Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of interviews of candidates for Georgia lieutenant governor.
Georgia has been home for six generations and in all those years, Burt Jones and his family have made their mark in business, sports and politics across the Peach State. Today, Jones continues that tradition as the four-term state senator seeks to win the lieutenant governor’s seat.
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