Bobby Saxon

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Bobby Saxon is a Iraq war veteran

Born in Athens, Saxon is a self described moderate who graduated from Oconee County High School and joined the Army National Guard while attending Georgia Southern University. He served on active duty from 1987 to 1990 when he left the guard. Saxon rejoined shortly after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.[1]

"When 9/11 happened, I was so shocked, I had to do something," he said.

Saxon served three years on active duty in Afghanistan, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and at the Pentagon, leaving in 2005 with the rank of Major. He now lives in Nicholson, owns a company that sets up customer databases for small businesses, co-owns an Athens insurance agency and serves as chairman of the Jackson County Democratic Committee.

He is now running for Congress in GA-10 Where Democrats have traditionaly done poorley but Sxon remains up beat pointing out that "The district hasn't had a lot of great choices of candidates in the past". He also points out that the "district has changed a lot". "There's a lot of things going on nationally that makes it not necessarily having an 'R' by your name that gets you elected."

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According to the Athens Banner-Herald, Saxon told supporters he wants to “drastically change our course in Iraq.”

“I believe that we should find a way to get our troops home. However, I do not believe that we bring all our people home tomorrow and abandon all the people in Iraq,” he said.

The newspaper identifed Saxon as “a major in the Georgia National Guard...[who]...re-enlisted after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, serving another three years in Afghanistan, the Middle East and the Pentagon.”

Saxon's opponant Paul Broun, Jr. was elected to Congress in a special election during July 2007.