Richard Dean McCormick (born October 7, 1968) is an American politician and physician. He has represented in the

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since 2023.

Education and military service

McCormick was born in Las Vegas in 1968 and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon in 1986. He earned a

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

from

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

in 1990. He earned his

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from

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in 1999 and his

Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin language, Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a profes ...

Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine is a private co-educational medical school in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally a part of Morehouse College, the school became independent in 1981. The school abbreviates its name with its initials "MSM." History Esta ...

in 2010. He served in the

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and

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for over 20 years. In the Marine Corps, he was a helicopter pilot and in the Navy, he reached the rank of

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. He is an emergency physician and works at Gwinnett Medical Center.

Political career

With

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not running for reelection to the

for in the 2020 elections, McCormick announced his candidacy. He won the primary election, receiving more than 50% of the vote, avoiding a runoff election. McCormick lost the general election to

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. Following redistricting due to the

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, McCormick announced his candidacy in the 2022 elections for the newly-redrawn , which became much more Republican-leaning. McCormick and Jake Evans advanced to a runoff election. He defeated Evans in the runoff and won the November 8 general election against Democrat Bob Christian.

Personal life

McCormick's wife, Debra, is an oncologist. They have seven children and live in

Suwanee, Georgia Suwanee is a city in Gwinnett County and a northeastern suburb of Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,355; this had grown to an estimated 20,907 as of 2019. Portions of Forsyth and Fulton counties ...

References

External links

Representative Rich McCormick
official U.S. House website
Rich McCormick for Congress
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