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John McCallum

John McCallum is running for the congressional seat currently held by Jack Kingston, a Republican from Savannah. McCallum once worked as a congressional aide for Newt Gingrich. McCallum was the GOP’s nominee for secretary of state in 1998 but lost that campaign to Cathy Cox.

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