State Senator John Wilkinson and State Rep. Kevin Tanner, both Republicans, have entered the GA-9 congressional race. Rep. Doug Collins has announced his intentions to run for United States Senate and will not be seeking re-election in GA-9. SENATOR WILKINSON RELEASE: Senator Wilkinson, who was elected to the State Senate in a special election in
The following is a guest Op-Ed from House Appropriations Chairman Terry England. When I became House Appropriations Chairman in 2011, I thought digging our way out of the Great Recession would be our only big budget challenge. We worked hard to erase the damage caused by the recession. And by 2018 state revenues had grown
Hey, let’s get down to it. My bleeding heart death penalty articlehttps://www.wabe.org/lawyers-ask-ga-parole-board-to-spare-life-of-man-scheduled-to-be-executed-wednesday/ Our Glorious Governor meant to do arithmetic like that, promisehttps://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/legislators-say-kemp-health-budget-cuts-painful-vow-changes/mFQTL3jQ8cfGSypp1tQU5O/ “The Most Important Senate Race in the Country”https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/703775?unlock=H5NVWYZ3HZ4JH50H “Bipartisan yet controversial” is an all-time headline weaselhttps://www.wabe.org/bipartisan-yet-controversial-effort-to-undercut-jungle-primary-election/ More Collins/Loeffler bill coveragehttps://www.albanyherald.com/news/election-overhaul-bill-moves-forward-with-collins-poised-to-enter/article_c11d7746-bdbd-5e08-9260-5ad35baba166.html Gangs: also a thing!https://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/feds-arrest-alleged-gang-leader-marietta/cZiHVLpfSWMK8PgMpiIL0O/ Which languages, besides English and Spanish, should you expect to
Ben Haynes, Democratic candidate for Gwinnett County Sheriff, has also responded to the announcement of Gwinnett County Republican Sheriff Butch Conway’s retirement: Today, longtime Gwinnett County Republican Sheriff, Butch Conway, announced his retirement. Upon this announcement, Ben Haynes, a veteran law enforcement professional and Democratic candidate for Sheriff released the following statement: “The retirement of
Kirkland Carden, candidate for Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, had some harsh words in response to the announcement that Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway will be retiring and not seeking re-election in 2020. Carden stated: “The man who forced our county into 287(g) and invited the leader of an SPLC-identified hate group to represent his office has announced that he
Good morning! Georgia’s junior Senator offers insight into how to win colleagues and influencing president. Or something. Meanwhile, in Atlanta… a resolution to change November’s jungle primary to a good, old-fashioned partisan primary in May won bipartisan support from a House subcommittee. Whenever the election happens, it’s increasingly clear that Rep. Doug Collins is ready
The Daily Caller has confirmed through an aide that Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA-09) is, indeed, running for US Senate against Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA): Republican Georgia Rep. Doug Collins plans to run for the battleground Senate seat in Georgia, the Daily Caller confirmed Monday. Collins will likely face the newly appointed Republican Georgia Sen. Kelly
The Ted Terry for Senate campaign is dead! Long live the Ted Terry for Dekalb Commissioner campaign! Terry, the mayor of Clarkston made it official early this morning that he is ending his challenge of Senator Perdue. The reason: The old saying that it takes coal to run a train, but it takes gold to
“Budget Week” is officially over and this week promises to be a busy one under the Gold Dome. Longtime auto dealer launching new transportation service Several events across Georgia scheduled to highlight National School Choice Week 2 dead after small plane crash in Georgia State praises “record year” for jobs, work force in Georgia Georgia
A campaign email from Teresa Tomlinson’s campaign shares a statement from Jason Carter showing his support for Teresa Tomlinson in her race to unseat U.S. Senator David Perdue. Tomlinson is running as a Democrat. The statement: Friends, Georgia’s next United States senator isn’t going to be taking an easy job. Once renowned as the world’s
