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==Politics== In 1974, Samples announced that he was "seriously considering" running for lieutenant governor of Georgia on a Republican Party ticket with then-Macon mayor [[Ronnie Thompson (Georgia politician)|Ronnie Thompson]], who was seeking the party's gubernatorial nomination. The media at first presented Samples' announcement as a political story. However, Samples was pulling a practical joke for publicity purposes. Thompson remained in the race and was defeated in the general election by the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[George D. Busbee]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Buddy Kelly |year=1976 |title="Machine Gun" Ronnie Thompson: A Political Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQcAGwAACAAJ |location=[[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]] |publisher=[[Georgia College and State University]] |pages=89β90 }}</ref>
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