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Ronald 'Bo' Ginn :Not related to ''David 'Bo' Ginn'', member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1980 to 1988. Ronald Bryan "Bo" Ginn, (May 31, 1934 – January 6, 2005) was an American politician who represented Georgia's 1st congressional district in the Unit ...

'', former

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from

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Charles David Ginn, known as David 'Bo' Ginn Williams (1 August 1927 - 2006), is a

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former member of the

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from Bastrop,

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. He formerly resided in

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. From 1980 to 1988, Ginn represented Senate District 33, which in the first term encompassed his own

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and Richland, West Carroll, and East Carroll parishes in the northeastern portion of his state. In the 1979 primary election, Ginn upset

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, a one-term Republican and the first member of his party since

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elected to the Louisiana Senate. Ginn won reelection in 1983, when he defeated fellow Democrat Willie E. Crain, 23,062 (52.5 percent) to 20,865 (47.5 percent). This time, the district included

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, five precincts from

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, as well as Morehouse, Richland, and East and West Carroll. Ginn did not seek a third term in the 1987 primary, as voters elected Willie Crain to the seat by a large margin.

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