Earl Leroy "Buddy" Carter is a Senate Republican in the 152nd Georgia General Assembly from Pooler, Georgia. Carter was first elected Senator in the 2009 general election and serves Georgia's 1st district?a constituency which includes Bryan County and portions of Chatham and Liberty counties. Carter is giving up his state senate seat to run for the Republican nomination in Georgia's 1st congressional district in 2014. Recently, a controversy has emerged regarding S.B. 408, a bill authored by Buddy Carter that increases reimbursement rates for pharmacies in Georgia. As he is the owner of three pharmacies which would see increased profits as a result of the proposed action, this is considered to be in violation of the ethical guidelines of the State Senate. [More at Wikipedia]

September 6th, 1957 in (Age 67)