As of today, there have been five special elections scheduled by Gov. Nathan Deal (R) to fill vacancies in the Georgia General Assembly. At least two more are on the way once state Rep. Geoff Duncan (R) and state Sen. Hunter Hill (R) make their resignations official. The Duncan and Hill seats will probably be
As has been expected, Stacey Evans has resigned her House seat to focus on her run for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Governor Nathan Deal has set a writ of election for November 7th, a day that many municipalities will already be holding elections (and now, BONUS SPECIAL ELECTIONS!!!). Which, of course brings us to
UPDATE: I suppose I haven’t been following this race closely. Linda Pritchett, Mable Thomas and Elijah Tutt are running as well. Nikema Williams made it official today, announcing her campaign for Senate District 39. If you’ve spent time at the Capitol or even been marginally involved with Democratic Party politics for the last 12 years
This week’s Courier Herald column: Life has a way with laughing at our plans. I was on my way to an extended trip to the beach last April when I got a call from my friend Karen. She needed help with a campaign, and I agreed to rearrange my next two months. It worked out
As I’ve noted here before, I’m openly supporting Karen Handel. We previously discussed that Lawton Sack was taking the lead for GOP coverage of the GA-6 race, and Stefan Turkheimer has been our POC for the Ossoff campaign. None of that changes now that we’re in the runoff. As of today, I’m joining the Handel
Georgia Republicans are beginning to rally around #GA6 Republican candidate Karen Handel. Governor Nathan Deal’s camp didn’t waste time circling support around Handel with Deal’s Chief of Staff Chris Riley taking to Twitter yesterday. Congrats @karenhandel !! @GovernorDeal & our team look forward to working with you to keep the 6th CD in Georgia and
President Trump is claiming credit for ensuring no Republican won in last night’s CD-6 race. Despite major outside money, FAKE media support and eleven Republican candidates, BIG "R" win with runoff in Georgia. Glad to be of help! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2017 I suppose it’s a badge of honor that you can
The hour is late (early) and Fulton County is still Fulton Countying, but it appears most parties agree we have a June 20th runoff in CD6. As such, we have the following statements: From Georgia House Speaker David Ralston: “I’m proud to support Karen Handel as our next member of Congress from Georgia. Unlike her
Today in Georgia, we have the following special elections: Sixth Congressional District, State Senate District 32, Roswell Municipal Johns Creek Municipal City of Stonecrest (NEW!) City of South Fulton (NEW!) Polls are open until 7pm but you may weigh in now. I am out of the prediction business and shall practice self-restraint and not publicly
Since former state Senator Judson Hill resigned his1 seat when he qualified to run for Congress, Senate District 32 seat needs to be filled with a special election. While this race hasn’t drawn the media attention of the CD6 scrum, the special election for State Senate 32 is special in its own way2. Allegations bubbled that one candidate,
