Hi, Ron I was a little surprised to see your Facebook post last night, and frankly, I was a bit upset. I figured I’d respond this morning after I had a chance to think things through, but I see you’ve blocked me, so I thought I would respond here. We go back a ways in
Jim Pace, who is seeking to succeed the retiring Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, announced his leadership team for each county in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District. Below is a presser with the list: Jim Pace, a candidate for Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District seat, today announced his grassroots leadership team throughout all 13 counties in the district. “With
On Thursday, Governor Deal announced two appointments, including naming State Rep. Dusty Hightower as a Superior Court judge in the Coweta Circuit. Today, Tim Bearden, who held the seat prior to Hightower, announced he will try to replace him at the Gold Dome. Bearden represented the 68th district from 2005-2011, when he was appointed by
Aaron Barlow is currently challenging Brandon Beach for a State Senate seat. The North Fulton and Cherokee County district is one of Georgia’s fastest growing and most affluent. It mixes high density suburban employment centers with large lot rural residential neighborhoods, and many typical suburban subdivisions that separate them. The angst of impending growth and
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
The following is a guest post that originally appeared on the Facebook page of its author, Georgia Young Republicans Chairman Robert Lee, and is reposted here with his permission: Just some thoughts from someone in the Oregon Trail generation (part millennial, part GenX) about what my party, which I’ve always belonged to as long as
In the wake of Donald Trump becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the Cook Political Report issued an updated Electoral College Scorecard. The latest rankings predict the Democratic nominee, likely Hillary Clinton, with 304 electoral votes, Donald Trump with 190 votes, and the remaining 44 votes as a tossup. 270 votes are required to win
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.
Donald Trump’s victory in Indiana yesterday signaled a lot of things about the direction of the Republican Party, but mostly it was about entering into the final stage of the presidential primary: acceptance of a presumptive nominee. For some of us, that’s going to be a little harder than others. There’s thought and strategy behind
