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Bruce Lambert Broadrick Sr. (R-Dalton)

District 4 (Whitfield County)

A past president of the Georgia Pharmacy Association, Broadrick has drawn most of his financial support from other pharmacists. His personal financial disclosure for 2011 omitted partial ownership of a Dalton condominium and a fiduciary role in a pharmacist organization that he said has never been active.

Legislative website

Campaign website

Voting record

Born: 1951

 Political career

• Elected to the House in 2012, winning a three-candidate primary race without a runoff.
• Re-elected in 2014 without opposition.
• Won his 2016 Republican primary, 54-46%.

Committee assignments

• Appropriations (2015 – present)
• Game, Fish & Parks (2015 – present)
• Health & Human Services (2013 – present)
• Industry and Labor (2013 – present)
• Intragovernmental Coordination (2013 – present)
  

Employment

• Pharmacist, Walgreens.

Business ownership interests

• President, Frank’s Pharmacy Inc., inactive since 2009 sale to Walgreens.
  

Other fiduciary positions

• Member, Whitfield County Board of Health.
• Board member, Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership.
• Past president, Georgia Pharmacy Association, 1995-97.
  
• UNDISCLOSED: CEO, Carpet Area Pharmacy Services Inc., a pharmacy services administrative organization that Broadrick said has never been active.

Real estate holdings

• Commercial retail building in Dalton valued at $440,000
• Personal residence in Dalton valued at $159,000
  
• PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED: Condominium unit in Dalton, purchased March 2011, valued at $100,000.
  
• Ten percent interest in 70-acre tract of timberland in Floyd Co. valued at $85,000
  

Other investments

• Amerisource Bergen Corp.
• GlaxoSmithKline PLC
• Home Depot
• Mylan
• PepsiCo Inc.
• Perrigo PLC
• Southern Co.

Payments from state agencies

• The Department of Community Health paid Frank’s Pharmacy $15,727 in fiscal year 2010, before Broadrick ran for office.
  
• The Department of Human Resources paid Frank’s $5,706 in FY2009.

Campaign contributions

Donors have given more than $99,000 to Broadrick’s campaign since 2012. He also loaned the campaign $9,000 in 2012. The breakdown by election cycle:

• 2012: $36,995
• 2013-14: $15,127
• 2015-16: $53,500
• Reported cash on hand (April 2016): $7,328

Top donors

• $31,150 House Speaker David Ralston & other Republican lawmakers

• $12,427 Georgia Pharmacy Association & lobbyist Andy Freeman
• $8,225 individual pharmacists & pharmacies
• $3,500 Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• $3,000 American Pharmacy Cooperative, Bessemer, Ala.
• $2,500 Dorothy S. Boring, property management
• $2,500 Walgreens
• $2,150 Georgia Dental Association
• $2,000 BB&T of Georgia
• $2,000 National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• $2,750 Georgia Optometric Association
• $1,500 National Community Pharmacists Association
• $2,500 United Health Services of Georgia
• $1,500 Workplace Injury Network

Campaign-to-campaign donations

Candidates may give campaign funds to other candidates, a practice that some say provides a legal means to circumvent contribution limits. A 2003 bill to ban such transfers altogether passed in the Senate but died in the House. Broadrick’s campaign made these donations:

• 2014: $8,050

Lobbyist freebies

Lobbyists have reported paying more than $1,900 for meals and other gifts for Broadrick. The big spender: Georgia Association of Manufacturers ($319).

• 2012: $147
• 2013: $242
• 2014: $440
  
• 2015: $824
  
• 2016: $275
  

Committee days & travel expenses

When out of session, legislators may collect $173 per day plus mileage for committee meetings or other official business. Those living within 50 miles of the Capitol are taxed on these payments, originally intended to cover out-of-town members’ food and lodging.

• 2013: $1,702 (7 days)
• 2014: $1,969 (8 days)
• 2015: $4,376 (18 days)

 Posted April 12, 2013; updated May 18, 2016