Newt Gingrich to be Featured in Forum in Gwinnett

Newt Gingrich will be featured in the first of a series of presidential candidate forums the Seventh District Committee of the Georgia Republican Party will begin hosting Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 6-7 p.m. at the  in Duluth. Gingrich announced in May 2011 he would run for President in the 2012 election.

"We have an important decision to make, and we wanted to provide a format that would give the voters in Georgia an up-close and personal opportunity to meet and hear candidates in person, instead of just on television, said Seventh District GOP Chairman Jason Thompson in announcing the forum. "We have invited all Republican primary presidential candidates to come and speak at an open town-hall format that will feature one candidate per event. We are honored that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will be featured on Nov. 2 in the first of what we hope to be many public forums."

Gingrich, a college professor, historian, and author, won his first seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the election of November 1978. He was re-elected 10 times and eventually succeeded Dick Cheney as House Minority Whip in 1989.

As a co-author of the 1994 Contract with America, Gingrich was subsequently elected Speaker of the House. In 1995, Time magazine named him "Man of the Year” for his role in ending 40 years of the Democratic Party's majority in the House.

Since leaving Washington, DC, Gingrich has written several best-selling books and served as a regular political commentator and an analyst on television news. He is the founder and/or chair of American Solutions for Winning the Future, Center for Health Transformation, Gingrich Productions. and Renewing American Leadership.