PERSON: Gabriel Sterling

U.S. State Government of Georgia

Secretary

Robert Gabriel Sterling (born November 14, 1970) is an American politician and elections official from the state of Georgia. He is the chief operating officer (COO) in the office of the Georgia Secretary of State. He previously served on the city council for Sandy Springs, Georgia. Sterling received widespread attention for his speech denouncing false claims of election fraud in the 2020 election.

Sterling graduated from Riverwood International Charter School in Sandy Springs, and the University of Georgia. He began working in Republican Party politics as a volunteer for Mack Mattingly in his unsuccessful 1986 reelection bid to the U.S. Senate. He served as campaign manager for Charlie Norwood in his successful election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. In 1998, Sterling ran for the Georgia House of Representatives in District 43, facing Dorothy Felton in the Republican Party primary election. Sterling lost the election.

Sterling was elected to the Sandy Springs City Council, taking office in 2011. In 2017, he did not run for reelection, and instead ran for the chair’s seat on the Fulton County Commission. He finished in third place, behind Robb Pitts and Keisha Waites, both members of the Democratic Party.

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