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Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Sonny Perdue (R)
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When incumbent Roy Barnes was getting ready to move into the governor's office in 1998, Sonny Perdue was moving his political house into the Republican Party and winning re-election to the state Senate from his rural district in central Georgia with 70 percent of the vote. He didn't know it at the time, but the move put him in position to become the first Republican governor of Georgia since Reconstruction. Playing the role of underdog throughout the campaign, Perdue promised to fully fund the state's college scholarship program and abolish income taxes for Georgians over age 62. Where Barnes surprised many state leaders with his centralized response to intense traffic congestion problems around Atlanta, Perdue advocates telecommuting an approach that has yet to demonstrate a significant impact on transportation problems elsewhere in the country. Perdue, a former Georgia Bulldogs football player and retired Air Force Captain who turns 56 next month, holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine and runs a pair of agribusinesses.
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