Bonnie Rich, an attorney for over 20 years, will qualify next week as a Republican in House District 97. The seat is currently held by Rep. Brooks Coleman, who is retiring after 20+ years in the Georgia House. Rich stated: “Brooks Coleman has been a passionate leader for Duluth, Suwanee and Sugar Hill. He deserves
From a press release: State Representative Joyce Chandler (R-Grayson) today announced that she will not seek re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives. Rep. Chandler will retire at the end of her current term after serving six years in the Georgia General Assembly. “After much prayerful consideration, I have decided not to seek re-election,” said
AJC: Georgia Dems ask voters about redistricting – and challenge GOP to do same – State Republican chair responds: Thanks, but no thanks Georgia House approves bill to keep guns from mentally ill Georgia lawmakers reject public dollars for private schools Georgia House approves bill for automated speed traps in school zones Georgia bill extends
From a press release: State Representative Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville), Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, today announced that the Georgia House of Representatives passed House Bill 930 by a vote of 162-13. This measure would create a new regional governance and funding structure for transit in the metropolitan Atlanta region. “This measure would create a
A day after Rep. Allen Peake announced he would not be seeking re-election for State House District 141, Shane Mobley has issued a release stating that he has chosen to run for that seat instead of qualifying for State Insurance Commissioner. Qualifying will take place between March 5-9 for the May 22nd primaries. The press
Statesboro attorney Robert Busbee will announce his candidacy for House Seat 160 on Monday, February 19 at noon from the steps of the Bulloch County Courthouse. The seat is currently held by Rep. Jan Tankersley, a Republican who has been serving in the House since 2011. Busbee will qualify as a Republican and will face
Sen. Josh McKoon, a Republican candidate for Secretary of State, issued a demand today that John Barrow, former GA-12 congressman, to reject the endorsement he received from Bee Nguyen for Barrow’s Secretary of State run. Nguyen had previously endorsed a tweet hoping that McKoon would die of a heart attack. Sen. McKoon: “Today I am
It is Attorney General Chris Carr’s birthday today! As a birthday present, former Fulton County assistant district attorney Charles Bailey has jumped in as a Democrat in a bid to become the next Attorney General. Greg Bluestein at the AJC provides more details about the race, including the following quotes from Bailey: “Chris is a
Well, ready or not it is that time of the election cycle for political ads to start hitting the airways. I have come across two so far, both from Republicans in the race to become Georgia’s next Governor. They both have an ex-military theme and they both enlist actors portraying all or some of their
The Georgia Senate has unanimously adopted Senate Resolution 673 that was introduced by Sen. David Shafer (R, 48) yesterday. The resolution “denounces the National Football League (NFL) for its censorship of a Super Bowl ad by the veterans organization AMVETS” and “for its hypocritical actions to silence the AMVETS National Service Foundation and suppress its
