Bill Gillespie

Bill Gillespie is the Democratic candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 1st Congressional District (map) of Georgia. He won the Democratic nomination in the July primaries and will now go on to challenge incumbent Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) in the November 2008 Congressional elections.

Bio
Gillespie served 23 years in the U.S. Army, retiring last year as a Lt. Colonel.

2008 elections
Gillespie won the Democratic nomination in the July primaries and will now go on to challenge incumbent Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) in the November 2008 Congressional elections.

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Committees
Gillespie will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:Georgia and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on Georgia's 1st Congressional District
 * Official Gillespie for Congress website
 * Shannon McCaffrey, " 5 incumbents beat back challengers in Ga. primary," Associated Press, accessed via The Washington Post July 16, 2008.