Senator Regina Thomas of Savannah was elected to the Georgia State Senate in a special election on January 11, 2000. Regina’s service in the Georgia General Assembly began with her service in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998, where her efforts were focused on education, children’s issues and welfare reform. Regina served as Assistant Majority Whip in the House from 1997 through 1998.

The Lieutenant Governor appointed Senator Thomas to serve as a member on the Education and Youth, Appropriations, Reapportionment & Redistricting, State Institutions and Property, and the Regulated Industries & Utilities Committees.  Senator Thomas is a member of the following Appropriations Sub-Committees:  Community Health, Judicial, Public Safety and Criminal Justice Senator Thomas formerly served on the Diabetes Advisory Council and the Georgia World Congress Center Overview committee. Senator Thomas chaired the Senate’s State Institutions and Property Committee during 2002-2004 Legislative Sessions.  The Senator currently serves as Vice-Chair of that committee.

Senator Thomas is the recipient of many awards including "Legislator of the Year 2005 - Georgia Environmental Council", "One of the Most Influential Women, 2006", "The Rev. James Sims Public Service Award, 2003 - King Tisdal Institute", Georgia Outstanding Woman of the Year 2007 - The Georgia Deaf Association", "Voted 2006 and 2007 Platinum Awards as the Best Community Leader", "Elected Official of the Month May 2005 - Georgia Equality", "Distinguished Service Award - Helen Keller Foundation", to name a few.

Senator Thomas was nominated by the Savannah Morning News as a Person of Impact - "for being a voice in the legislature for those without a voice", "for fighting, with some success, to keep children from being locked out of the State's PeachCare Program for poor families", "for tireless efforts to get state help for the neediest people in her District", for understanding that legislative success requires working cooperatively with lawmakers of the opposite party, and "for refusing to be silenced even though it cost her a Committee Chairmanship".

A native of Savannah, Senator Thomas is a 1970 graduate of A.E. Beach High School.  She is married to Ervin J. Thomas, Sr., a retired policeman. They have three sons, a daughter and nine grandchildren. Senator Thomas also attended Savannah Tech, Community College of Baltimore.

She is a member of the Liberty City Church of Christ in Savannah, and attends area churches regularly.

Active in community affairs, Senator Thomas volunteers with the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum and is a former volunteer of Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy Office.  The Senator formerly volunteered at Savannah State University with Pathways to Teaching.