RINCON — A former championship swimmer has jumped into Georgia’s political pool.Clay Tippins, an All-American swimmer at Snellville’s Shiloh High School and a three-time national champion at Stanford University, is running for governor. Tippins, who grew up in Gwinnett County and served as a Navy SEAL for more than two decades, thinks his business acumen makes him the best choice to be the state’s chief executive. He has worked for multiple corporations as an international consultant.“What I saw is a vacuum that someone like me needed to fill,” Tippins said during a recent telephone interview.
Political novice Tippins taking on familiar faces in gubernatorial race
