He took a leave of absence from that position to focus on his campaign for Governor.
For all the attention focused on this year's campaign, millions of voters still don't know some very basic facts.
He even went so far as to suggest that Hillary Clinton would drop out to focus on her 2008 presidential campaign.
She focused on her congressional campaign in 2008.
Republican incumbent Nathan Deal resigned to focus on his campaign for governor.
On May 27, 2008, he resigned from the Senate to focus on his campaign.
"Some of it is ritual, but it's an opportunity to focus public attention on your campaign and your message."
The Governor focused on his campaign for a constitutional convention that would bypass the Legislature and change the state's political system.
"Each of the individual sailors focused on their own campaign and getting stuck into what they needed to do," Park said.
Senator Feinstein decided to focus on her own campaign rather than debate her challenger.