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July 22, 2014 Atlanta - Republican candidate for U.S. Senate David Perdue holds his grandson David Perdue IV as former Gov. Sonny Perdue looks at David Perdue’s election-night party at DoubleTree Hotel Buckhead on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
July 22, 2014 Atlanta - Republican candidate for U.S. Senate David Perdue holds his grandson David Perdue IV as former Gov. Sonny Perdue looks at David Perdue’s election-night party at DoubleTree Hotel Buckhead on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By and Aaron Gould Sheinin
Feb 13, 2017

When he was governor, Sonny Perdue liked to tell Georgians that he was a businessman long before he was a politician. That attribute appealed to President Donald Trump, who nominated Perdue to be his agriculture secretary.

The former governor’s cousin, U.S. Sen. David Perdue, built his fortune as a corporate turnaround specialist, helping revive struggling companies like Dollar General.

But a business venture by the politically powerful cousins ended badly in 2015, leaving behind millions of dollars in debts and thousands of dollars in delinquent taxes, according to a review of records by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is a leading contender to serve as Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary

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