. Nearby residents had opposed the site. It passed 4-3.
August 27, 2024
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Led First Missionary Baptist Church in Thomasville as pastor when it won a $155,000 historic preservation grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
January 18, 2024
Source: wtxl.com
Cast the only no vote on sending the Thomas County Joint Comprehensive Plan, the county's long-range growth plan, to the state. It passed 7-1.
May 23, 2023
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Was named Teacher of the Year at Bishop Hall Charter School in Thomasville for the second time. He had taught history, government and economics there for 16 years.
April 2, 2023
Source: timesenterprise.com
Made the motion to allow a personal care home on a rural property, if the state licensed it and it met health department water and sewer rules. It passed 5-3.
January 24, 2023
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Asked to add Juneteenth to the county's paid holidays. No one seconded his change. He then cast the only no vote on the 2023 holiday schedule, which passed 5-1.
December 13, 2022
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Sat out the vote setting the 2019 county property tax rates. He said he stepped aside because he worked for the Thomas County School System.
August 27, 2019
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Took his seat as the Thomas County commissioner for District 1. He replaced outgoing Commissioner Merrill Baker.
January 8, 2019
Source: thomascountyboc.org
Past race Jeremy G. Rich ran in:
- Thomas County Commissioner District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Thomas County, Georgia · incumbent