United States Senate election in Georgia, 1996
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The 1996 United States Senate election in Georgia. was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
decided to retire. Democrat Max Cleland won the open seat by a little over thirty thousand votes.
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a...
decided to retire. Democrat Max Cleland won the open seat by a little over thirty thousand votes.