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The devolution of David Perdue

By Haisten Willis
Published February 25, 2022 4:00am ET
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The devolution of David Perdue
A jean jacket and a clever message helped carry a very different David Perdue to victory in 2014. Perdue, the first cousin of former Georgia Gov. and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, branded himself a “political outsider,” besting Rep. Jack Kingston and five other challengers in the Republican primary before defeating Michelle Nunn to […]

A jean jacket and a clever message helped carry a very different David Perdue to victory in 2014.

Perdue, the first cousin of former Georgia Gov. and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, branded himself a “political outsider,” besting Rep. Jack Kingston and five other challengers in the Republican primary before defeating Michelle Nunn to win a Georgia U.S. Senate seat.

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