Sen. David Shafer, R-Duluth, pitched fiscal conservatism and old-school Republican self-reliance in a Flowery Branch speech about his run for lieutenant governor on Monday. Speaking to the South Hall Republican Club at the Spout Springs Library, Shafer opted against an outright stump speech and instead led a crowd of about 22 people through stories about his family and his time in office that painted the Georgia Senate’s president pro tempore as a slasher of spending and a skeptic of government. First elected in 2002, Shafer is now running to replace Lt. Gov.