Kevin Tanner

In 2020, Tanner officially announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in Georgia's 9th congressional district, for the seat vacated by Republican U.S. Representative Doug Collins, who is running for U.S. Senate.

Tanner is strongly anti-abortion, and voted in favor of the "fetal heartbeat bill" in the state House. He voted for the purchase of new electronic voting machines for Georgia, in a measure that passed along a party-line vote, and claimed in 2019 that "the best way to rig or cheat in an election is paper ballots."

In March 2019, Tanner and House members passed a measure to establishing a legislative oversight committee to monitor the operations of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Georgia's other commercial airports. The legislation was a milder version of a more controversial state Senate bill, which would have implemented a state takeover of the Hartsfield–Jackson airport. The House legislation, which passed 104–70, also included a jet fuel tax break for airlines and a rural transportation package.

In 2018 and 2019, Tanner proposed a rural transportation bill. The legislation passed the state House overwhelmingly, but died in the state Senate amid opposition from the Georgia Department of Transportation, which objected to the portions of the bill that would have consolidated state transit operations.

In 2016, Tanner sponsored legislation to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) in Georgia.

In 2016, Tanner was the lead sponsor of legislation to allow businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples.

In 2015, Tanner was the sponsor of legislation that would restrict police from using "no-knock warrants" at nighttime (between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.) in most circumstances.

Tanner was sworn into the Georgia House on January 14, 2013.

In 2013, Tanner introduced legislation that would classify the identity of companies that supply execution drugs to Georgia as a "confidential state secret" and thus preclude the information's release to the public. The bill was enacted.

Kevin Tanner (born February 10, 1972) is an American politician in Georgia. He has been a Republican member of Georgia House of Representatives from District 9 from 2013 to 2021.