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

Last night, WSB-TV aired the results of a poll conducted by them and Landmark Communications on the #GA6 race between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat John Ossoff.  Handel leads the race with 49.1% to Ossoff’s 46.5%. #BREAKING – Results of our new poll of 611 likely voters in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District between Karen Handel (R)

Programming Note: Over this weekend and next, I plan on presenting a series of questionnaires I sent to each of the candidates for Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party.  Today’s response is from Alex Johnson with tomorrow’s from Michael McNeely.  These posts are for the benefit of informing delegates to the Georgia Republican Party state

Brent Scher at The Washington Free Beacon is reporting that Jon Ossoff has gone negative in his campaigning in GA-6 against Karen Handel despite committing publicly to running a positive campaign. He has released a negative ad (provided by AJC) that follows a Democratic National Committee narrative. In Ossoff’s own words: “Anger is just not