Carter Jason

American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia, a former state senator and the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. He lost to incumbent Nathan Deal. Carters grandfather is former Georgia governor and President Jimmy Carter. A ninth-generation Georgian, he is the son of Jack Carter and Judy Langford, daughter of former Georgia State Senator James Beverly Langford. After graduating from Duke University, Carter served in the Peace Corps stationed in South Africa. In doing so he followed the example of his great grand mother, Lillian Carter (President Jimmy Carters mother), who became a Peace Corps volunteer at age 68 and spent nearly two years in India working as a nurse with patients with leprosy. Jason Carter lived in Lochiel, South Africa, where he worked on education issues in rural areas. He learned to speak Zulu and Siswati. He wrote a book, Power Lines: Two Years on South Africas Borders, about his experiences there. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less