About Max Burns: O. Maxie "Max" Burns is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005, representing Georgia's 12th congressional district. Since 2011 he has served as president of Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia.
I'm not a politician. I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a country boy.
We're novices. We have friends now who are part of the freshman class who in some cases have run for Congress two and three times before they won their seat.
I have spent my life reassembling the family farm.
If you get through the primary and you work very hard for three months and you're not successful, you go back to being normal. The only thing that changes your life forever is if you win.
I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which is fine.
