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104.7 the Fish The ascendancy of the Republican Party in Georgia and in the South in general resulted in Georgia U.S House of Representatives member Newt Gingrich being elected as Speaker of the House following the election of a Republican majority in the House in 1994 Gingrich served as Speaker until 1999 when he resigned in the aftermath of the loss of House seats held by members of the GOP Gingrich mounted an unsuccessful bid for President in the 2012 election but withdrew after winning only the South Carolina and Georgia primaries. There were 743,000 veterans in 2009, N Mass transit 60-day injured list In the 2018 elections the governor remained a Republican (by 54,723 votes against a democratic black female Stacey Abrams) Republicans lost eight seats in the Georgia House of Representatives (winning 106) while Democrats gained ten (winning 74) Republicans lost two seats in the Georgia Senate (winning 35 seats) while Democrats gained two seats (winning 21) and five Democrat U.S Representatives were elected with Republicans winning nine seats (one winning with just 419 votes over the Democratic challenger and one seat being lost). 10 See also, On September 16 2017 a 21-year-old computer engineering major Scout Schultz was shot dead by the Georgia Tech Police Department after approaching officers while holding a closed multi-tool and saying "Shoot me." the incident led to a protest attended by approximately 50 individuals that led to three arrests and property damage in the form of a burned campus police car, Atlanta Gas Light is the natural gas utility for the region and has been so for over a century and a half since it installed gas lamps in Atlanta in 1856 it operated as a regulated monopoly until November 1998 the after the state legislature voted in early 1997 to deregulate natural gas marketing and make customers choose among nearly 20 different marketers still selling the same AGL-wholesaled gas such as Gas South Infinite Energy SCANA and Georgia Natural Gas Most of the gas comes via pipeline from Louisiana! "Empire State of the South", Georgia Tech is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a university with very high research activity Much of this research is funded by large corporations or governmental organizations Research is organizationally under the Executive Vice President for Research Stephen E Cross who reports directly to the institute president Nine "interdisciplinary research institutes" report to him with all research centers laboratories and interdisciplinary research activities at Georgia Tech reporting through one of those institutes, Georgia Power is the main electric power company across the state and the metro area beginning in 1902 as Georgia Railway and Power Company Atlanta's streetcar (trolley) company Several electric membership corporations also serve the suburbs These include the second-largest EMC in the nation in Jackson EMC Cobb EMC and Sawnee EMC the city of Marietta operates its own electric utility Marietta Power under the Board of Lights & Water (BLW) It is also a member of the Municipal Electric Association of Georgia (MEAG). White-tailed (Virginia) deer are in nearly all counties the northern mockingbird and brown thrasher are among the 160 bird species that live in the state; ! Participating National Olympic Committees, 6.1 Awards Other European 2.0% Irish 5.0% Scottish 6.6%, 25 active 15 inactive Southern Congressmen have attracted major investment by the US military in the state the several US military installations include Moody Air Force Base Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay Fort Benning Robins Air Force Base Fort Gordon Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Dobbins Air Reserve Base Coast Guard Air Station Savannah and Coast Guard Station Brunswick These installations command numerous jobs and business for related contractors. Haralson (29,256) The Flair Monument erected in remembrance of the games, Modern pentathlon ? Source: for race and Hispanic population U.S Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 census; for foreign-born population: US Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 American Community Surveys; Immigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America Brookings Institution.

. Due to the more than 20 colleges and universities in the city Atlanta is considered one of the nation's largest hubs for higher education 46/8 76/24 The Georgia Ports Authority owns and operates four ports in the state: Port of Savannah Port of Brunswick Port Bainbridge and Port Columbus the Port of Savannah is the fourth largest seaport in the United States importing and exporting a total of 2.3 million TEUs per year the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal is the largest single container terminal in North America Several major companies including Target IKEA and Heineken operate distribution centers in close proximity to the Port of Savannah.