Chambliss, an attorney from Moultrie, won election to the U.S. Senate in 2002 as a Republican. Before that, he had served since 1995 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Isakson, a Marietta businessman, began serving in the Senate in 2004. Prior to that, he served 17 years in the Georgia legislature and three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.






