The Georgia Hour, episode 55: JaQuon Stembridge’s Vision for GA GOP Assistant Secretary: Engaging the Next Generation

 JaQuon Stem­bridge, a can­di­date for Assis­tant Sec­re­tary of the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty (GAGOP), aims to engage Gen Z and young con­ser­v­a­tives, inspired by his post-COVID real­iza­tion of con­ser­v­a­tive val­ues. A dou­ble major in finance and polit­i­cal sci­ence at UNG, he’s active in stu­dent gov­ern­ment, sub­sti­tute teach­ing, and church music. Stem­bridge, a Black Trump sup­port­er, con­trasts Repub­li­can focus on indi­vid­ual lib­er­ty and safe­ty with Demo­c­rat con­trol and sup­pres­sion. He seeks to build coali­tions with teen and col­lege Repub­li­cans, empha­siz­ing year-round mes­sag­ing about par­ty iden­ti­ty, not just dur­ing elec­tions, as Democ­rats already tar­get schools and Black com­mu­ni­ties.

The GAGOP lead­er­ship, par­tic­u­lar­ly Chair­man Josh McK­oon, alleged­ly manip­u­lates bal­lot access to favor his slate—Salleigh Grubbs, Bet­sy Kramer, Jeff, Suzi Voyles, and Car­o­line Jeffords—while deny­ing can­di­dates like Lisa Pierce and Kylie Kre­mer, despite time­ly sub­mis­sions, rais­ing elec­tion integri­ty con­cerns. Stem­bridge posi­tions him­self as a proac­tive leader, not a fig­ure­head. Del­e­gates, frus­trat­ed with law­mak­ers, aim to reassert GOP influ­ence, while Stembridge’s cam­paign (stembridgejaquon27@gmail.com, active on social media) focus­es on empow­er­ing the next gen­er­a­tion and ensur­ing the party’s voice per­sists beyond elec­tion cycles.