Republican voters swarmed the clubhouse Monday at the Village at Deaton Creek to welcome U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue, his wife, Bonnie, first lady of Georgia Sandra Deal and State Sen. Butch Miller, R-Gainesville. Perdue took the opportunity to deliver his stump speech to several hundred attendees, explaining his outrage over the state of the economy, his plans to reduce the national debt, and calling for smaller government and greater personal responsibility. “I got into this race because I think I can make a difference,” Perdue said.