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Senator announced re-election bid
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With his wife, Dianne, by his side, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson announces his re-election campaign at the Georgia State Capitol Monday. - photo by Photo by Jason Getz
ATLANTA – Surrounded by family, supporters and many of Georgia’s elected officials at the Georgia Capitol, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today announced he will seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.“I made the decision sometime back, along with my wife Dianne and my family, that the good Lord willing and Georgians supporting that I would run again for the United States Senate,” Isakson said during today’s announcement.“There are two principle reasons that I made that decision: I did not want to become a ‘lame duck’ senator in the United States Senate for two years,” Isakson continued. “I want to work every day, shoulder-to-shoulder, with this governor and this legislature to move Georgia forward.”“Reason number two, I learned everything I know about legislating on the third floor of both sides of this building. I was in the state Senate and in the state House.
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