The other influence, Carter said, was "a great poet named Bob Dylan," whom he called a friend ... anyway, for a Georgia governor in 1974) that struck Thompson. It was also Carter's willingness ...

The Republican governor said the $50 million would give each of Georgia's more than 2,000 public schools another $21,635 to spend on safety, atop the $47,125 they're already getting.

He had served in the Georgia ... governor of Georgia, but was far from a household name. What gave momentum to his campaign and endeared him to the youth vote was his friendships with musicians ...