A native North Georgian, Clayton is a Republican running for Congress in Georgia's 14th District. Clayton previously served as an Assistant District Attorney for Georgia's Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. He completed the White House Fellows program in August 2019 and has previously served in the United States Air Force as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer. More recently, Clayton and his wife Kate founded Atticus Impact Investing, a strategic investment firm focused on revolutionizing the economies of Appalachian small towns.
