It must be a slow day in the Williams for Governor campaign office. Earlier this afternoon, the Georgia Young Republican’s twitter feed featured the following statement and Gubernatorial hopeful Michael Williams campaign manager, Seth Weathers, took to the keyboard to respond. No other responses have been elicited from Mr. Weathers on this particular thread.
Today’s poll from The AJC is, candidly, a bit hard to believe. If the data is to be believed 58.7% of Georgians disapprove of President Trump and only 36.7% approve. Could there be essentially a 13-point swing since the all-important November 8, 2016 approval poll? Possibly. The numbers almost mirror national results. President Trump does create
The AJC has a poll out this morning and headlined it with Donald Trump’s popularity. That generates clicks, but Trump isn’t on the ballot in 2018. Georgia’s statewide constitutional offices are, as are all members of the Georgia General Assembly. The spots for Governor, Lt Governor, Secretary of State, Insurance Commissioner, and a PSC Member
In this first week of the legislative session, members are circling their wagons and moving forward on the pieces of legislation they deem important enough to push during a legislative session and election year. During election year sessions members are more cautious and thoughtful not to push legislation that will induce an opponent to jump
We know the Senate will work through Thursday and that’s when they hope to pass an adjournment resolution. The House has their protocol in order with the first 10 days scheduled. If the Senate doesn’t pass a resolution on Thursday each calendar day counts toward the 40 (but I could be wrong on that). Things
The Georgia General Assembly has begun with 39 business days left before candidates can start sending fundraising emails again. The trade off is that candidates who remain in their elective office have a platform and megaphone to generate “earned media” – essentially letting news media distribute their messages for them. Senator Michael Williams started this
State Representative Rich Golick (R-Sminings) has decided to retire at the end of his term, per the Marietta Daily Journal: “… After 20 years of service, I will be retiring from the State House at the end of this term. Over the holidays, I took a hard look at the calendar, and the fact is
Monday starts the 2018 legislative session. It’s a monumental session for multiple reasons, but the biggest one is that it’s Governor Nathan Deal’s final legislative session. That means political posturing by Republicans in both chambers who look to aim for higher office as Governor Deal’s departure from the house in West Paces creates vacancies in
Martin Momtahan has formally announced his bid to replace State Representative Howard Maxwell (R-Dallas), who announced he would not be running for re-election yesterday. We floated Momtahan as a potential candidate yesterday. Today, he has made it official. The press release announcing his campaign is as follows: DALLAS – Paulding County businessman Martin Momtahan formally
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams says she wants an Earned Income Tax Credit in Georgia. Unveiling her sweeping “Economic Mobility Plan” on Thursday (PDF), Abrams said Georgia’s version would start with a refundable credit at 5% of the federal EITC. Eventually the state EITC would move to a 10% credit. The cost of the Georgia
