A Representative from Georgia. Born in Athens, Clarke County, Ga. , October 31, 1955. Graduated from Clarke Central High School, Athens, Ga. , 1973. B. A. , University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. , 1976. J. D. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1979. Lawyer, private practice. Athens-Clarke, Georgia, city-county commissioner, 1990-2004. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-January 3, 2015). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.