Shelly Echols

Shelly Echols
Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 49th district
In office
January 9, 2023 – January 13, 2025
Preceded byButch Miller
Succeeded byDrew Echols
Personal details
BornShelly Danielle Cantrell
(1979-10-09) October 9, 1979
PartyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1999)
Children2
EducationUniversity of North Georgia (BA)

Shelly Danielle Cantrell Echols (born October 9, 1979) is an American politician. She was a member of the Georgia State Senate from the 49th district, serving from 2023 to 2025. She is a member of the Republican Party.[1][2] Prior to being elected to the Georgia State Senate, she served one term on the Hall County Board of Commissioners as a District 3 Commissioner.

She was succeeded as state senator by her husband Drew Echols.[3] They were married in 1999.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Member". Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Legislator Information". Services.statescape.com. December 31, 1969. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Drew Echols to run for Georgia Senate District 49, a seat currently held by wife Shelly Echols". AccessWDUN. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  4. ^ "Cantrell/Echols". The Times. Gainesville, Georgia. March 7, 1999. p. 2E. Retrieved November 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.