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== Early life, education and early career == Byron Looper was born in [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]. He spent most of his childhood in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], where his father, Aaron Looper, was a school superintendent.<ref name= "SuspectRanAP">{{cite news| website= highbeam.com | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19514471.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141011093650/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19514471.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2014 |title= Suspect ran relentlessly for political office |date=October 24, 1998 | first=Allen G. | last= Breed |publisher= |agency= Associated Press |access-date=June 5, 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Looper attended the [[U.S. Military Academy]] at West Point from 1983 to 1985, but he was given an [[honorable discharge]] following what he said was a serious knee injury. After being discharged, he moved to Georgia, where he attended the [[University of Georgia]] and worked for the state legislature after graduation.<ref name="SuspectRanAP" /><ref name="looper">{{cite web| url= http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/659004/Political-opponent-charged-in-slaying.html|title=Political opponent charged in slaying|date=October 23, 1998|work=Deseret News|access-date=March 22, 2009}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="looper2">{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-24-mn-35639-story.html|title=Tennessee Lawmaker Killed; Election Opponent Arrested|last= Moehringer|first=J.R.|date=October 24, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 22, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121005173950/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/24/news/mn-35639|archive-date=October 5, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1988, Looper ran for the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]], losing to [[Wyc Orr]] in the Democratic primary.<ref name="SuspectRanAP" /><ref name="AccessNorthGA2002" /> He enrolled as a graduate student in the Stetson School of Business and Economics at [[Mercer University]] in [[Atlanta]]. He continued his political involvement as an officer in the Georgia [[Young Democrats of America|Young Democrats]] organization and as a campaign worker in [[Al Gore]]'s 1988 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and the 1992 [[Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign|Clinton–Gore presidential campaign]].<ref name= "SuspectRanAP" />
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