Charles Walker (Georgia politician)
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Photo of Charles Walker after he was reelected to his Senate Seat following his indictment on 142 counts
Charles W. Walker (born November 8, 1947) was once a powerful Georgia State Senator. He was first elected to the State Senate in 1990, and in 1996 he became the first African-American State Senate Majority leader in Georgia history. Walker is a Democrat and is from Augusta, Georgia.
Walker started a newspaper called The Augusta Focus, that served Augusta's black community, that often expressed opposite viewpoints of Augusta's only daily newspaper, The Augusta Chronicle. Walker was a shrewd businessman, owning a myriad of small enterprises under the name The Walker Group. Critics often accused Walker of using his influence as a state legislator to gain lucrative state contracts for his businesses.
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See comments concerning Walker's appeal in the March 1, 2007 issue of The Augusta Chronicle.
