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Nathan Deal

Personal data
Date of birthAugust 25, 1942(age 74)
Place of birthMillen, Georgia, United States
Political partyRepublican Party (1995 � present)
Other partyDemocratic Party (Before 1995)
SpouseSandra Dunagan
ResidenceGovernor's Mansion
Alma materMercer University Walter F. George School of Law
ProfessionAttorney
ReligionBaptist
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1966 � 1968
82nd Governor of Georgia
Assumed officeJanuary 10, 2011
LieutenantCasey Cagle
Preceded bySonny Perdue
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th district
In officeJanuary 3, 2007 - March 21, 2010
Succeeded byTom Graves
Preceded byCharlie Norwood
In officeJanuary 3, 1993 - January 3, 2003
Succeeded byCharlie Norwood
Preceded byEd Jenkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 10th district
In officeJanuary 3, 2003 - January 3, 2007
Succeeded byCharlie Norwood
Preceded byCharlie Norwood
Member of the Georgia Senate from the 49th District
In officeJanuary 3, 1981 - January 3, 1993
Succeeded byJane R. Hemmer

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John Nathan Deal (born August 25, 1942) is a United States politician, the 82nd and current Governor of Georgia. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1992 but switched to the Republican Party in 1995. On March 1, 2010, Deal announced his resignation from Congress to run for governor of Georgia.

Deal faced a crowded field of candidates in the July Republican primary but ultimately faced former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel in a tightly contested August 10, 2010, primary runoff election, and won by fewer than 2500 votes. The following day Handel declined to pursue a recount and conceded. On November 2, Democratic opponent Roy Barnes called to concede the race for governor of Georgia, making Deal the governor-elect to succeed term-limited Sonny Perdue in 2011.


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