Mike Crane (born April 8, 1963) is a former Republican member of the

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from the 28th District. Prior to his election to the state senate, Crane was the Republican nominee for the

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in 2010.

Political career

Mike Crane challenged

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, the Democratic incumbent congressman from the Georgia-13th, in 2010, but lost the race. In October 2011, State Senator

Mitch Seabaugh Mitch Seabaugh (born March 18, 1960) is an American politician who served in the Georgia State Senate from the 28th district from 2001 to 2011. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Seabaugh, Mitch 1960 births Living people Republican Party Georgia (U. ...

resigned from the

and a special election was called, which Crane won. Crane was re-elected in 2012 and 2014. On January 20, 2016, Crane announced his candidacy for Congress in

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to replace the retiring

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. He lost the primary runoff election to Drew Ferguson.http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/07/26/chamber-of-commerce-backed-drew-ferguson-has-the-edge-in-3rd-district-gop-runoff/

External links

Official Senate website

Official biography

Campaign website

References

Living people Republican Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators 1964 births Georgia Tech alumni People from Newnan, Georgia 21st-century American politicians {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub