Meghan Lawson-Grey

Representative Meghan Lawson-Grey is an American attorney, socialite and politician, she is currently the Representative for Georgia’s 12th Congressional District, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and Chair of the 17 member House Prosperity Caucus a caucus of Republicans against President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party and the Lawson Family a wealthy political family from Georgia, she was involved in many political activities, she formerly served as Chair of the House Ethics Committee and Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference. She was a member of Mitt Romney’s election campaign, and canvased for many state representatives in Georgia. Lawson is considered to be a moderate member of the party with traditional conservative values. However she is very socially liberal on woman's rights, LGBTQ+ rights and abortion. She has publicly expressed interest in running for Governor of Georgia in 2026. Lawson is currently pregnant and engaged to FBI Special Agent Chase Grey. President Donald Trump has repeated called for Lawson to be removed from her position as Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference and Chair of the Ethics Committee, he also said he will not endorse her in any future elections to which she responded in a interview with MSNBC's Rachel Meadows, "Oh well, his words mean nothing anyways, they are only ever lies." She, Representative Liz Cheney and former Speaker, Representative Kendra Hasri are known as the "The Pack" for their opposition to Trump. Recently, more female republicans including former White House Infrastructure Advisor and daughter of the President, Representative Natalie Stewart have joined the pack. However, Cheney, Hasri and Lawson are considered the groups alphas. Lawson announced her run for Governor of Georgia on March 18th, 2025 and was declared the presumptive nominee on June 18th, 2026. On August 7th, she will likely be declared the official nominee for the Republican Party.