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Leon Acton "Lynn" Westmoreland was born on April 2, 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from a metro Atlanta high school and then attended Georgia State University before dropping out to work in the family construction business. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representative in 1993 and became the House Republican leader in 2001. In 2003, he stepped down as leader in order to focus on his Congressional campaign. In 2005, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and is still a member today. Within the House, he has served on the Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Republican Study Committee, and the Tea Party Caucus. He is known as the leader of an oppositional group against certain provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which was unsuccessful. He is also the deputy chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.; Interviewed by Dr. Mel Steely on August 14, 2013 at an unknown location.; Westmoreland begins the interview by discussing the 2012 national elections. He talks about his previous predictions and his opinion on the outcome. He then discusses his role as deputy chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee and talks about the new strategy implemented for recruiting new candidates. He talks about his leadership in the opposition to certain provisions in the Voting Rights Act and his reactions to the decisions made by Congress and the United States Supreme Court. He discusses his opinion on Frank Luntz's proposal to Republicans...

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