(Editor’s note: These are a series of candidate profiles for those seeking office in 2025.)

Jen Cheever Morrison, a political novice, is running for Newnan City Council Post 2A against incumbent Rhodes Shell.

“We’re got something very special here in the city,” she said. “It’s extremely charming.”

It’s something that friends who come to visit her notice immediately, and that sense of charm is something she wants to protect, Morrison said.

Morrison was raised in Newnan and loves the city, she said. She and her husband, Matt Morrison, are now raising their three children in the city.

She has served on a number of boards for the community but has felt the pull to become even more involved, Morrison said.

“I want to make sure that Newnan continues to be a place where my children want to

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