Editor’s note: The Daily Tribune News is publishing Q&As with candidates in contested races for local, state legislature and congressional seats pertaining to Bartow County prior to the Nov. 3 election. Two candidates are competing for the state District 15 House of Representatives seat on Nov. 3. Republican incumbent Matthew Gambill is facing Democrat challenger Lauren Jones. Gambill, 45, is a lifelong Bartow County resident and a graduate of Cartersville High School. He has been married for 22 years and has three children, all of whom are students in the Cartersville system. He holds a degree in political science from Lee University and spent 14 years as executive director for the Georgia Association of Career and Technical Education. He is currently business development manager at Parrish Construction. He was elected in 2018. For the last four years he has served as an administration floor leader for Gov. Brian Kemp. Jones, 33, lives in Cartersville. She was born in Georgia, reared in Nebraska and has lived in Bartow County for the past five years. For the past seven years she has been a freight broker. Daily Tribune News: Why did you decide to run for this political office? MG: When Rep. Paul Battles approached me about running in 2018 as he was planning to retire, I knew that it would be an opportunity to enter public service and make a meaningful difference in the community I call home. As a boy, my grandfather, Frank Harris, played an important role instilling in me…
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