Meagan Hanson

{{Short description|American attorney and politician from Georgia}}

{{For|those of a similar name|Megan Hanson (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Meagan Hanson

|state_house = Georgia

|district = 80th

|term_start = January 9, 2017

|term_end = January 13, 2019

|predecessor = Taylor Bennett

|successor = Matthew Wilson

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|party = Republican

|education = University of Alabama (BS, JD)

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Meagan Hanson is an attorney and former Georgia State Representative from Brookhaven, Georgia.{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/hanson-defeats-bennett-for-brookhaven-area-house-seat/D22bXSMD1yWnWRcFG4bFzL/|title=Hanson defeats Bennett for Brookhaven-area House seat|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=|accessdate=24 June 2018|last1=Niesse |first1=Mark }} A member of the Republican Party, she defeated Democratic Party incumbent Taylor Bennett in November 2016 in an upset. Hanson represented House District 80, which includes most of Brookhaven along with portions of the adjacent cities of Sandy Springs and Chamblee.

On November 6, 2018, Hanson lost her bid for re-election to Matthew Wilson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/incumbent-losses-mean-more-republicans-dekalb-delegation/jfPHTSAg0niu6FNyEw61BK/|title=Incumbent losses mean no more Republicans in DeKalb delegation|last=Mitchell|first=Tia|date=2018-11-07|website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=English|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-04}}

Hanson was a candidate in the Republican primary for Georgia's 6th congressional district in the 2022 election,{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Dave |title=Former state lawmaker Meagan Hanson running for 6th Congressional District seat |url=https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/state/former-state-lawmaker-meagan-hanson-running-for-6th-congressional-district-seat/article_cd6dff8e-e333-11eb-b43c-173ed28a49f7.html |access-date=18 November 2021 |work=Gwinnett Daily Post |date=July 12, 2021 |language=en}} losing the nomination to Rich McCormick.