Chambliss focused on the issue of national defense and homeland security during his campaign, and released an ad that included Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, highlighting Cleland's record on the issues of war and terrorism.

Chambliss received criticism from Democrats and Republicans for this ad, pointing out that he, who hadn't served in the Vietnam War due to receiving military deferments, had attacked a Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs during his service for not being tough enough on issues of war and homeland security.

" On the other hand, Chambliss supporters say the ad did not question Cleland's patriotism, but rather his judgment.

I did not conceive, create, or have anything to do with the Chambliss ad.

Some supporters blamed a Chambliss TV ad featuring the likenesses of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, while criticizing Cleland's votes against homeland security measures.

Cleland supporters claimed the ad questioned the senator's patriotism, while Chambliss supporters claimed it simply questioned his judgment.

On June 26, 1975, in a game against the Yankees, Carbo made a daring catch at the right-field wall at Fenway Park of a hit by Chris Chambliss, crashing into the wall and losing his chaw of tobacco, then asking the umpires for time so that he could search the outfield for the missing chaw ; after holding up the game for nearly 10 minutes, he found it lying on the warning track and put it back in his mouth.

Confederate commanders could not believe that a small Union regiment would dare to travel so deep into enemy territory without an escort, so Chambliss did not aggressively attack, fearing that the column was the advance element of a much larger enemy force.

Upon urging from Karl Rove and the Bush administration who viewed the Democratic party of Georgia as vulnerable, Chambliss ran for the Senate in 2002, facing freshman Democratic incumbent Max Cleland.

In 2002 Cleland faced Saxby Chambliss for the Georgia Senate seat.

On election day Cleland lost to Chambliss 53-46.

In 2002, Sen. Max Cleland ( D-Ga .) was involved in a contentious re-election campaign against Republican Congressman Saxby Chambliss.

The race galvanized Democrats across the nation, who said Chambliss had questioned the patriotism of Cleland, a disabled Vietnam veteran.

Isakson's election marked the first time in Georgia's history that both of the state's U. S. Senate seats had been held by Republicans, as Saxby Chambliss had won the other seat by defeating Nunn's successor, Max Cleland, two years earlier.

Bush helped to install such reliable conservative stalwarts as Norm Coleman, Saxby Chambliss, John E. Sununu and Jim Talent, defeating, respectively, former Vice-President Walter Mondale, incumbent Max Cleland, Governor Jeanne Shaheen and incumbent Jean Carnahan.

In the 2008 election cycle, aggressive ads paid for by the USCC attacked a number of Democratic congressional candidates ( such as Minnesota's DFL Senate candidate Al Franken ) and supported a number of Republican candidates including John Sununu, Gordon Smith, Roger Wicker, Saxby Chambliss and Elizabeth Dole.

Just over a month before signing with the Yankees in fall 1976, Jackson did analysis in the ABC booth with Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell the night his future team won the American League pennant on a homer by Chris Chambliss.

* The Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award for exemplary research by undergraduate and graduate students

* The Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award for exemplary research by an amateur astronomer

Chambliss was criticized for remarks he made during a November 19, 2001 meeting with first responders in Valdosta, Georgia, where he said that homeland security would be improved by turning the sheriff loose to " arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line.

Chambliss has stated: " I continue to sympathize with the families who were devastated by this tragedy and I will continue to work to protect the interests of those families.

Although Chambliss has a conservative voting record, he has participated in bi-partisan legislation — such as the 2007 Farm Bill, the bi-partisan immigration reform ( led by John McCain and Ted Kennedy ) in 2007 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

On abortion issues, the ratings given Chambliss as of 2007 by National Right to Life Committee and NARAL Pro-Choice America identify him as having an anti-abortion voting record.

During the team's first season in London, the team was managed by former New York Yankee star, Chris Chambliss and in that season, the team drew 167, 679 fans in attendance, more than they had their last two years in Glens Falls.

He was defeated by incumbent then-U. S. Representative ( and now U. S. Senator ) Saxby Chambliss, 59 % to 41 %.

The FairTax legislation has been introduced in the House by Georgia Republicans John Linder ( 1999 – 2010 ) and Rob Woodall ( 2011 ), while being introduced in the Senate by Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss.

Sunstein's views on animal rights generated controversy when Sen. Saxby Chambliss ( R-Ga .) blocked his appointment to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs by Obama.

Chambliss objected to the introduction of Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions, a volume edited by Sunstein and his then-partner Martha Nussbaum.

In congressional elections, Georgia is now represented in the U. S. Senate by Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, who are both Republicans.

* 2003 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, in protest of the campaign tactics used by Saxby Chambliss in the Georgia U. S. Senate race of 2002

In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees responded with consecutive two-out singles by Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, and Chris Chambliss, scoring Munson.

The Yankees came back with single runs in the fourth and fifth on an RBI groundout by Rivers, who finished the game with three hits ( including two doubles ), and an RBI single by Chris Chambliss.

Lou Piniella singled Jackson home with the first run and was doubled to third by Chris Chambliss.

East advancing to the World Series by beating the Kansas City Royals in the fifth game of the playoffs on a ninth-inning walk-off home run by Chambliss.

Chambliss had run a spot associating himself with Pres.

Although representing a considerable infusion of talent, the Twins had been unable to complete a possibly better deal with the New York Yankees in January in which Carew would have moved to New York in exchange for Chris Chambliss, Juan Beniquez, Dámaso García, and Dave Righetti.

Marshall also had to contend with the presence of Sonny Perdue ( a Houston County resident ) and Chambliss atop the ballot.

The scene was so frenetic that Chambliss himself wasn't even sure he touched home plate in the chaos, and had to be escorted back onto the field by police after fans had left to step on home plate in view of the home plate umpire.

Chambliss opposed President Barack Obama's health reform legislation ; he voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

During the run-off period, Chambliss received a subpoena regarding the investigation of a lawsuit against Imperial Sugar that claims that Imperial " wrongfully " failed to remove hazards that caused the disaster of a Savannah-based sugar refinery that exploded on February 7, 2008.

After Obama was elected President and Democrats increased their majorities in the House and Senate, he endorsed Republican Saxby Chambliss in the Senate run-off against Democrat Jim Martin and criticized Obama over " spreading the wealth ".

As attorney general, Baxley was made famous for his most prestigious case against the Ku Klux Klan, his 1977 prosecution of Robert Chambliss for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in September 1963.

In the 1976 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, Chambliss hit. 313 ( 5-for-16 ) with one RBI.