The time has drawn nigh for the closing of the polls across Georgia. It is time for political geeks and nerds to get excited about the results that will most definitely be painstakingly slow in coming in. Browsers will be refreshed. Races will be predicted and called all across Twitter and Facebook by numerous political pundits
Catherine Bernard, Alan Cole, and Meagan Hanson are vying to become the Republican opponent against Democratic incumbent Taylor Bennett in HD-80. The Brookhaven Post and Joe Earle @ Reporter Newspapers have compiled voter guides for this election based upon the candidate’s answers to several questions. GeorgiaPOL also published two dueling posts in support of and in
The Secretary of State’s office released a press release late this afternoon explaining that Democratic candidate James Williams has been disqualified from the House District 151 race due to non-residency in the District. Mr. Williams was incorrectly assigned to District 151 by the Dougherty County Election Board instead of District 154. Incumbent Republican Representative Gerald
The Atlanta Press Club debate schedule has been released and is available below. All the debates will be taped today, Friday, May 6 and aired, with the exception of the Public Service Commission debate, on your local Georgia Public Broadcasting station this Sunday, May 8. The debate videos will be made available on the Atlanta Press
Ginny is away in New York, so you are stuck with me bringing the news today. Math Equation for today’s date: 5 = 6 * 2 – 0 – 1 – 6 (Got anymore?) A Few Moments in History from May 6: 1861 – Arkansas secedes from the Union 1863 – Confederacy wins The Battle of
From a press release from Governor Deal’s office: Gov. Nathan Deal today announced during National Travel and Tourism Week that the state’s tourism industry generated $58.9 billion in business sales in 2015, according to the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. This represents a three percent increase over the previous year and a new record
From a press release from Governor Nathan Deal’s office: Gov. Nathan Deal today announced the appointments of Dustin W. Hightower to a Superior Court judgeship within the Coweta Judicial Circuit and Bradford L. Rigby as district attorney of the Cordele Judicial Circuit. The appointments will take effect upon swearing in. The vacancy within the Coweta
From a press release from Secretary of State Brian Kemp: Today Secretary of State Brian Kemp issued his final decision in candidate challenges for two contests on the upcoming May 24 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election ballot. To initiate a candidate challenge, an elector residing within a district must submit a complaint to the Secretary
U.S. Congressman Doug Collins (R, GA-9) has released an ad attacking Paul Broun (R, GA-10) over Broun’s ethic charges while serving in Congress and the indictment of Paul Broun’s top staffer. He also has set up a webpage that goes into more details about Broun’s issues. Broun is one of four Republican challengers to Rep.
Jon Richards covered the campus carry veto that is stealing the limelight, but there are 16 total bills that the Governor vetoed. He also used the line item veto on the 2017 budget (HB 751) and also disregarded some non-binding language in the same budget. The following is a synopsis of each of the bills that were vetoed.
