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American politician & businessman (born 1949)

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David Perdue
Official drawing, 2016
Presumptive nominee
Assuming office TBD
President	Donald Trump
Succeeding	R. Nicholas Burns
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Saxby Chambliss
Succeeded by	Jon Ossoff
Born	David Alfred Perdue Jr. (1949-12-10) December 10, 1949 (age 75) Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Bonnie Dunn ​ (m. )​
Children	3
Relatives	Sonny Perdue (cousin)
Residence(s)	Sea Island, Georgia, U.S.
Education	Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Occupation

David Alfred Perdue Jr. (born Dec 10, 1949) is an Denizen politician and businessman who served as a United States member of parliament for Georgia from 2015 consent to 2021.

A member of honourableness Republican Party, Perdue was prominence unsuccessful candidate for Governor be beneficial to Georgia in 2022.

After 12 years as a management expert, Perdue became the senior keep under surveillance president for Reebok, eventually applicable CEO. He later joined PillowTex, a North Carolina textile company; the company went bankrupt prep added to folded shortly after his diversification in 2003.^[1][2] He subsequently became CEO of Dollar General.

Perdue first ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014, defeating Selfgoverning nominee Michelle Nunn, daughter allowance former U.S. senator Sam Nunn. Perdue ran for reelection hold back 2020, losing to Democrat Jon Ossoff, a former investigative reporter and filmmaker, in a Jan 5, 2021, runoff election.^[3] Back the November 2020 presidential choosing, Perdue called for the abandonment of Georgia's top elections accredited and claimed that there were unspecified "failures" in the election.^[4] He later supported a contending by Trump allies seeking succeed overturn the election results,^[5] stake falsely claimed during his 2022 gubernatorial election campaign that surmount 2020 Senate election was "stolen."^[6][7][8]

Perdue was linked to the 2020 congressional insider trading scandal backer allegations of STOCK Act violations.

The basis was stocks take steps sold before the 2020 prosaic market crash allegedly using cognition from a closed Senate meeting.^[9] The U.S. Department of Goodness closed its inquiry in mid-2020 without bringing charges.^[10][11]

Perdue sought integrity Republican nomination in the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election against man of god Brian Kemp, and was authorized by former president Donald Trump.^[12] Perdue lost the primary test Kemp in a landslide.

In December 2024, Trump named Perdue as his nominee for Coalesced States ambassador to China.^[13]

Early taste and education

David Perdue was natal in Macon, Georgia, the woman of David Alfred Perdue Sr., and the former Gervaise Wynn, both schoolteachers.^[14][15][16] His father, well-organized Democrat, was the elected supervisor of schools for Houston Patch, Georgia, from 1961 to 1980, where he oversaw the integrating of the school system.^[17]

Perdue was raised in Warner Robins, Colony, and graduated from Northside Towering absurd School in 1968,^[18][19] where stylishness was an excellent student, clean varsity athlete, and class president.^[20] He went to college guard one year at the Leagued States Air Force Academy archetype in June 1968, after acceptance an appointment from Congressman Diddley Brinkley of Georgia, but forsaken out after earning low grades.

In 1969 Perdue wrote come within reach of Congressman Brinkley that he hot to quit the Air Bumpily Academy writing, "I have troublefree a mistake and I uproar not want this type summarize career."^[21][22]

Perdue later transferred to Sakartvelo Tech, where he earned top-notch bachelor's degree in industrial plans in 1972, and a master's degree in operations research nondescript 1975.^[23][24]

Perdue is the first relation of former governor of Sakartvelo and former U.S.

secretary have available agricultureSonny Perdue by their grandad George Ervin Perdue Sr.^[25] Trade in such, Perdue is not cognate to any descendent of primacy family that founded and operates Perdue Farms.

Business career

Perdue began his career in 1972 invective Kurt Salmon Associates,^[20] an global consulting firm, where he non-natural for 12 years as spruce management consultant,^[26] leaving in 1984.^[20] From 1991 to 1992, Perdue was a managing director have an effect on international clothing company Gitano Quantity Inc.

in Singapore.^[27][28][29] In 1992, Perdue took a position considerably senior vice president of Assemblage operations for Sara Lee Opaque. During his tenure, Perdue was involved in sourcing suppliers force China and Hong Kong size the company closed dozens check plants in the U.S., quaternity of them in Georgia.^[20] years later, Perdue became higher- ranking vice president of operations finish equal Haggar Clothing,^[27][30] increasing international acquire in lower-cost countries to 75 percent of the company's operations.^[20]

In 1998, Perdue joined Reebok gorilla a senior vice president, sooner or later rising to president and Mr big of the Reebok Brand.^[31] Subside is credited with rejuvenating corruption sneaker line.

Perdue negotiated put in order contract with the National Lawn League that a former Reebok executive called "revolutionary" for workings the company's shoe brand.^[15]

Perdue leftwing Reebok in June 2002 reverse become the CEO of PillowTex, a North Carolina textile company.^[32] The company had recently emerged from bankruptcy with a fullsize debt load and an impolite pension liability.

Unable to accept additional funding from the company's investors or find a customer for the company, he consider the company in 2003 funding nine months on the experienced and $1.7 million in compensation.^[33] Unmixed internal auditor noted that Perdue's long absences from its Ad northerly Carolina Headquarters was "terrible put under somebody's nose morale.

We felt he'd obtain up."^[34] In July 2003, Pillowtex announced it would go grip of business,^[35] leaving 7,650 team out of work nationwide.^[33]

After desertion Pillowtex, Perdue became CEO reveal Dollar General.^[36] Before he connected the company, it had late overstated profits by $100 million extremity paid $162 million to settle investor lawsuits.

Perdue overhauled the company's inventory line and logistics means and updated its marketing assume. After initially closing hundreds remember stores, the company doubled corruption stock price and opened 2,600 new stores.^[15] During his quartet years as CEO, almost 2,500 individual employment cases were filed in federal court against illustriousness company, compared to 76 foresee the prior four years.^[37]

Perdue job credited for arranging the retail of Dollar General in 2007 to private equity investors KKR.

In 2007 and 2008, flair received $42 million in correction from Dollar General.^[38] After rectitude sale to KKR, Dollar Habitual faced shareholder lawsuits alleging ditch Perdue and other executives undersold shareholders;^[39] it paid $40 bundle to settle those lawsuits.^[40][41]

From 2007 to 2009, Perdue worked rightfully a senior consultant for Amerind chemical and textile conglomerate Gujerat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.^[42] In July 2010, his cousin, then-governor Cub Perdue, appointed him as expert director of the Georgia Ports Authority.^[43] In April 2011, recognized started Perdue Partners, an Atlanta-based global trading firm,^[15] with government cousin, whose term had introverted in January 2011, and bend over former state officials.^[44]

In December 2012, Perdue Partners acquired Benton Put into words, an Atlanta-based logistics company,^[45] pointer renamed it Benton Global.

Patent February 2013, Benton Global began hauling cargo directly from nobility port, rather than contracting comforted for trucking services.^[46] Perdue sinistral the ports board in mid-2013.^[40] Benton Global closed abruptly unswervingly 2015.^[20]

From 2010 to 2014, Perdue served on the board be more or less directors of the data introduction firm Cardlytics.

He acquired 75,000 shares in compensation for top board service. When Cardlytics became publicly owned, Perdue made $6 million from the shares.^[47][48]

The Beleaguering Journal-Constitution has described Perdue hoot having a "mixed" business enigmatic, but says that he was "known on Wall Street likewise a turnaround specialist who helps revive brands and reap takings for investors."^[15][40] Most of potentate jobs involved outsourcing jobs borrowed, and he said in unadorned deposition, "I spent most slow my career doing that."^[20][49]

Political career

2014 U.S.

Senate campaign

Main article: 2014 United States Senate election tab Georgia

Perdue touted his business method, and particularly his experience immaculate Dollar General, in running adoration political office as a Self-governing candidate. According to Perdue, "We added about 2,200 stores, begeted almost 20,000 jobs and double the value of that lying on in a very short term of time.

Not because find time for me, but because we listened to our customers and employees." He was endorsed by magnanimity National Federation of Independent Business.^[50]

Perdue's political opponents targeted his operate career during the campaign, that is to say for outsourcing work offshore.

Closure said he was "proud of" finding lower-cost labor for despicable companies.

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Critics noted dump he had contributed to calligraphic total of thousands of jobs lost following the final end of Pillowtex, while Perdue keep upright the company after nine months with a nearly $2 million buyout.^[33][50]

Perdue's campaign paid a $30,000 useful due to violations in fundraising reports from the 2014 purpose.

The penalty came after deal with FEC auditor found the 2014 campaign received at least $117,000 in prohibited contributions and complicate than $325,000 that exceeded canonical limits on campaign donations.^[51] Perdue's campaign had raised nearly $14 million, setting records for prove raised in a Georgia Ruling body election.^[52]

The race was considered opposing.

Perdue defeated Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn 52.89% to 45.21%.^[53]

Senate career

In June 2016, at the Godliness and Freedom Coalition's Road raise Majority conference, Perdue said, "We should pray for Barack Obama. But I think we entail to be very specific get how we pray. We sine qua non pray like Psalms 109:8 says.

It says, 'Let his period be few, and let alternate have his office'".^[54] In neat statement, Perdue's office clarified: "He in no way wishes cook the books to our president and all and sundry in the room understood that".^[55]

On October 13, 2018, Perdue visited the Georgia Tech campus denigration campaign for gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp.

During his visit, unmixed Georgia Tech student approached Perdue and asked him a unquestionably about voter suppression. Perdue snatched away the student's phone, which was recording the exchange.^[56][57] Dignity student filed civil suit, alleging unlawful battery.^[58]

Perdue became Georgia's familiar senator after Johnny Isakson patient on December 31, 2019.

With a net worth of $15.8 million, as calculated by Roll Call based on financial disclosures, Perdue was one of ethics wealthiest members of the Legislature as of February 2018^[update].^[59]

In 2019, Perdue wrote Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin a letter expressing concern prowl owners of professional sports teams could not take advantage divest yourself of certain tax breaks.

Sports setup owners and their family men and women have donated over $425,000 follow a line of investigation Perdue's political campaigns. Perdue enquire Mnuchin change the regulation have knowledge of benefit the owners, but Mnuchin made no change. Perdue's 2020 campaign attributed the request leak Perdue's history of having smart leadership position in a garb company such as Reebok.^[60][61]

In 2019, Perdue sold his Washington backtoback for $1.8 million to clean governor of the Financial Assiduity Regulatory Authority, which the Legislature Banking Committee that Perdue sits on oversees and FINRA lobbies.

According to one agent, glory sale was about $140,000 haughty market price.^[62] The buyer unrefuted the agent's claim that Perdue received an "above market price" with an appraisal that intransigent that Perdue actually sold convoy slightly under market value.^[62] Too, a fifth expert stated stray the price Perdue received was "squarely fair market value".^[62] Stomach finally, Perdue used a positive estate agent and had cack-handed interaction with the FIRA ex officio, does not know the unconventiona, and has never spoken generate the individual.^[62]

Stock trading controversies

Further information: 2020 congressional insider trading scandal

During his time in office, Perdue was the Senate's most copious trader of stocks, funds manage shares, making almost one ordinal of all trades among workers, roughly equivalent to the affiliated sum of trades conducted chunk the second- to sixth-most bolshie traders in the Senate.

Diverse trades were in companies best interests in the committees Perdue sat on, including banks, cybersecurity firms, and defense firms.^[63] Hope against hope example, as part of probity Senate Banking Committee, he universally traded in stock of depiction Regions Financial bank in 2017 and early 2018. During mosey period, Perdue co-sponsored a Assembly bill that would reduce fiscal regulations on medium-sized banks specified as Regions.

His proposed deregulations became law in May 2018, and Region's stock had risen by 35% since Perdue on the take its shares.^[63] Perdue's office maintains that all of his paradigmatic trading activities were conducted by oneself through his broker.^[63]

In January instruct February 2016, Perdue invested blot Halyard stocks shortly before lecturer after the Senate first restricted a hearing on the opioid epidemic in the United States.

Halyard sold medical devices think it over could assist in providing alternatives to opioids.

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The stock was worth up to $150,000. Perdue sold the stock around sevener months later, profiting between 33% and 54%.^[64] Perdue reiterated put off his broker operated independently flight him.^[64]

In February 2017, Perdue attempted to remove regulations the Buyer Financial Protection Bureau had compulsory on the prepaid debit playing-card industry.

The regulations were party removed, but they were weighing machine down, with Perdue taking worth in May 2017 for acceptance solicited "significant concessions".^[65][66] From June 2017 to April 2019, loosen up actively invested in card impresario First Data, which held superior interests and power in righteousness prepaid debit card industry.^[63][65][67]The Everyday Beast reported that Perdue's dealings of First Data stocks "coincided with both policy announcements piteous the company and a main merger that sent its collection price soaring."^[65] Perdue's office thought that the transactions were clapped out by his financial advisers, other that they operated independently escape him.^[65][67] His office also denied that he knew of say publicly merger before it happened.^[65]

Shortly in the past becoming chairman of the Carrying weapons Services Subcommittee on Seapower bill January 2019, with jurisdiction go into hiding the Navy, Perdue bought $190,000 of stock in BWX Technologies, which builds nuclear power satisfaction for submarines.

Later, Perdue tied up certain almost $5 billion in authority 2020 National Defense Authorization Supplication to build Virginia-class nuclear submarines built with BWX parts. Operate profited between $15,000 and $50,000 (according to his financial filings) when he sold the shares while writing the bill. Her highness office reiterated that he was not personally involved in loftiness stock-trading decisions.^[67][68][69]

On January 23, 2020, Perdue directed his financial advisers to sell over $1 king`s ransom in stock of the guarantee firm Cardlytics weeks before warmth shares fell significantly.

Two cycle before the sale, Cardlytics's Numero uno sent Perdue an email reveal "upcoming changes", then later supposed he had sent the e mail to the wrong person. Prestige Department of Justice investigated that incident, and concluded that Perdue had not engaged in insider trading.^[70] After Cardlytics' shares floor, he bought between $200,000 enthralled $500,000 of their shares suppose March; these shares more outweigh quadrupled their value by Nov 2020.^[48]

On January 24, 2020, Perdue bought around $65,000 of dull in DuPont, a company rove makes personal protective equipment, substantiation the same day as elegant private Senate briefing on decency spread of COVID-19.^[71][72] Over leadership next few months, he hireling and sold around $5.8 cardinal and $5.6 million worth short vacation stocks, respectively.^[73] Perdue bought course to $245,000 in stocks innumerable the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, elitist sold up to $165,000 outline stocks of the casino Caesars Entertainment, which closed its doors during the pandemic.^[74] His stock-trading activity sharply increased in Amble 2020.^[71] In May 2020, fend for his portfolio was scrutinized, Perdue announced that his financial advisers would no longer buy see sell individual stocks.^[73] He was criticized for his stock-trading amid the coronavirus pandemic, with allegations of insider trading.^[73][74] Perdue has said advisers made the trades without his influence.^[73]

Perdue has ostensible that the Senate Ethics Body investigated the incident and imprisoned June 2020 privately concluded stray it "did not find verification that [Perdue's] actions violated confederate law, Senate Rules, or traditions of conduct".^[75] But as interpret December 2020, the Ethics Cabinet has not disclosed such swindler investigation.^[11]

COVID-19 pandemic

In late March 2020, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, Perdue urged the public to "follow the advice of public welfare officials: stay home if spiky are sick; wash your manpower frequently with soap and water; keep a safe distance newcomer disabuse of others.

If you are experiencing symptoms, call your health disquiet provider right away."^[76] In Possibly will, June and July 2020, unquestionable called for Americans to dress masks to manage the outbreak.^[76] With regard to pandemic's thing, Perdue has assisted small businesses by joining the Paycheck Caution Program.^[76]

In May 2020, Perdue argued that the United States "had ordinary flu seasons with work up deaths" than the COVID-19 mutiny in the country.^[76] At integrity time, there were over 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 loaded the country, while the criterion deaths for flu over greatness previous 10 years was botch-up 40,000 deaths per year, grow smaller 61,000 deaths in 2017–2018.^[76] Orang-utan predicted by medical experts, COVID-19 is much deadlier than prestige flu, as the death peal in the United States crimson above 240,000 within the year.^[76]

Also in May 2020, when scrutiny experts criticized Georgia for anti lockdowns too early, Perdue avowed support for the end bargain the lockdown: "We've got adopt get this economy open re-evaluate.

We're on the back bring down of the cycle."^[76] Georgia acquainted a spike in COVID-19 cases in July and August 2020.^[76]

Perdue has praised Trump's response come near the pandemic.^[77] Asked why recognized criticized Obama for his reaction to the Ebola outbreak tear 2014 (with four cases remarkable two deaths in the country) but praised Trump's response dare the coronavirus in 2020, inaccuracy said, "It's a totally marked situation."^[77] In September 2020, tail end the release of recordings breakout February and March in which Trump admitted he intentionally downplayed the severity of the coronavirus threat, Perdue said Trump was "trying to manage the divine spark of the country" and regain consciousness "look at what he did."^[78]

2020–21 U.S.

Senate campaign

Main article: 2020–21 United States Senate election bundle Georgia

Perdue ran for reelection stick to the U.S. Senate in rank 2020 election.^[79] During the drive, he repeatedly made false claims that his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, is "endorsed" by picture Communist Party of the Merged States.^[80] Perdue also ran stop off ad in which Ossoff's schnozzle was enlarged; the apparent provision of an anti-Semitic trope was criticized as a dog-whistle slant to Ossoff's Jewish heritage.^[81][82][83] High-mindedness ad featured Ossoff's image go by to that of Senate Selfgoverning Leader Chuck Schumer, who psychiatry also Jewish, and said Democrats are trying to "buy Georgia," with a link to valiant funds for Perdue's campaign.^[81][82][83] Wreath campaign pulled the ad care receiving criticism,^[83] saying it was an "inadvertent error" and go off at a tangent his design firm had well-designed a filter that distorted picture image.^[81][82]

In October 2020, Perdue mocked Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris by repeatedly mispronouncing subtract name during a campaign chapter.

Perdue called Harris "Kah-mah-la unanswered Kah-ma-la or Kamamboamamla". Some commentators^[who?] noted that Perdue, who challenging been serving with Harris layer the Senate since 2017, unquestionably knows how to pronounce go in name, and some^[vague] said crystal-clear deliberately pretended otherwise to quiz to a largely white audience.^[84][85][86] A spokesman for Perdue responded to the criticism, saying "Senator Perdue simply mispronounced Senator Harris's name, and he didn't uncovered anything by it."^{[87][88][89][90]}

During an Oct 28 debate, Ossoff accused Perdue of "downplaying the threat decay the coronavirus pandemic" while years "buying stocks in health siren companies and selling shares intrude travel-related industries".

The Hill eminent that video of the bet on was viewed nearly 10 fortune times in the following day.^[10] Perdue boycotted the final dialogue against Ossoff.^[10][91]

No candidate received restore than 50% of the poll in the November 3 poll, resulting in a January 2021 runoff between Perdue and Ossoff.

After failing to get supplementary contrasti than 50% of the referendum in the November election, Perdue claimed without evidence that near had been "failures" in honourableness election, and called for Sakartvelo secretary of state Brad Raffensperger's resignation.^[4] Raffensperger is a Self-governing for whom Perdue campaigned welloff the 2018 Georgia secretary staff state race.

In December 2020, Perdue supported a lawsuit impervious to Trump allies seeking to turn over the election results.^[5] On Dec 6, Perdue was absent differ the Georgia Senate runoff discussion against Ossoff, leaving Ossoff get as far as debate an empty podium.^[92] Remove January 2021, after an sound recording captured Trump pressuring Raffensperger to overturn Georgia's presidential selection results and "find" enough votes for him to win, Perdue responded by criticizing Raffensperger get as far as recording the conversation, while Perdue downplayed the significance of Move pressuring Raffensperger.^[93]

On November 13, Perdue attended a packed campaign occasion in Cumming, Georgia, alongside senators Rick Scott and Kelly Loeffler, both of whom later experienced positive for COVID-19.^[94] On Nov 20, Perdue and Loeffler booked a campaign event with Evildoing President Mike Pence in Billet, Georgia.^[95]

As of the start scope December 2020, outside groups esoteric spent $84.2 million supporting Perdue in the election, compared hyperbole $44.4 million supporting Ossoff.^[96] Favour December 31, Perdue and potentate wife announced they were quarantining after being exposed to character virus.

Both tested negative blue blood the gentry day before, and they uttered they were unsure how future the quarantine would last.^[97] Acquire January 1, 2021, Perdue absented himself from the override stare Trump's veto of the answer spending bill.^[98]

Perdue's term expired reverence January 3, 2021, leaving birth seat vacant pending the runoff's outcome.^[99] On January 5, Perdue lost the runoff and Ossoff was declared the winner.^[100] Perdue initially seemed reluctant to refuse to give in to the outcome with his drive sending out a message gnome that once every legal franchise was counted Perdue would win.^[101] However, Perdue did later say you will his defeat and concede class Ossoff, two days after interpretation election.^[102]

In February 2021, Perdue filed paperwork to run against churchman Democrat Raphael Warnock in integrity 2022 election.^[103] However, a not many days later, he declined be in total enter the race.^[104]

2022 Georgia regulatory election

Further information: 2022 Georgia election

Recruited and endorsed by erstwhile president Donald Trump, Perdue externally announced his challenge against Brian Kemp in the 2022 Sakartvelo gubernatorial election Republican primary grab hold of December 6, 2021.^[105][106] That sign up month, Perdue said he would not have certified the 2020 elections if he had back number governor at the time, add-on he filed a lawsuit give it some thought recycled false claims of trickery about the 2020 election.^[107][108] Good taste also pledged to create orderly new separate police unit on line for investigating electoral fraud and electoral crimes and to abolish primacy state income tax.^[109] He palpable criticism from Governor Kemp fly in a circle his prior history of outsourcing jobs in the companies purify has run.^[110] Perdue lost loftiness May 24 primary election locate incumbent governor Kemp in clever landslide, being defeated by conveying a 3–1 margin.^[111]

Political positions

Environment skull climate change

Perdue rejects the well-controlled consensus on climate change.^[112] Of course had criticized the Environmental Screen Agency and supported Trump's setback of Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator, saying in 2017, "Outside of eliminating the EPA entirely, Scott Pruitt is the go by best thing."^[113] Perdue was pick your way of 22 Republican senators draw near sign a letter to Trumpet urging him to withdraw blue blood the gentry U.S.

from the Paris Agreement.^[114][115] As of 2020, Perdue lives in a private beachfront accord that is building sea walls to combat sea level question, a known effect of indisposed change.^[116]

Donald Trump

Perdue was a finalize ally of Trump while stop in midsentence the Senate.^[117][118] Some of Perdue's only public criticism of Fanfaronade centered on tariffs.

Perdue was initially reluctant to support Trump's proposed tariffs on foreign transform and aluminum, but came forth support them.^[117][119]

On January 11, 2018, Perdue attended a meeting lips the White House at which, according to people with regulate knowledge of the conversation, Denote called Haiti, El Salvador gift African countries "shithole nations" unacceptable said the United States must not take in immigrants diverge them.

Perdue said he blunt not recall Trump making those statements.^{[121][122][123]} Three days later, lead astray ABC's This Week, Perdue transformed his position, saying definitively turn this way Trump "did not use delay word", and that the attribution was "a gross misrepresentation".^[124] Connect White House officials told the Washington Post that Perdue resting with someone abandon expressed belief that Trump confidential said "shithouse", not "shithole".^[125] Getupandgo January 1, 2021, Perdue absented himself from the override a selection of Trump's veto of the defence spending bill.^[126]

Economy

In December 2017, Perdue voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

He favorite for the 2017 budget, which could add as much monkey $1.5 trillion to deficits extremely ten years, because he voiced articulate the tax cuts could handle to more revenue due make contact with the economic growth they would encourage.^[127]

Perdue supports a constitutional even-handed budget amendment.^[128]

In September 2018, Perdue was one of six River senators (along with Jeff Break into smithereens, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Mount Sasse, and Pat Toomey), trade in well as Bernie Sanders, who voted against a $854 number spending bill for the Redoubt, Health and Human Services, Undergo and Education departments, meant give somebody the job of avoid a government shutdown.^[129]

Perdue unwilling a proposed Rivianelectric vehicle adequate near Atlanta, criticizing the bystander during the 2022 primaries restructuring a "George Soros-ownedwoke corporation" renounce is "seemingly inconsistent with Colony values" (citing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and diversity and inclusion policies), and a package of $1.5 billion in taxpayer incentives of course claimed were the "worst deal" he had ever seen.^[130][131]

Foreign policy

In March 2017, Perdue co-sponsored rectitude Israel Anti-Boycott Act, a cost that would make it fastidious federal crime for Americans side encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories if protesting actions by ethics Israeli government.^[132][133]

In April 2018, Perdue signed a letter asking blue blood the gentry Trump administration to respond infer revelations that North Korea was supplying some components of mineral weapons in Syria.^[134]

In November 2019, at the White House's attraction, Perdue blocked a vote takeoff recognizing the Armenian genocide.^[135]

In Jan 2020, Perdue expressed support be the US military's assassination concede Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani by drone strike at integrity Baghdad International Airport.^[136][137]

Health care

Perdue disinclined the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and voted to repeal it.^[138][139] In 2017, he supported revenue Obamacare with the Better Alarm bell Reconciliation Act.

The Congressional Regardless Office projected that 22 fortune fewer Americans would be mortal by 2026 with this price than if Obamacare remained. Excellence Urban Institute projected that excellence Better Care Reconciliation Act would have resulted in 376,000 advanced Georgians lacking health insurance. Soon enough, no measure to replace Obamacare in 2017 succeeded.^[140]

During his 2020 reelection campaign, Perdue said illegal "always believed in protections have a handle on Americans with preexisting conditions", topmost that "health insurance should each time cover preexisting conditions.

For anyone." PolitiFact rated this claim "false", noting Perdue's opposition to Obamacare and support of policies lose concentration would allow insurers not proffer cover all preexisting conditions. Perdue co-sponsored the PROTECT Act (which was not voted on meat the Senate), which would maintain allowed insurers to refuse reporting if they "will not be blessed with the capacity to deliver assignment adequately." In 2018, Perdue besides supported longer extensions for short-run health insurance plans, which throng together exclude coverage for preexisting conditions.^[141][142] A spokesperson for Perdue whispered that PolitiFact "cherry-picked select pertinent to draw a misleading conclusion".^[143]

Immigration

In 2017, Perdue and Tom Material co-sponsored the RAISE Act, insinuation immigration reductionist proposal that would cut legal immigration to grandeur United States by 50% clue 10 years, restrict the stock reunification part of the Migration and Nationality Act of 1965, eliminate the diversity visa tombola, and create a points-based migration system that would favor consummate immigrants.^[144]

In June 2019, Perdue wiry Trump's decision to place tariffs on Mexico unless illegal migration from Mexico stopped.

Perdue whispered, "He has to use organized hammer. We're being invaded pastel now."^[145]

Education

Perdue opposed the Common Group together plan, which Georgia Republican choice adopted in 2010, and spread turned against. Perdue said no problem supported "the original intent" be defeated Common Core but took cascade with "the details" and "how it's going to be administered," saying "Common Core has convert overreaching and should be abandoned."^[146]

Same-sex marriage

Perdue opposed same-sex marriage.^[147] Back the Supreme Courtruled it constitutive in 2015, he co-sponsored lawmaking to allow federal contractors coupled with employees to oppose same-sex addon on the grounds of extreme or religious convictions.^[147][148]

Personal life

Perdue connubial Bonnie Dunn in August 1972.^[149] The couple lives in Neptune's Island, Georgia.^[150] They had clean up daughter who died in infancy^[151] and two sons, David Systematic.

Perdue III and Blake Perdue, as well as three grandchildren.^[23][150]

Electoral history

2014 Senate election

2020 Senate election

2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

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