an AR-15 to shoot "looting hordes from Atlanta." Broun lives in Gainesville, a white majority city about an hour outside the state capital Atlanta, which is a majority African American city. Broun denied that the ad or the reference to "looting hordes from Atlanta" had racial undertones or might concern African-Americans. Committee assignments Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence (Vice Chair) Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (chairman) Republican Study Committee Caucus memberships Congressional Constitution Caucus Tea Party Caucus 2014 U.S. Senate election In February 2013, Broun officially announced he would leave his house seat to run for the open senate seat vacated by Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss. Broun finished fifth in the May Republican primary. Personal life Broun has three children and two grandchildren. See also Physicians in US Congress References External links Videos related to Broun at The Young Turks' YouTube channel |- 1946 births 21st-century American politicians American Christian creationists Baptists from Georgia (U.S. state) Candidates in the 1990 United States elections Candidates in the 1992 United States elections Candidates in the 1996 United States elections Candidates in the 2014 United States elections Candidates in the 2020 United States elections Candidates in the 2020 United States presidential election Candidates in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections Georgia Health Sciences University alumni Living people Physicians from Georgia (U.S. state) Politicians from Athens, Georgia Politicians from Atlanta Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) Tea Party movement activists United States Marine Corps reservists University of Georgia alumni