Jason Carter
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Jason James Carter (born August 7, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia.
Carter is a former state senator and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election.
He lost to incumbent Nathan Deal.
Carter's grandfather is former President and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
Personal life
Jason's wife, Kate, is a high school teacher, and former journalist with the Athens Banner-Herald, where she won several awards. They have two sons, Henry (b. 2006) and Thomas (b. 2008).
Early life and career
Carter was born in 1975 at Emory University Hospital. He is a grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and the son of Jack Carter and Judy Langford, the granddaughter of former Georgia State Senator James Beverly Langford, who is the daughter of former Georgia State Senator James Beverly Langford. Carter graduated from Evanston Township High School, where he earned the Illinois State Policy Debate championship in 1993, and he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in philosophy and political science.
Carter, a Duke University alumnus, served in the Peace Corps stationed in South Africa. He took inspiration from his great grandmother, Lillian Carter (President Jimmy Carter's mother), who joined the Peace Corps at the age of 68 and spent almost two years in India as a patient with leprosy. Jason Carter lived in Lochiel, South Africa, where he worked on rural areas' education. He learned Zulu and Siswati. Power Lines, his memoirs, was published.
Carter later graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in 2004. Since graduating from law school, he clerked for Frank M. Hull on the Eleventh Circuit of Appeals.
He is now a partner with the law firm Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore in Atlanta. He has worked for the National Football League Players Association and was named winner of the Stuart Eizenstat Young Lawyer Award, which was given by the Anti-Defamation League, for his pro bono service defending voting rights.