Early Political Career
Mattingly first became active in the Georgia Republican Party, when he served as chairman of 8th District Goldwater for President in 1964. He would become an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 8th District in 1966. By 1968 he became a member of the Georgia Republican Party State Executive Committee and served as party vice-chair from 1968 until 1975. In 1975, he became chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, a position he held until 1977.
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