| rdfs:comment | - Russell was born in Aurora (DCD), third of five children born from Iakob Gamkrelidze (1901-1994) and Natia Jaqeli (1903-1997), both coming from Georgian families that escaped the Russian Civil War and settled in Rio Blanco in 1919. He, along with his parents and siblings, moved to Evans, Yuma, in 1936. In 1967 he was elected Chairman of the Yuman branch of the Home Guard Party.
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| abstract | - Russell was born in Aurora (DCD), third of five children born from Iakob Gamkrelidze (1901-1994) and Natia Jaqeli (1903-1997), both coming from Georgian families that escaped the Russian Civil War and settled in Rio Blanco in 1919. He, along with his parents and siblings, moved to Evans, Yuma, in 1936. In 1967 he was elected Chairman of the Yuman branch of the Home Guard Party. In 1983, Gamkrelidze decided to run for President in the oncoming 1984 elections. He was picked in the primaries as the main Conservative candidate, after defeating Joe Denton (from Baynice), Phil Gundry (from Las Mesas) and Michael Gallagher (from El Paso). He was later elected President, by defeating Progressive candidate Claire Helper; Gamkrelidze's win was never really put in doubt, as the Progressives were still recovering from the abysmal reputation of their 1980 candidate Lawrence Radigan.
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