Ed is out stalking Michael Phelps and about in Rio for the Olympics, so I’m filling in today. It’s also the day after the run-offs. You can find the results to your favorite races here. Here: It’s been hot and dry (really dry up here in northwest Georgia), and the City of LaFayette is reminding
There’s runoffs across Georgia today. Blah blah blah. Let’s skip to the results. Most of them (Congress, State House & Senate, D.A.’s, etc) can be found here. Want to know how Tim Lee is faring in Cobb? We’ve got a link for that. How about Sharon Barnes Sutton in DeKalb. That one’s…well, maybe here eventually.
There are two State Senate runoffs, one in Augusta to replace Bill Jackson in District 24, and another to challenge incumbent JaNice Van Ness in district 43. The Augusta runoff pits former House member and 2012 John Barrow challenger Lee Anderson against newcomer and military veteran Greg Grzybowski. Anderson’s website is a bit short of policy
In response to 4th District Representative Hank Johnson’s remarks that compared Jewish settlers in the West Bank to a stream of Termites, Georgia GOP Chairman John Padgett called for the congressman’s resignation. Thanks to President Obama’s failed leadership and reckless foreign policy, our relationship with Israel is strained. Congressman Hank Johnson’s comments were wildly offensive
Get excited, Georgia! Today is the day when we vote on the races a majority of us could not agree on last time. So what’s on the docket? LOTS. A selection of runoffs of Fulton County below. State House In House District 59 (Inman Park down to East Point), David Dreyer faces Janine Brown in what
On Monday, Fulton County District Two Commissioner Bob Ellis announced that the county’s general obligation bonds have been upgraded by the credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s from AA to AA+. It is now as safe to invest in Fulton County as it is to invest in U.S. Treasury bonds, which were downgraded from AAA, the
Atlanta has a traffic problem. And don’t boo me for stating the obvious. My concern is not for the suburbanites who are delayed an extra half hour on their commutes home. Georgia’s economy is largely dependent on another type of traveler, albeit an unpopular one. This is a driver who might have forced you into
Good morning! How ’bout that FLOTUS? And then there was Sarah Silverman, bless her heart. It’s runoff day for many Georgians! Here’s what happens after the polls close tonight. Savannah faces a significant – like, $15 million – revenue shortfall because of billing delays. Newnan gives a hearty “Pokémon NOPE” to playing the immensely popular
WSB TV released the results of a poll conducted of 500 likely Georgia voters that has Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Hillary Clinton by 1.2 percentage points, well within the margin of error of 4%. Trump has 45.5%, Clinton has 44.2% Libertarian Gary Johnson has 5.2%, and the Green Party’s Jill Stein has 2.5%. 2.6%
Georgia Seventh District Congressman Rob Woodall, who reporesents portions of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties, was one of the last to announce his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. At the Republican National Convention last week, Woodall was on a roundtable that discussed the middle class and its role in the presidential election. The
