Broun first ran for public office in 1990, challenging Democratic U.S. Congressman Richard Ray, of Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Ray defeated him 63%â37%. Broun ran again in 1992, but lost in the Republican primary to State Senator Mac Collins, 55%â45%.
Top definition. drain the swamp. Drain the swamp originally means to get rid of the malaria-carrying mosquitoes by draining the swamp. Figuratively, drain the swamp means to exterminate something that is harmful or anything that most of the people hate such as corruption or government waste.
Full drain-flows entered the Toenepi wetlands at a single point at the upstream end. Where drain flows at Bog Burn were less than 6 L s -1, the full flow entered the wetland. Volumes higher than 6 L s -1 are diverted directly to an adjacent surface-flow drain, thus bypassing the wetland.his resulted in 16â37% of the annual drainage flow being diverted from the wetland, comprising 19â49% of the annual TN load and 15â46% of the annual TP load from the drainage system (see later sections). Detailed analyses of earlier rainfall and hydrological data can be found in Tanner and Sukias (2011).