Since 2012, Sapphire County, GA has consistently ranked among the least safest counties in Georgia. Homicides and violent crime statistics have been on the rise since the incumbent mayor, Gavin Abrams, took office in 2022. He has personally overseen a 30% budget slash for Sapphire City and County police departments, lobbied for violent repeat offenders rather than their victims. Upon swearing into office, Mayor Abrams swore that under his mayoralty “all laws and ordinances of the city are faithfully executed.” He has failed. GUV will not.

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GUV is not a politician. He’s an outsider, just like you. The failed criminal enforcement in Sapphire lead to his sister Anna’s death in 2022 and he’s simply had enough. The crime epidemic touches everyone in Sapphire County; it’s time we fixed this problem.

Not one big money donor or Special Interest Group supports this campaign. Why? Because they’re too busy supporting Mayor Abrams. Unlike the Mayor, GUV isn’t bought and paid for. Instead, Jim Guvurney reached out to his childhood best friends (Mark May, Evelyn Ether, Aaron Ivey, and Carrie Codens) to build a grassroots campaign. Together, all of us can make a safer Sapphire.

GUV was asked this in an interview with WFSP after announcing his campaign last year.

CHARLIE RAVEN, WFSP:

“‘I LUV GUV.’” That’s catchy. What are the origins?”

JIM GUVURNEY:

"People ask about the slogan pretty often. I don’t know who in my family started saying it, but it began as a play on I LIKE IKE years and years ago. For me, it’s a tribute to Anna.…[The slogan] 'I LUV GUV' was her favorite way to cheer me, her big brother, on at my basketball games. Today, it’s a promise: we will never forget where we started, and we will never stop seeking the safety and justice that Anna—and every citizen of Georgia—deserves."