Polls opened at 7a today for voters in SD-54 for a runoff race between Republican Chuck Payne and Independent Debby Peppers. It’s been a tight race in a normally conservative Republican district, but special elections are usually filled with intrigue. Peppers has been trying to throw allegations against Payne by posting an article from January
Today at 10 AM, the 154th Georgia General Assembly will convene and begin conducting business on behalf of Georgians. A number of our readers happen to be some of those 236 members of Georgia’s legislature. To them, I (and to a larger extent we as citizens of Georgia) wish y’all luck today as you’re sworn
We’re only a few months away from the Georgia Republican Party state convention to elect leadership for the next two years, and it’s been fairly quiet. GAGOP 1st Vice Chairman Michael McNeely has been making his rounds to various GOP events around the state to earn the support of grassroots Republicans, and perennial candidate Alex
Walker County’s new sole Commissioner Shannon Whitfield took his oath of office a week ago and officially took office New Year’s Day. Whitfield overwhelmingly defeated former Commissioner Bebe Heiskell, who was first elected in 2000, this past November. The transition has been less than smooth with Heiskell accepting resignations of members from various county boards and
It’s no surprise that Georgia is growing. Businesses are moving here, jobs are being created, and new neighborhoods are popping up around the Atlanta metro area. The Chattanooga Times-Free Press has an article that outlays the growth in our state and compares to others and the nation. Georgia’s has grown by 6.4%, meaning an additional
As the runoff heats up between Republican Chuck Payne and independent (but who will probably caucus with Democrats if elected) Debby Peppers, Chuck has picked up some big name endorsements to add to the bill in addition to former Congressman Jack Kingston and 9th District Congressman Doug Collins. Chuck has recently picked up an endorsement
Earlier, I wrote about Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s demand for answers from the Department of Homeland Security’s possible hacking attempt against state systems. He has a petition located over on his campaign site where you can sign your name to ‘demand answers’ from DHS as well. There is nothing wrong with a petition to ask
I like Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, and I think he’s right for asking pointed questions to the Department of Homeland Security with regards to recent hacking allegedly done by DHS, but at what point does it become more about taking a last swipe at the outgoing administration for political points more than the
With a voter turnout of 6.61%, Chuck Payne earned the most number of votes, but he was unable to secure an outright win with his 36.1% of the vote. He’ll be the sole Republican facing Democrat-running-as-an-Independent Debby Peppers, who came in 2nd with 27.42% in the January runoff. Justin Tomczak, who has been advising Chuck’s
The Dalton Daily Citizen has an article saying that Conda Goodson, a Republican candidate in the Senate District 54 special election, was unaware that the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (formerly, the State Ethics Commission) voted 4-0 to move forward with a hearing on possible campaign finance violations. From the Daily Citizen: “The
