---
type: Person
title: "Rick Townsend"
description: "GA House District 179 — GA State House of Representatives District 179"
role: "GA House District 179"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "GA"
district: "GA State House of Representatives District 179"
represents: "us/states/ga/districts/house/179"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-09"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "08c80044-3546-460a-87cc-dbd1993a2ee4"
  office: "94afe0b5-bbfb-4a6b-b62c-0a73b97ec416"
  tenure: "8ca2f911-ab0d-449d-9321-730811d68eb7"
  jurisdiction: "dc6cc683-f734-4114-a3fb-60062cfb1cb5"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ga]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Rick Townsend

Current GA House District 179 (GA State House of Representatives District 179).

Represents [GA State House of Representatives District 179](/us/states/ga/districts/house/179.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).