Swiney Switches Parties, Announces Run for Rep
In an exclusive interview with Lawrenceville Patch, Timothy Swiney opens up about becoming a Democrat and talks about being a gay man running for office in Georgia.
When I first walked into the downtown office of Timothy Swiney, he was wearing a fluorescent orange baseball cap with googly eyes and a fuzzy nose glued onto it. “My kid made me this,” said Swiney with a laugh as he pulled off the hat and fixed his hair. His kids were the reason why he dropped out of the race for Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in 2010 and, as he said, the reason why he’s now running for House of Representatives District 101—the seat currently held by freshman Representative Valerie Clark after redistricting. In 2010, Swiney was in the process of adopting two children. His daughter was diagnosed with Cerebal Palsy, so he decided to quit the Commissioners’ race to focus on his family. Since then, his two year old …
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