Herman Cain is a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination

Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012

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Cain has a background as a business executive, syndicated columnist, and radio host

Talk radio

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 from Georgia

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. He served as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza

Godfather's Pizza

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 from 1986 to 1996. Cain served as deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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 from 1992 to 1994, and as chairman from 1995 to 1996. Before his business career, he worked as a mathematician in ballistics

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 as a civilian employee of the United States Navy

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