Editing Nathan Deal (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Nathan Deal
| image               = Nathan Deal, April 25, 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Deal in 2017
| order               = 82nd [[List of governors of Georgia|Governor of Georgia]]
| lieutenant          = [[Casey Cagle]]
| term_start          = January 10, 2011
| term_end            = January 14, 2019
| predecessor         = [[Sonny Perdue]]
| successor           = [[Brian Kemp]]
| office1             = Member of the<br />[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| term_start1         = January 3, 1993
| term_end1           = March 21, 2010
| constituency1       = {{ushr|GA|9|9th district}} (1993–2003)<br />{{ushr|GA|10|10th district}} (2003–2007)<br />9th district (2007–2010)
| predecessor1        = [[Ed Jenkins (U.S. politician)|Ed Jenkins]]
| successor1          = [[Tom Graves]]
| state_senate2       = Georgia State
| district2           = 49th
| term_start2         = January 3, 1981
| term_end2           = January 3, 1993
| predecessor2        = [[Howard Overby]]
| successor2          = [[Jane Hemmer]]
| birth_name          = John Nathan Deal
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1942|8|25}}
| birth_place         = [[Millen, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1995–present)
| otherparty          = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (before 1995)
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Sandra Deal|Sandra Dunagan]]|1966|2022|end=died}}
| children            = 4
| education           = [[Mercer University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| signature           = Signature of Nathan Deal.svg
| allegiance          = {{flag|United States}}
| branch              = {{army|United States}}
| rank                = {{Dodseal|USAO3-2015|25}} [[Captain (United States)|Captain]]
| serviceyears        = 1966–1968
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Nathan Deal on his Concerns with the Affordable Care Act.ogg|title=Nathan Deal's voice|type=speech|description=Deal, while in the House, addresses his concerns with the planned [[Affordable Care Act]]<br />Recorded June 24, 2009}}
}}
'''John Nathan Deal''' (born August 25, 1942) is an American politician and former lawyer who served as the 82nd [[governor of Georgia]] from 2011 to 2019. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], he previously served as a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]].

Deal served in the [[Georgia State Senate]] from 1981 to 1993, the last two years as [[president pro tempore]] of the senate. He faced a crowded field of candidates in the Republican primary when he ran for governor [[2010 Georgia gubernatorial election|in 2010]], ultimately facing former Georgia Secretary of State [[Karen Handel]] in a tightly contested [[Partisan primary|primary]] [[Two-round system|runoff election]], and won by fewer than 2,500 votes.<ref>{{cite web |author=Aaron Gould Sheinin |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia_elections_news/2010/08/11/breaking-news-handel-calls-deal-concedes-gop-nomination-for-governor|title=Deal defeats Handel in August 2010 Republican primary|publisher=Blogs.ajc.com|date=August 11, 2010|access-date=July 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321045303/http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia_elections_news/2010/08/11/breaking-news-handel-calls-deal-concedes-gop-nomination-for-governor|archive-date=March 21, 2013}}</ref> In the general election, Deal defeated the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] opponent, former governor [[Roy Barnes]], and succeeded [[term limit|term-limited]] [[Sonny Perdue]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/georgia-election-deal-defeats-714575.html|title=Deal defeats Barnes to take Governor's Mansion|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref> He won his re-election campaign for governor in [[Georgia gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]] against Democrat [[Jason Carter (politician)|Jason Carter]].

Deal came to prominence in 2014 when he signed into law the [[Safe Carry Protection Act]], known by critics as the "Guns Everywhere Law", which allows residents with a [[Concealed carry in the United States|permit to carry a concealed weapon]] to bring firearms into most public areas, including churches, school zones, government buildings and certain sections of airports. He was barred by [[term limits]] in [[2018 Georgia gubernatorial election|2018]] and was succeeded by outgoing [[Georgia Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Brian Kemp]].