Wayne Johnson, the Georgia real estate developer who made a run earlier this year at buying the former Wrangell hospital property to build half-million-dollar condominiums, lost his bid for a U.S. House seat in his home state.
Johnson, who pulled out of a deal with the borough in June, lost in the Nov. 5 election to 16-term U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop. As of Nov. 8, Johnson had 136,399 votes to 175,773 for Bishop.
Johnson was endorsed by former president Donald Trump. It was the Republican’s second try at Congress. He failed to get past the Republican primary for the seat in 2022.
Sanford has held the seat since first winning election in 1982. Georgia’s District 2 includes Macon and extends to the southwest part of the state.
Johnson withdrew his offer to buy the hospital property in Wrangell in late June when he objected to a Sentinel headline that said the developer wanted six adjacent borough-owned lots for free, which was a change from his previous discussions with borough officials to pay the appraised value for the property.
The developer said the lots wouldn’t be “free,” since he planned to pay the demolition and clearing costs of the hospital property.
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