‘Never Count Him Out’: The AJC’s Greg Bluestein On Whether Sonny Perdue Could Lead Ga.’s University System

Former University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley announced in January that he would step down as chancellor this summer. The Board of Regents, which oversees the system, put together a search committee and began to search for his replacement.

Things changed a few months later in March when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported some Regents wanted to consider former Georgia Gov. and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for the job.

 People I’ve spoken to say, ‘Never count Sonny Perdue out.’” – Greg Bluestein, political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution