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'''George Dekle Busbee, Sr.''' (August 7, 1927 – July 16, 2004), was the 77th [[Governor]] of his native [[Georgia]], the first governor to serve two consecutive terms from 1975-1983. He succeeded [[Jimmy Carter]] the year before Carter was elected as [[U.S. President]] and defeated [[Lester Maddox]] to win the 1974 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] gubernatorial nominee. He then swamped [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Ronnie Thompson]] in the [[general election]].
'''George Dekle Busbee, Sr.''' (August 7, 1927 – July 16, 2004), was the 77th [[Governor]] of his native [[Georgia]], the first governor to serve two consecutive terms from 1975-1983. He succeeded fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]] the year before Carter was elected as [[U.S. President]] and defeated [[Lester Maddox]] to win the 1974 gubernatorial nomination. He then swamped the flamboyant [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Ronnie Thompson]] in the [[general election]].
==Background==
==Background==