Files related to Sam Nunn's first U.S. Senate campaign and the 1972 Georgia Public Service Commission election, 1972-1992

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Note from donor: "Items from my volunteer work with then Representative Sam Nunn in his first campaign for United States Senate. Items Related to 1972 election for Georgia Public Service Commission. In the 1972 election for United States Senate, I was not involved in the primary campaigns, but shortly after Sam Nunn's victory in the runoff election to become the Democratic nominee he called me to request that I volunteer as much time as possible working with his campaign staff in his campaign headquarters. He explained that he would be away from the headquarters much of the time campaigning throughout the state. He very much wanted to have a lawyer with some campaign experience working with his young staff on matters that involved some legal analysis which he believed applied to many issues that would develop in the highly competitive campaign with Congressman Fletcher Thompson. I arranged with my law firm to spend about 1/2 of each work day at the Nunn headquarters where I became involved with research for speeches, campaign commercials, press releases, and other daily aspects of the campaign. In the final weeks of the campaign, I found myself spending most full days at the campaign headquarters. Items in this box were those that remain in my files years after the campaign concluded. Also in 1972 a senior lawyer in our firm asked me to write a status report pertaining to the election of public service commissioners that year. A copy of my paper is attached along with some other campaign items pertaining to that election."

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