Republican Georgia state Senator Colton Moore received a hero's welcome at the State Capitol Tuesday following his arrest there a few weeks ago.

Supporters of state Sen. Colton Moore, who represents Trenton, greeted him as he prepared to enter the House for the first time in more than a year for a joint session of the legislature.

The Republican senator was arrested by Georgia state police as he was trying to enter the state House chamber. Moore says he's not backing down.

Georgia State Senator Colton Moore, representing parts of North Georgia, was arrested at the state capitol Thursday morning while trying to attend the annual State of the State address.

ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator arrested at the Capitol Thursday returned Friday. Hours later, the state House Speaker lifted the banishment that resulted in Sen. Colton Moore's arrest. Moore (R-Trenton) showed off a a bit of a bruise he said he got when a House staffer wrestled him to the ground and state troopers took him into custody Thursday.

Sen. Moore was banned from entering House chambers after making controversial comments about late House Speaker David Ralston.

Georgia State Senator Colton Moore was arrested after trying to enter the State House chamber which he was banned from. The ban was due to his critici

Tensions flared at the Georgia Capitol on Thursday when state Senator Colton Moore was arrested while trying to attend Governor Brian Kemp's State of the State address. The Republi

ATLANTA — Georgia Capitol Police arrested State Sen. Colton Moore, who represents parts of North Georgia, on Thursday morning while trying to attend the annual State of the State address. A Channel 2 Action News video shows the moments the senator tried to enter the chamber, only to be rebuffed, shoved and eventually arrested.

Police arrested Sen. Colton Moore at Georgia's State Capitol Thursday after he attempted to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address. "I have an obligation to be in that room," he said. "I have a responsibility to 200,000 northwest Georgians who duly elected me to be here today."

Two weeks after his arrest outside the Georgia House of Representatives chamber, state Senator Colton Moore has been allowed back in. Channel 2′s Richard Elliot was at the Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday where Moore was let back inside without having to give an apology.

There are probably a handful of people in this area who had heard of State Senator Colton Moore before last week. Admittedly I was one of them. However, the number of people who know about him has increased multiple times after his arrest for simply trying to do his job as an elected office from Northwest Georgia.