President Barack Obama is hoping to flex his political muscle down the ballot in races all over the country–including Georgia. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announced that President Obama endorsed 10 candidates in the Peach State–the third-highest number of any of the 19 states he endorsed candidates. I’ve been told two more candidates are still being
As we approach the end of the 2016 election cycle, what had appeared to point to a blowout election for Democrat Hillary Clinton has tightened considerably, with late state-by-state polls showing Republican Donald Trump narrowing her lead. Because of Electoral College math, Clinton is still favored, but some states she had hoped to turn appear
The folks over at the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund have issued their endorsements for next week’s elections. In general, the NRA issues a grade to each incumbent and candidate, based on their votes and/or responses to an NRA questionnaire. Candidates with no record or who did not return the questionnaire are not rated.
A candidate must get close to desperation when resorting to levying personal attacks on Facebook against an opponent. That’s what is occurring here in Walker County with our incumbent sole Commissioner Bebe Heiskell. I was sent a screenshot where Commissioner Heiskell accused Republican challenger Shannon Whitfield that he was given bad numbers, was deceiving people
The groups that believe the only solution for schools is “more money” have sent almost $3Million more to Georgia in order to protect the status quo and continue to trap children in failing schools and rob them of future economic opportunity. The October filing is out, showing the following contributions given to the “Committee To
It shouldn’t be a big surprise. Polling shows that the University of Georgia community favors Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald Trump, according to a survey published by the Red & Black. Clinton is supported by 58%, while Trump is supported by 22%. 9% plan to vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson. Enthusiasm for Clinton is
This week’s Courier Herald column: A funny thing happened on the way to way to passing a constitutional amendment to fix Georgia’s failing schools. The NEA – the largest national teachers’ union – decided to send several million dollars to Georgia to kill the measure via a group called “Keep Georgia Schools Local”. Don’t let
A poll of likely Georgia voters taken last week prior to the revelation that there could be additional evidence in the Hillary Clinton email case shows Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Clinton by seven points, 49% to 42%. Libertarian Gary Johnson has 3%, and 6% are undecided. Comparing the poll results to those taken by
I posted earlier about Sen. David Perdue’s thoughts from a CNBC interview that Georgia was not in play for Hillary Clinton. CNBC has also released a portion of an interview with Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams where she shares her belief that Georgia is winnable for Hillary Clinton. She began the interview by stating: “To
Less than two weeks from Election Day, State Senator Renee Unterman (R-Buford) is stepping up her advocacy for Amendment #2, the Safe Harbor Amendment. On Thursday, Senator Unterman and State Representative Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur) held a press conference at the State Capitol in support of Amendment #2. Here is what Senator Unterman had to
