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David Alfred Perdue Jr. (born December 10, 1949) is an American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator for Georgia from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Perdue was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Georgia in 2022.
Perdue is the first cousin of former U.S. Senator David Perdue by their grandfather George Ervin Perdue I. [11] Perdue played quarterback at Warner Robins High School and was a walk-on at the University of Georgia , [ 12 ] where he was also a member of the Beta-Lambda chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Perdue served as a senator for Georgia from 2015 to 2021, during which time he was the only ex-Fortune 500 CEO serving in the Senate. Like Trump, the Georgia native entered politics following ...
Perdue lost his Senate seat to Democrat Jon Ossoff four years ago and ran unsuccessfully in a 2022 primary against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Perdue pushed Trump’s debunked lies about electoral fraud during his failed bid for Georgia governor. During his time in the Senate, Perdue was labeled as “anti-China” in a 2019 Chinese think tank report.
The 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3, 2020, and on January 5, 2021 (as a runoff), to elect the Class II member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia. Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue in the runoff election.
DAVID PERDUE. The former Georgia Republican Senator is Trump's pick to become the next U.S. ambassador to China, and previously lived in Hong Kong during his 40-year career as a business executive ...
Incoming president says former senator from Georgia labeled ‘anti-China’ will help ... In his time as senator from 2015 to 2021, Mr Perdue advocated for the US to build a more robust naval ...
Ossoff defeated Republican David Perdue in the regularly-scheduled 2020 election, while Warnock defeated appointed Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in the concurrent special election, both of which were decided in runoffs on January 5, 2021. Ossoff is the first Jewish senator from Georgia and Warnock the first black senator from Georgia. [2]