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1946)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For his father, see <a href="/wiki/Paul_C._Broun_Sr." title="Paul C. Broun Sr.">Paul C. Broun Sr.</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown_(Georgia_politician)" title="Paul Brown (Georgia politician)">Paul Brown</a>, a Georgia congressman of the 20th century.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Paul Broun</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Broun_Congressional_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Paul_Broun_Congressional_Portrait.jpg/220px-Paul_Broun_Congressional_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Paul_Broun_Congressional_Portrait.jpg/330px-Paul_Broun_Congressional_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Paul_Broun_Congressional_Portrait.jpg/440px-Paul_Broun_Congressional_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Georgia10 !"><a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 10th congressional district">10th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 17, 2007 – January 3, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Norwood" title="Charlie Norwood">Charlie Norwood</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jody_Hice" title="Jody Hice">Jody Hice</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Paul Collins Broun Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1946-05-14</span>) </span>May 14, 1946<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Niki</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_C._Broun_Sr." title="Paul C. Broun Sr.">Paul C. Broun Sr.</a> (Father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Augusta_University" title="Augusta University">Augusta University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">MD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paul Collins Broun Jr.</b> (born May 14, 1946)<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American physician and politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <span data-sort-value="Georgia10 !"><a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 10th congressional district">Georgia's 10th congressional district</a></span> from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_Caucus" title="Tea Party Caucus">Tea Party Caucus</a>. </p><p>Broun unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> seat vacated by <a href="/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" title="Saxby Chambliss">Saxby Chambliss</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Georgia, 2014">2014 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-results.enr.clarityelections.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results.enr.clarityelections.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia#District_9" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">2020</a>, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination to represent <span data-sort-value="Georgia09 !"><a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 9th congressional district">Georgia's 9th congressional district</a></span> – a seat he contested once before in 2016 – coming in fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Broun was born in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, the son of Gertrude Margaret (née Beasley) and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">Georgia state senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_C._Broun" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul C. Broun">Paul C. Broun</a> (1916–2005), who represented <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens</a> and the surrounding area from 1963 to 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-sixty-five_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sixty-five-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His paternal grandfather was a minister.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broun is a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Central_High_School" title="Clarke Central High School">Clarke Central High School</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> at Athens (B.S., Chemistry, 1967) and earned his <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">Doctor of Medicine</a> (1971) from the <a href="/wiki/Medical_College_of_Georgia" title="Medical College of Georgia">Medical College of Georgia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Broun completed his medical <a href="/wiki/Medical_internship" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical internship">internship</a> at <a href="/wiki/Legacy_Good_Samaritan_Medical_Center" title="Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center">Good Samaritan Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medical_residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical residency">residency</a> at <a href="/wiki/UAB_Hospital" title="UAB Hospital">UAB Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>. He then practiced general medicine; starting in 2002 he maintained a practice based solely on <a href="/wiki/House_call" title="House call">house calls</a>. </p><p>Broun had been raised as a conservative Democrat like his father, but became a Republican sometime in the 1980s. </p><p>He first ran for public office in 1990, challenging Democratic U.S. Congressman <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ray" title="Richard Ray">Richard Ray</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 3rd congressional district">Georgia's 3rd congressional district</a>. Ray defeated him 63%–37%.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun ran again in 1992, but lost in the Republican primary to State Senator <a href="/wiki/Mac_Collins" title="Mac Collins">Mac Collins</a>, 55%–45%. Broun won five of the district's seventeen counties.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collins went on to defeat Ray, 55%–44%.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, Democratic U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Sam_Nunn" title="Sam Nunn">Sam Nunn</a> decided to retire. Broun was one of six Republicans who ran for the Republican nomination <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Georgia, 1996">in the race</a>. Broun finished fourth, with 3% of the vote. <a href="/wiki/Guy_Millner" title="Guy Millner">Guy Millner</a>, a businessman, finished first with 42% of the vote. He won the run-off election against state representative <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Isakson" title="Johnny Isakson">Johnny Isakson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-fec_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fec-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who had received 35% of the vote in the primary,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then lost the general election to Democrat <a href="/wiki/Max_Cleland" title="Max Cleland">Max Cleland</a> by one percentage point.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007">2007</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2007_Georgia%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election">2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election</a></div> <p>In February 2007, Republican U.S. Congressman <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Norwood" title="Charlie Norwood">Charlie Norwood</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 10th congressional district">Georgia's 10th congressional district</a>, died of cancer. Broun had announced his candidacy before Norwood's death. There was a special election open primary in June 2007, where candidates of all parties participated in the primary. A candidate needed 50% to win outright, and there would be a run-off if no candidate earned it the first time. Ten candidates filed: six Republicans, three Democrats, and a Libertarian. State Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Whitehead_(politician)" title="Jim Whitehead (politician)">Jim Whitehead</a> was the only candidate with electoral experience, and was considered the frontrunner. He was endorsed by U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" title="Saxby Chambliss">Saxby Chambliss</a>. </p><p>In the primary, Whitehead finished first with 44% of the vote. Broun qualified for the run-off, ranking second with 21% of the vote, with only 198 votes more than third-place finisher James Marlow, a Democrat. Broun won a plurality of just four counties: <a href="/wiki/Oconee_County,_Georgia" title="Oconee County, Georgia">Oconee</a> (47%), <a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Georgia" title="Jackson County, Georgia">Jackson</a> (42%), <a href="/wiki/Oglethorpe_County,_Georgia" title="Oglethorpe County, Georgia">Oglethorpe</a> (37%), and <a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Georgia" title="Morgan County, Georgia">Morgan</a> (31%).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the runoff campaign, Whitehead angered some voters by failing to appear at a debate held in Athens and then by referring to his <a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">alma mater</a>, the University of Georgia, as a "liberal bastion" that should be eliminated, save for the football team.<sup id="cite_ref-cq_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cq-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the July 17, 2007 election, Broun upset Whitehead by a margin of just 0.8%, a difference of just 394 votes. After the votes were certified, Whitehead declined to ask for a recount despite the narrow margin.<sup id="cite_ref-cq_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cq-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broun won the counties in the Northern part of the district, while Whitehead won the counties in the southern part. Broun's best two performing counties were <a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Georgia" title="Clarke County, Georgia">Clarke</a> (90%) and Oconee (88%).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008">2008</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia#District_10" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia § District 10</a></div> <p>Broun was challenged by Republican state representative and House Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Barry_Fleming" title="Barry Fleming">Barry Fleming</a>, who had endorsed Whitehead in the 2007 election. Broun defeated Fleming in the July 2008 primary, 71%–29%. He won every county in the district. However, his weakest performance was in the Southeastern part. He won counties like Richmond with just 52% and Columbia with just 58%.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the general election with 61% to 39% against Democrat Bobby Saxon.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia#District_10" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia § District 10</a></div> <p>Broun won re-election to a second full term, defeating Democrat Russell Edwards, 67%–33%.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012">2012</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia#District_10" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia § District 10</a></div><p> In November 2011, Republican <a href="/wiki/Mac_Collins" title="Mac Collins">Mac Collins</a>, who had represented much of the middle portion of Broun's redrawn district in Congress a decade earlier, said he was likely to challenge Broun in the 10th District.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2012, Collins decided he would not challenge Broun.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July, Broun won the Republican primary, defeating retired Army officer Stephen Simpson. Broun faced no Democratic candidate in the November general election.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A leaked video of a speech given at Liberty Baptist Church Sportsman's Banquet on September 27, 2012, shows Broun telling supporters that, "All that stuff I was taught about <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Embryology" title="Embryology">embryology</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Big_Bang" title="Big Bang">Big Bang Theory</a>, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Broun is a <a href="/wiki/Young_earth_creationist" class="mw-redirect" title="Young earth creationist">young earth creationist</a>, and believes that the world is only a few thousand years old, and was created in <a href="/wiki/Genesis_creation_narrative" title="Genesis creation narrative">six literal days</a>. In response to these remarks, coupled with Broun being on the <a href="/wiki/House_Science_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Science Committee">House Science Committee</a>, libertarian radio talk show host <a href="/wiki/Neal_Boortz" title="Neal Boortz">Neal Boortz</a> spearheaded a campaign to run the English naturalist and evolutionary theorist <a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a> against Broun, with the intention of drawing attention to these comments from the scientific community and having Broun removed from his post on the House Science Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun won re-election on November 6, 2012, receiving 209,917 votes across the district. Charles Darwin received about 4000 <a href="/wiki/Write-in_ballot" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-in ballot">write-in ballots</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens-Clarke_County,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens-Clarke County, Georgia">Athens-Clarke County</a> as protest votes against Broun's views on evolution, while Broun received 16,980 votes in that county.<sup id="cite_ref-abh-darwin_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abh-darwin-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap-darwin_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-darwin-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia#District_9" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia § District 9</a></div><p> In 2016, Broun announced his candidacy for Congress. By this time, he had moved to <a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Georgia" title="Gainesville, Georgia">Gainesville</a>, which is in the <a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 9th congressional district">Georgia's 9th congressional district</a>. At the time, <a href="/wiki/Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Cook Political Report">Cook Political Report</a> rated the 9th as the third most conservative district in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was running mostly in territory that he did not know and that did not know him, though he represented the district's share of Athens for much of his first stint in Congress. </p><p>Broun ran in a five-candidate Republican primary race with fellow Tea Party challengers Roger Fitzpatrick, Bernie Fontaine and Mike Scupin, against <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(politician)" title="Doug Collins (politician)">Doug Collins</a>, who held the 9th since 2012. In the May primary, Collins won with 52,943 votes (61.3 percent of the vote), over Broun's 18,761 votes (22 percent), Fitzpatrick's 8,942 votes (10.5 percent), Scupin's 2,854 votes (3.36 percent), and Fontaine's 2,338 votes (2.75 percent).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020">2020</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia#District_9" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia § District 9</a></div> <p>Broun ran in the primary and was defeated </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2022">2022</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia#District_10" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia § District 10</a></div> <p>Broun ran in the primary and was defeated </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 25, 2007, Broun was sworn in by <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">House Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2013, at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress">113th Congress</a>, Broun was one of a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#January_2013" title="List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections">handful of House Republicans to not vote to reelect</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a> as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the United States House of Representatives</a>; Broun instead voted for outspoken former U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)" title="Allen West (politician)">Allen West</a> of Florida, even though West lost his bid for re-election in November 2012 and was no longer a member of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a> reporter Charlie Mahtesian, Broun has "a flair for the provocative."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun is part of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_right" title="Christian right">Christian right</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2009, Broun proposed a <a href="/wiki/Simple_resolution" title="Simple resolution">simple resolution</a> that would have proclaimed 2010 "The Year Of The Bible."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also introduced a bill to ban the sale or rental of sexually explicit materials on U.S. military installations.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, 2009, and 2011, Broun was the lead sponsor of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">Federal Marriage Amendment</a>, a proposed amendment to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> to define marriage as "consisting only of the union of a man and a woman" and thus prohibit <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States">same-sex marriage in the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broun also sponsored the proposed <a href="/wiki/Balanced_Budget_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="Balanced Budget Amendment">Balanced Budget Amendment</a> in various congresses.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun received a 96% rating from the <a href="/wiki/National_Taxpayers_Union" title="National Taxpayers Union">National Taxpayers Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun also voted against the <a href="/wiki/Stimulus_bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Stimulus bill">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009</a> and decries the high cost of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-thepoliticalguide1_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thepoliticalguide1-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Broun signed <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a>'s "No Climate Tax" pledge, promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun, in September 2008, voted against the <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008" title="Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008">Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</a> which created the <a href="/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program" title="Troubled Asset Relief Program">Troubled Asset Relief Program</a>, or "TARP".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broun voted against the <a href="/wiki/Dodd-Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act">Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act</a> of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-thepoliticalguide1_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thepoliticalguide1-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun strongly opposed the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> ("ACA" or "Obamacare) and supported efforts to repeal and defund the <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reform_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care reform in the United States">health care reform</a> legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-BrounOpEd_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrounOpEd-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broun supported the October 2013 <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="United States federal government shutdown of 2013">U.S. federal government shutdown</a>, which was precipitated by a group of Republican members of Congress who sought to dismantle the ACA.<sup id="cite_ref-BrounOpEd_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrounOpEd-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Broun proposed alternate health care legislation that would involve a 100% tax deduction of healthcare costs, allowing consumers to shop for health insurance across state lines, and the privatization of <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Broun introduced the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Transparency_Act_of_2013" title="Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013">Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013</a> (the "audit the Fed" legislation), a bill that would direct the <a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">GAO</a> to conduct an audit of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Governors_of_the_Federal_Reserve_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System">Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Banks" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Reserve Banks">Federal Reserve Banks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbo24_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbo24-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MarcosAudit_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarcosAudit-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broun has argued for continued U.S. support of Israel on both strategic and theological grounds, saying in 2014, "It's absolutely imperative that we support Israel—our brothers and sisters in the Middle East—not only because of the geopolitical reasons there, which are strong enough in themselves, but because of <a href="/wiki/Covenant_of_the_pieces" title="Covenant of the pieces">a promise God made to Abraham</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_AR-15_campaign_ad_video_controversy">2020 AR-15 campaign ad video controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2020 AR-15 campaign ad video controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A video released by Broun's campaign in 2020 showed Broun shooting a rifle, offering to give away an <a href="/wiki/AR-15_style_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="AR-15 style rifle">AR-15 rifle</a> "to one lucky person who signs up for email updates" from his campaign website, and warning that during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a> that Americans might need an AR-15 to shoot "looting hordes from Atlanta."<sup id="cite_ref-guardianhordes_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianhordes-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broun lives in <a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Georgia" title="Gainesville, Georgia">Gainesville</a>, a white majority city about an hour outside the state capital <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, which is a majority <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a> city.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianhordes_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianhordes-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broun denied that the ad or the reference to "looting hordes from Atlanta" had racial undertones or might concern <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-Americans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianhordes_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianhordes-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="United States House Committee on Homeland Security">Committee on Homeland Security</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Homeland_Security_Subcommittee_on_Border_and_Maritime_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security">Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Homeland_Security_Subcommittee_on_Counterterrorism_and_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence">Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence</a> (Vice Chair)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Science and Technology">Committee on Science and Technology</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Science_Subcommittee_on_Energy_and_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment">Subcommittee on Energy and Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Science_Subcommittee_on_Investigations_and_Oversight" title="United States House Science Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight">Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight</a> (chairman)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Constitution_Caucus" title="Congressional Constitution Caucus">Congressional Constitution Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_Caucus" title="Tea Party Caucus">Tea Party Caucus</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2014_U.S._Senate_election">2014 U.S. Senate election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2014 U.S. Senate election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Broun_(9907697674).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Paul_Broun_%289907697674%29.jpg/220px-Paul_Broun_%289907697674%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Paul_Broun_%289907697674%29.jpg/330px-Paul_Broun_%289907697674%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Paul_Broun_%289907697674%29.jpg/440px-Paul_Broun_%289907697674%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Broun in 2013</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" title="2014 United States Senate election in Georgia">2014 United States Senate election in Georgia</a></div> <p>In February 2013, Broun officially announced he would leave his house seat<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to run for the open senate seat vacated by Republican U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" title="Saxby Chambliss">Saxby Chambliss</a>. Broun finished fifth in the May Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-results.enr.clarityelections.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results.enr.clarityelections.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Broun has three children and two grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Physicians_in_US_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Physicians in US Congress">Physicians in US Congress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Broun&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" title="Saxby Chambliss">S. Chambliss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Isakson" title="Johnny Isakson">J. Isakson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Georgia" title="List of United States representatives from Georgia">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(Georgia politician)">J. Marshall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Scott_(Georgia_politician)" title="David Scott (Georgia politician)">D. Scott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Barrow_(American_politician)" title="John Barrow (American politician)">J. Barrow</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Price_(American_politician)" title="Tom Price (American politician)">T. Price</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Westmoreland" title="Lynn Westmoreland">L. Westmoreland</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hank_Johnson" title="Hank Johnson">H. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>P. Broun'</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a 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