Longtime Georgia political operative Rob Simms is leaving the RNCC after two terms (the first as Political Director, the most recent as Executive Director) to set up a political consulting practice with Mike Shields. Politico Playbook has the details: Mike Shields and Rob Simms, two of D.C.’s top GOP operatives, are starting Convergence Media, a
The allure of possibly being Speaker of the House is more appealing than being the junior-most member of Georgia’s congressional delegation. At least that’s how I interpreted the news that Jan Jones won’t run for the Sixth Congressional District seat. Incumbent Tom Price was tapped by President-Elect Trump to serve as Health & Human Services
Chet did a fairly good job outlining some of the possibilities for a special election to replace Tom Price in House District 6. I would suggest that there are a few additional considerations that could affect the setting of the special election date. The first one is the requirement that for all federal elections, including
With Judson Hill announcing he’s in for the presumed special election to fill Tom Price’s Congressional seat, Georgia’s “resign to run law” means that there will be special election to fill Hill’s State Senate Seat upon his resignation or qualifying for the Congressional race. As such, East Cobb attorney Gus Makris is preparing to announce
With the nomination of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, potential candidates are already maneuvering to fill his seat. While phone calls are being made and rumors are being launched, no one is yet sure when this special election sprint will end. Determining this should be easy: the governor determines an election date
The first polling is out for the soon to be open 6th district seat held by future Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. In a Landmark/Rosetta Stone poll of 500 voters. Former Secretary of State Karen Handel leads at 21.7%, followed by State Rep. and Tom Price’s wife Betty Price at 10%. State Senator
With a special election looming to fill the soon to be vacated seat of Congressman Tom Price, there’s a lot of confusion and social media discussion on Georgia’s “Resign To Run” law. Let’s clear the first part of the confusion up. It’s more than a law. It’s in the Georgia Constitution. Article II, Section 2,
And it’s Judson Hill! The Senator from Marietta becomes the first candidate to announce in the race, but will surely not be the last. Should he qualify for the race (a special election to replace Congressman Tom Price is expected to be held early next year) he would need to resign from the Senate, thus
We have our first official candidate to replace 6th District Congressman Tom Price, who will leave his North Atlanta district to take the job of Health and Human Services Secretary in the Trump Administration. And, he’s a Libertarian. Chase Oliver announced for the seat in a Facebook past Tuesday night. I am running for several
A couple of weeks ago, Cody Hall shared a list of the potential candidates that may line up to replace Congressman Tom Price should he be tapped for a Trump Administration post (or announce that he was running for Governor). Well, this morning’s announcement has turned this from a theoretical exercise into one that is
