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Family, service dominate former Gov. Roy Barnes' home
Text: Rachel Pomerance; photo: Elissa Eubanks
"I'm here every night," Roy says of his favorite room. The last six years have been his longest stint away from public service, where he devoted 26 years. "It's been very pleasant." But he vented over "some of the off-the-wall things the General Assembly does" and feels "torn" about whether to run for governor again. He hopes common sense will prevail with "some knight in shining armor." Marie says she "never enjoyed the spotlight" but would never tell her husband not to run.