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842:
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606:
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575:
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417:Bronze Stars
410:
367:
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345:practice in
312:
286:
285:
271:Battles/wars
150:(2007-02-13)
102:(2003–2007)
100:9th district
97:(1995–2003)
91:Constituency
80:Succeeded by
57:
1433:2007 deaths
1428:1941 births
1385:Nathan Deal
1375:Nathan Deal
1350:Nathan Deal
1340:Nathan Deal
1293:Appearances
1043:GovTrack.us
747:David Bell
676:Republican
566:Confederate
482:John Barrow
421:Fort Gordon
275:Vietnam War
73:Don Johnson
68:Preceded by
1422:Categories
1410:Paul Broun
1233:2008-01-10
1208:2010-06-09
1183:2007-02-07
1157:2007-01-24
1127:2007-01-24
1048:2018-08-07
1025:References
913:Bob Ellis
562:state flag
439:See also:
402:LZ English
291:Republican
233:Allegiance
220:Occupation
191:Alma mater
176:Republican
131:1941-07-27
85:Paul Broun
1080:March 19,
665:Democrat
660:District
568:imagery.
526:President
358:Methodist
343:dentistry
256:1967–1969
58:In office
983:See also
971:117,721
929:197,869
889:123,313
847:122,590
486:Savannah
474:Democrat
415:and two
394:Qui Nhon
313:Born in
958:57,032
916:68,462
874:45,974
834:71,309
805:88,527
792:60,004
763:96,723
750:88,054
723:96,099
708:51,192
609:Augusta
531:in 2001
372:in the
370:captain
347:Augusta
303:Georgia
265:Captain
223:Dentist
50:Georgia
1396:from
1361:from
1326:from
1297:C-SPAN
679:Votes
668:Votes
478:Athens
443:; and
427:, the
398:An Khe
182:Spouse
157:, U.S.
140:, U.S.
107:(2007)
657:Year
590:liver
48:from
1082:2022
974:67%
961:33%
946:10th
940:2006
932:74%
919:26%
900:2004
892:73%
877:27%
858:2002
850:63%
837:37%
822:10th
816:2000
808:60%
795:40%
780:10th
774:1998
766:52%
753:48%
740:10th
734:1996
726:65%
711:35%
696:10th
690:1994
682:Pct
671:Pct
510:2004
504:and
502:2002
400:and
333:and
261:Rank
145:Died
121:Born
1295:on
906:9th
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