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united states army 1983 -- 2001 22 august 1945 atlanta , georgia university georgia state university of georgia university of georgia school of law 160px attorney georgia vietnam war joan martin jim martin october 2008.png incumbent atlanta , georgia democratic georgia 47th -lsb- http://www.martinforsenate.com/home.html www.martinforsenate.com -rsb- presbyterian jim martin -lrb- georgia politician -rrb-

jim martin -lrb- georgia politician -rrb-

james francis `` jim '' martin -lrb- born august 22 , 1945 -rrb- is an american politician and former democratic party member of the georgia general assembly .
martin opposed incumbent u.s. senator saxby chambliss in the 2008 election .
in the general election , no candidate received more than 50 % of the vote , forcing a run-off election on december 2 , 2008 , which martin subsequently lost .
