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Geoffrey L. Duncan (born April 1, 1975) is an American businessman, politician, and former professional
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player, serving as the 12th
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since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Duncan is a former member of the
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. After playing
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for the
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, Duncan played
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for six years until a shoulder injury forced him to retire. He went into business and was elected to the Georgia House in 2012. Duncan was elected lieutenant governor in
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, but he did not seek re-election in
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, with fellow Republican
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being elected to replace him. In the wake of the
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, Duncan was among the few Republican Party officials who openly and outspokenly criticized
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for falsely claiming the election was stolen.


Career


Baseball

Duncan attended Chattahoochee High School in
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, and the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he played
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for the
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. He played in the
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with Georgia Tech, losing in the final round. He played in Minor League Baseball for the
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organization from 1996 through 2000, reaching Triple-A, when a shoulder injury ended his career. Duncan retired from baseball and went into business.


Business

After retiring from baseball, Duncan became
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for Wellview Health, a healthcare and wellness company.


Politics

Duncan was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2012. Duncan announced he would run for lieutenant governor of Georgia on April 10, 2017. He resigned from the Georgia House in September 2017 to focus on running for lieutenant governor in 2018. On May 22, 2018, David Shafer received 48.9% of the vote in the Republican primary with Duncan coming in second place with 26.6%. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, the election then went to a runoff held on July 24. The runoff election focused largely on Shafer's record at the capitol and a number of ethical questions surrounding his candidacy. On July 24, Duncan defeated Shafer with 50.16% of the vote. He defeated Democratic nominee Sarah Riggs Amico in the general election, receiving nearly 52% of the vote and avoiding another runoff. Duncan was inaugurated lieutenant governor on January 14, 2019. On December 6, 2020, Duncan and
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put out a joint statement explaining that calling a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly to appoint their own electors to send to the
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would be unconstitutional. Following unsuccessful efforts to overturn the election of Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, in March 2021 Georgia Republicans enacted the controversial
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that imposed new restrictions on voting. Days later, Duncan said during a CNN interview that momentum for the legislation grew from "the fallout from the ten weeks of
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that flew in from former President
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. I went back over the weekend to really look at where this really started to gain momentum in the legislature, and it was when Rudy Giuliani showed up in a couple of committee rooms and spent hours spreading misinformation and sowing doubt across, you know, hours of testimony." In April 2021, Duncan's chief of staff stated that he was unlikely to run for a second term, after he openly contradicted false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. His chief of staff added that Duncan has yet to make a final decision about whether to run again in 2022. On May 17, 2021, Duncan announced that he would not be seeking a second term. An October 2021 trip to
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to promote his book ''GOP 2.0'', which outlines plans for a post-Trump future for the Republican Party, fueled speculation in his home state that Duncan may be positioning himself to run for president in
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. Duncan said he did not vote for either candidate,
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nor Herschel Walker, in the 2022 Senate election.


Personal life

Duncan and his wife Brooke have three sons. They live in
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.


Electoral history


Bibliography

* ''GOP 2.0'' (2021)


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