Candidate, President, United States of America, 2012

Democratic Minority Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2005-2011

Senator, Georgia State Senate, 1991-2011

Candidate, Mayor of Macon, Georgia, 2011

Candidate, United States Senate, Georgia, 2002

Won Special Election, Experience, Georgia State Senate, 1991

Member, Bibb County Board of Education, 1984, 1988

Former Member, Aged and Disabled Transportation Task Force

Former Member, Senate Task Force on Violence in the Media

Businessman, present

Member, Intown Historic Neighborhood Association, present

Member, United States Economic Development Association, present