Door County Democratic Party Chairperson Kris Sadur hopes former President Jimmy Carter is remembered long after he laid in his final resting place in his home state of Georgia on Thursday. Carter passed away on December 29th at 100, triggering President Joe Biden to order a state funeral and for federal government executive departments and agencies to close on January 9th as a sign of respect. According to the U.S. Department of State's Office of the Historian, Carter played a significant role in brokering peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978, completing the normalization of relations with China started by Richard Nixon in 1979. With the combination of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and a series of domestic economic problems, Carter's re-election bid in 1980 was thwarted by future President Ronald Reagan. Serving as a delegate for Carter's 1980 re-election campaign was Sadur, who got to have lunch with Carter and other delegates at the White House. She calls Carter a great man who created a caring environment in the country. She believes what he accomplished after leaving the White House could be just as important, if not more so, than what he did during his four years in office.

After lying in repose for two days inside the Carter Center in Atlanta, Carter is brought to Washington D.C., where his body will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. The public will be able to pay their respect from 7 a.m. Wednesday until 7 a.m. on Thursday before a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. He will be buried near his hometown in Georgia on Thursday evening.