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George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) was the 81st Governor of Georgia. Upon his inauguration in January 2003, he became the first Republican governor of Georgia since Benjamin F.
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That is the challenge faced by Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich who in the past two weeks has seen massive defections from members of his political and finance teams, while also losing the endorsement of his own home state governor, Sonny Perdue of Georgia ."I was very disappointed, frankly, that I believe the potential of Newt Gingrich did not translate itself into the focus of a campaign. And that's unfortunate. I thought Newt had that potential," said Governor Perdue as he unceremoniously distanced himself from the candidate who hoped to be Georgia's "favorite son." That sounded as much a eulogy as a political statement.So will the first casualty of campaign 2012 be the person who was supposed to be the smartest guy in the room?Newt Gingrich was reported to have the best brain in the business among conser...Longtime Atlanta schools chief Beverly Hall has been lauded nationally as a top leader for turning around struggling urban districts, but she retires this week amid ...
Educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by either helping students or changing the answers once exams were...
Newt Gingrich's campaign defections are just the latest tremor in a constantly shifting GOP presidential landscape that craves some steadiness as a big, early New Ha...
Just days after his top staff resigned en masse, Newt Gingrich on Sunday sought to reboot his troubled presidential bid with a foreign policy speech accusing the Oba...
Top aides to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich have resigned en masse, Fox News has learned, imperiling the Republican's 2012 presidential campaign at a crucial tim...
As the Atlanta school district grapples with a cheating scandal that has drawn national attention, the interim school superintendent said Thursday that the district ...
More than 13 million students and 1 million educators will share $3.4 billion from the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" grant competition, the U.S. Educ...
scale back its once-intense restrictions.Georgia's old law was challenged by civil liberties groups even before it took effect. After losing court battle after court...
The Justice Department reached a settlement Tuesday with the state of Georgia in a long-running case targeting what critics call the unlawful segregation of people w...
Living with a fatal degenerative disease, Susan Caldwell relied heavily on the support of a Georgia-based right-to-die group. She had tried to kill herself in 2008 b...
HAVANA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue met Monday with officials from Cuba's Chamber of Commerce and its food import company, part of a two-day visit to explore his...
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were named finalists Tuesday in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" school reform grant competition, givin...
Massive storms leave several dead, many homeless in Georgia
Texas schools at odd with government initiative to have greater control over schools
Liquor and gambling laws being challenged in Bible Belt
Is Obama's bipartisan meeting nothing but a glorified photo-op?
New York Congressman Charlie Rangel in some hot water over his living quarters
Karen Handel has had two major run-ins involving Planned Parenthood. One helped crush her political career; the other has the potential to remake it.Handel ran for t...
A federal gambling corruption trial at the Alabama Statehouse could look like a country music concert or a political convention rather than a court case.The nine def...
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