Education: Butler HS Augusta (1974); criminal justice, Augusta College; Harvard Business School (1996, per iVoterGuide)
Birthplace: South Korea (immigrated to Georgia 1974, naturalized citizen)
Background: Korean-American businessman; Augusta firefighter (1975–77), U.S. Army MP (1977–80), Richmond Co. sheriff's deputy (1980–85); former National President, Federation of Korean American Associations USA; perennial candidate (US Senate 2014 withdrew; House GA-12 2014/16/18, GA-07 2020, GA-06 2022, GA-04 2024 lost to Hank Johnson)
LOST 2026-05-19 GA-01 R primary with 4.4% (5th of 6); Jim Kingston won outright 52.4%, no runoff (Wikipedia results table; WTOC; NBC). Positions from his own platform + iVoterGuide survey. FLAGS: (1) abortion contradiction — 2016 iVoterGuide survey accepted life/rape/incest/fetal-anomaly exceptions, but 2026 site claims '100% pro-life. No exceptions'; (2) marked NEUTRAL on one-man-one-woman marriage definition on iVoterGuide (deviation), though supports FADA conscience protections; (3) iVoterGuide panel rated him 'Moderate (40)'; (4) interventionist lean — strongly disagreed with waiting for direct threats before military action. Hyundai-plant statement distinguished lawful-visa Korean workers from illegal aliens (supports deporting criminal aliens).
Declared '100% pro-life. No exceptions.' — explicitly rejecting the common Republican carve-outs for rape and incest and affirming full personhood from conception, one of the strongest pro-life positions in the 2026 GA-01 Republican primary field.
Campaigns on what he calls 'Vote Amish': hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots cast and counted on election day with no electronic voting machines (including Dominion systems) — a maximalist election-integrity stance pairing paper-ballot integrity with strict anti-electronic-tabulation enforcement.
'Lock down the borders. Secure borders are the key to sovereignty. Build the wall now.' — verbatim platform statement demanding physical-barrier completion as the foundation of immigration enforcement.
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Supports deporting criminal aliens (Trump policy); no position on deporting ALL illegal aliens incl. minors. Hyundai statement defended lawful-visa workers.
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