The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released an ad in support of Karen Handel, while the The Congressional Leadership fund has released an anti-Ossoff ad. The runoff for the GA-6 election is June 20th. U.S. Chamber Ad U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) shares that he is supporting and voting for Karen Handel in GA-6, the District
I was reading the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last Wednesday night when I came upon the realization that there will be two different runoff elections within the next two months. More accurately, I was reading Jim Galloway’s “Ahead of Georgia’s Sixth District contest, a May 16 test vote,” which alerted me to the fact this was happening. Having spent
Good morning! The St. George community is under mandatory evacuation as the Okefenokee wildfires continue to rage. It’s not “hazing,” and it’s not “jock culture.” It’s sexual assault, not “misbehavior,” as some say in Gwinnett County Public Schools. The third time was not the charm for the third inmate in three months to attempt escape from
The AJC’s Greg Bluestein reported earlier today that state Sen. Burt Jones (R) is not running for higher office in 2018. Instead it looks like he is staying on as the senator from the 25th district. Here is the Tweet: Georgia Sen. @burtjonesforga says he will NOT seek higher office. The ex-UGA football captain was seen
Secretary of State and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp (R) sent out this press release following Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) signing of legislation that bans sanctuary cities in Texas. Sanctuary cities are dangerous, unlawful, and defy our Georgia values. As governor, our state will respect the rule of law and put the well being
Sid Chapman, President of the Georgia Association of Educators, has filed paperwork to run as a Democrat for State School Superintendent. The information was verified at the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission’s website after Greg Bluestein at the AJC sent out a tweet earlier this afternoon. Chapman was a strong opponent against last
On Friday ten members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sonny Perdue urging him to rescind harmful Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules issued in the 11th hour of the Obama administration. The bi-partisan letter urged Secretary Perdue to check and rescind
This week’s Courier Herald Column. This is the third installment of this series. You can track back to the beginning starting with the previous installment here. In this, the third in a series explaining the regions that make up Georgia’s political factions, we’re going begin to take a look at each region one by one,
You know those Mondays where you gotta tell yourself how great you are just to survive the day? That’s me at the moment. With that in mind, welcome to the greatest Monday MRs ever. State And the winner of the first weekly Worst Person In The Monday Morning Reads Award goes to the guy who
This is part 2 in a series. You can view part 1 here. Today’s response is from Michael McNeely. Nathan Smith (GeorgiaPol.com): Tell me a little about yourself. (e.g., where you live, what you do outside of politics (professionally and hobbies, if you will), etc.) Michael McNeely: I’m a Georgia native and grew up in
