Teresa Tomlinson
Teresa Tomlinson | |
|---|---|
Tomlinson in 2016 | |
| 69th Mayor of Columbus | |
| In office January 3, 2011 – January 9, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Wetherington |
| Succeeded by | Skip Henderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 19, 1965 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Wade Tomlinson (m. 1997) |
| Education | Sweet Briar College (BA) Emory University (JD) |
Teresa Pike Tomlinson (born February 19, 1965) is an American politician and attorney. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She was elected and served as the 69th Mayor of Columbus, Georgia, in 2010. On January 3, 2011, she was sworn in as the city's first female mayor.
On May 20, 2014, she was re-elected to a second term with 62% of the vote, making her the first mayor since the city's consolidation in 1971 to win re-election in a contested race. She unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent David Perdue in the 2020 election, losing the Democratic primary to Jon Ossoff.