Early Campaigns
Broun grew up as a Democrat, but became a Republican in the 1980s.
Broun first ran for public office in 1990, challenging Democratic U.S. Congressman Richard Ray, of Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Ray defeated him 63%-37%.
Broun ran again in 1992, but lost in the Republican primary to State Senator Mac Collins, 55%-45%. Broun won five of the district's seventeen counties. Collins went on to defeat Ray, 55%-44%.
In 1996, Democratic U.S. Senator Sam Nunn decided to retire. Broun was one of six Republicans who ran for the Republican nomination in the race. Broun finished fourth, with 3% of the vote. Guy Millner, a businessman, finished first with 42% of the vote. He won the run-off election against state representative Johnny Isakson, who had received 35% of the vote in the primary, then lost the general election to Democrat Max Cleland by just one percentage point.
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