Today in CD-6: Handel’s Endorsement Announcement
This morning, CD-6 candidate Karen Handel announced a list of endorsements that includes more than two dozen current and former municipal, county, and statewide elected officials.
Notable among that list is Cobb County District 2 Commissioner Bob Ott:
“I am proud to endorse my longtime friend Karen Handel. Karen has always worked hard to find solutions and deliver results for both her business clients and the people she’s served in elected office. That’s why it’s both an honor and privilege to be a part of her growing campaign team and I look forward to working with her as our next representative for the 6th Congressional District.”
District 2, which includes East Cobb, Vinings, the Cumberland area, and part of Smyrna, overlaps significantly with Georgia Senate District 32, which was occupied until last week by Judson Hill, who resigned from the Senate when he qualified to run for CD-6 along with Karen Handel and sixteen other candidates in what is frequently referred to as a “jungle primary.”
See the rest of Handel’s endorsements after the jump.
D.C. Aiken – City of Alpharetta, former Councilmember
Mike Bowers – Former Georgia Attorney General
JoAnn Birrell – Cobb County Commissioner
Nancy Diamond – Roswell City Councilmember
Steve Dorvee – Former Roswell City Councilmember
Tim Echols – Public Service Commissioner
Chuck Eaton – Public Service Commissioner
Joe Gebbia – City of Brookhaven, Councilmember
Jim Gilvin – City of Alpharetta, Councilmember
Ashley Jenkins – Sandy Springs, former Councilmember
Randall Johnson – Johns Creek, former Councilmember,
Mike Kenn – Former Fulton County Commission Chair
Arthur Letchas – City of Alpharetta, former Mayor
Joe Lockwood – City of Milton, Mayor
Joe Longoria – City of Milton, Councilmember
Bill Lusk – City of Milton, Councilmember
Bates Mattison – City of Brookhaven, Mayor Pro Tem
Karen Meinzen-McEnerny – Sandy Springs, former Councilmember
Dan Merkel – City of Alpharetta, Councilmember
Terry Nall – Dunwoody, Councilmember
Bob Ott – Cobb County Commissioner
Chris Owens – City of Alpharetta, Mayor Pro Tem
Michelle Penkara – Tucker, Councilmember
Donna Pittman – Doraville, Mayor
Kristen Riley – Former Roswell City Councilmember
Jim Still – City of Mountain Park, Mayor
Pam Tallmadge – Dunwoody, Councilmember
Karen Thurman – City of Milton, Councilmember
Honey Van De Kreke – Tucker, Councilmember
Rebecca Chase Williams – City of Brookhaven, former Mayor
Becky Wynn – Roswell, Councilmember
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Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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No more so than retread Hillary.
Your comment is petty. Many of our greatest leaders and innovators, in politics and in business, have started companies and failed or run for office and lost. Each time, they dusted themselves off, got back up, and entered their respective arenas once again, determined that they could make a unique and significant contribution to society.
She can add damage to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to her bio since her Gubernatorial race, so she’s got that going for her.
Pope it sounds like to me that you don’t know much about Karen Handel. She is strikingly different than most “establishment Republicans”. She is refreshingly normal. She has strong principles. She doesn’t put up with the status quo. Her 2010 motto for her run for Governor was “Bring it On” because Karen has faced numerous challenges in her life and in her career in public service and she has risen each time to overcome and grow stronger from the adversities.
You may disagree with her on the politics of an issue here and there, heck, I do on some, but you won’t find a finer, more genuine person with integrity to represent you in Congress.
Is Handel courting the gay vote and Log Cabin Republicans when running for office in Fulton County when that was advantageous, then distancing herself and denying that she did so when running for Governor when that was advantageous an example of Handel’s principles?
I greatly appreciate your advice on how to be a better republican. I also fail to see why we should care what you think about “remaining loyal to the GOP party line.”
Legislating is like making sausage, what goes into the process makes a difference in what comes out in the end. Karen’s style and thought process set her apart from the other Republicans. She simply thinks about solving problems in a different way.
Karen’s thought process is different because she is different and in the end, I think voters would be better for it because of that.