Georgia GOP trio gains ‘a little humility’ on way out of Congress | www.myajc.com

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years ago, three Georgia U.S. House members gambled on campaigns to move across the Capitol and capture the state’s open U.S. Senate seat.

This month, Republican Reps. Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston were relegated to small desks in a shared work space in the basement of a House office building, staging staff meetings in the cafeteria, living out their final days in Congress. Departing members were evicted in mid-November in a game of musical chairs with the newcomers for Capitol Hill office space.

“It’s pretty meager, a little less than a cubicle and one workstation among many,” Gingrey said. “It’s not a bad thing for a member of Congress to get a little humility now and then.”

All three were humbled in the U.S. Senate primary, as they fell to political newcomer David Perdue and his “outsider” image. Congress’ unpopularity and minefields within their decades-long records in office were among the reasons the trio fell.

So they had months to play out the string and wrap up their congressional careers. They continued to fight for their favorite causes, searched for jobs for themselves and their staffs, and packed up their offices.

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