Paul Broun
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 10th district |
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In office July 17, 2007 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Charlie Norwood |
| Succeeded by | Jody Hice |
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Paul Collins Broun, Jr. May 14, 1946 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Niki Broun (3 previous) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Georgia Georgia Regents University |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Paul Collins Broun, Jr. (born May 14, 1946) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district, serving from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party Caucus. On February 6, 2013, Broun announced that he planned to run for the U.S. Senate in the 2014 Georgia election being vacated by Saxby Chambliss, but lost in the May 20, 2014 Republican primary. Broun left office on January 3, 2015.
Broun was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Gertrude Margaret (née Beasley) and Democratic Georgia state senator Paul Collins Broun, Sr. (1916–2005), who represented Athens and the surrounding area from 1963 to 2001. His paternal grandfather was a minister. Broun is a graduate of Athens High School and the University of Georgia at Athens (B.S., Chemistry, 1967) and earned his Doctor of Medicine (1971) from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. His internship was at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon and residency at University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. He then practiced general medicine; starting in 2002 he maintained a practice based solely on house calls.
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