Guy W. Millner (born February 16, 1936) is an American multi-millionaire businessman who ran as a Republican for

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and

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, and

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from Georgia in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, losing all three races. Millner came closest to victory in 1994, winning 49% of the vote against incumbent Governor

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's 51%, after defeating four other candidates in the Republican

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. His subsequent defeats were by increasingly large margins. He lost to state secretary of state and former

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Veterans Affairs Administrator

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for the United States Senate in 1996 after narrowly defeating

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for the Republican nomination. His final defeat, at the hands of

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for governor in 1998, was by a margin of 52% to 44%. He has not sought office again. Millner's campaigns were largely self-financed and he remains a major financial backer of Republican candidates. Millner is the founder of Norrell Corporation, a temporary help company later acquired by

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, which in turn was acquired by

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. In 2000, he was reportedly worth more than $100 million. He later joined the board of

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He and his wife have hosted fundraisers at his home for

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, a nonprofit that works to spay and neuter dogs and cats in Georgia. In 2019 he bought a waterfront condo in

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for $5 million.

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