James Duffie

James “Jim” Duffie and his wife have been married for about sixty years and have three sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren.¹ His wife has worked as a nurse and medical missionary.¹ He is a member of Briar Lake Church in the North Lake area.¹

Duffie has described growing up with little money and receiving help from people who believed in him.² He spent seven years in the Navy's nuclear submarine service, working with reactor systems, chemistry protocols and radiological controls.¹ After leaving the service, he studied nuclear engineering at Georgia Tech.¹

His subsequent career included business, alongside decades advocating tax changes.²¹ He has served as state director and vice chairman of Georgians for Fair Taxation.¹ His campaign emphasizes reducing regulation of small businesses and limiting federal power.³

Duffie supports the proposed FairTax legislation, which would replace federal income and payroll taxes with a national tax on purchases of new goods and services.³ He says monthly household rebates would offset taxes on basic spending up to the federal poverty line.³ He also advocates vocational education, practical financial instruction in schools and support for police and emergency responders.³ He faces Democratic incumbent Hank Johnson, who has represented Georgia's 4th District since 2007.⁴⁵