Walton County pastor and talk radio host Jody Hice is running for the 10th Congressional District seat Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) is leaving to run for Senate, according to the AJC.
Hice ran in the 7th District in 2010, losing to Rob Woodall in spite of the charming billboard pictured below.
Prior to that, he was best known for posting the Ten Commandments in the Barrow County Courthouse, then unsuccessfully defending the county against the ACLU.
State Rep. Donna Sheldon (R-Dacula) has already entered the race. Other potential candidates include Republican retired Army officer Stephen Simpson (who lost to Broun in the 2010 primary), Republican former congressman Mac Collins and state Rep. Bruce Williamson (R-Monroe).
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