Career
He is the third generation of Town commissioners in the Garner family. He ran against North. Leo Daughtry in 2009 for North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, but lost by 3,745 votes. He was Daughtry"s first ever opponent.
Garner was first elected as town commissioner in Pine level, Johnston County, North Carolina in 2003 and still currently serving Pine Level.
Jimmy"s slogan was that "He was for the working people". He has served as statewide treasurer and vice president of the State Employees Association, the nation’s largest non-union public employee’s association.