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==Background==

==Background==

Hubbard was the class president at Hart County High School in his native Hartwell in northeastern [[Georgia]]. He beat [[Ralph Reed]], later the first executive director of the [[Christian Coalition]], to become the Georgia state champion in a high school speech contest.<ref name=newrepublic>{{cite news|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/133504/mike-hubbard-corrupt-politician-america|author=Joe Miller|title=Is Mike Hubbard the Most Corrupt Politician in America?|, 2016|accessdate=May 21, 2016|publisher=''[[The New Republic]]''</ref>  Hubbard then attended the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens on a journalism scholarship.<ref name=pvs/> 

Hubbard was the class president at Hart County High School in his native Hartwell in northeastern [[Georgia]]. He beat [[Ralph Reed]], later the first executive director of the [[Christian Coalition]], to become the Georgia state champion in a high school speech contest.<ref name=newrepublic>{{cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/133504/mike-hubbard-corrupt-politician-america|author=Joe Miller|title=Is Mike Hubbard the Most Corrupt Politician in America?|accessdate=May 21, 2016|publisher=''[[The New Republic]]''</ref>  Hubbard then attended the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens on a journalism scholarship.<ref name=pvs/> 

==Business career==

==Business career==