Today, the Georgia and U.S. Chambers of Commerce endorsed Karen Handel in Georgia’s 6th congressional district runoff to be held on June 20th between Handel and Jon Ossoff. Chris Clark, Georgia Chamber President and CEO: “The challenges facing Georgia’s 6th district and our state as a whole, can only be solved by someone who understands
I traveled to Bluffton, South Carolina yesterday to participate in a contractors round table with U.S. Congressman Mark Sanford (SC-1). Rep. Sanford joined approximately 25 contractors immediately after completing his eighth town hall in his district. The group of contractors employs between 2,500-3,000 people, with 62-63% being Hispanic. Rep. Sanford opened the meeting by sharing seven
EDIT: 12:03 a.m. – Ossoff at 48.61%, Handel at 19.49%. Gray, Abroms endorse Handel in June 20th runoff. 11:40 p.m. – Technical issues in Fulton County. I am sure the Russians will be mentioned. WSB-TV reporting: “Rare data error from one of the cards means Fulton Co. will have to manually go through hundreds of
Karen Handel Karen Handel was endorsed by Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul this morning for the GA-6 special election. Handel: “I am honored to have the support of Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul. If elected to Congress I will be a partner to our local government and work hard alongside them to improve the 6th District.” Bob
This is typically Ed’s space on Wednesday, but he is not here. Once the fumigation wears off, he should be back. His birthday is on Saturday, April 15, still the most dreaded day of the year despite taxes being due on Tuesday this year. Ed probably won’t let me fill in for him again. An
CNN has definitely been keeping close tabs on the GA-6 special election. A reader has brought to our attention a story CNN posted about Bob Gray (R) accusing Jon Ossoff (D) of placing campaign signs in people’s yards without permission. Gray’s comments came from an interview with Gray on The Bryan Crabtree Show. Ossoff’s campaign denies the
We just received the following press release from the Georgia Hospital Association in response to an unauthorized use of its logo by MoveOn.org in a pro-Ossoff ad in the GA-6 special election. MoveOn.org, the public policy advocacy group and political action committee, has made an unauthorized use of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) logo in
An announcement made yesterday by Gov. Nathan Deal stated that Georgia’s net tax collections for March, 2017 totaled almost $1.57 billion, an increase of about $32.5 million (2.1%) from March, 2016. This brings the net tax revenue collections to $15.8 billion for the current 2017 -18 fiscal year, which is up $530.9 million (3.5%) from last
MoveOn.Org has released two videos urging voters to stand against President Trump’s desire to make changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by voting for Jon Ossoff. Of note, the “Void” video shows the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) as an ally of MoveOn.Org and Ossoff in standing against changes to ACA. It is interesting that the GHA
Georgia Life Alliance has announced its endorsements for the GA-6 and Senate District 32 special elections. All seven of the endorsements, five in GA-and two in SD-32, were all Republicans. The following are those that received the endorsement, including any exceptions they may have to preventing abortion. GA-6 Bob Gray – Exception for preventing the death
