I suppose the real news here is Congressman John Lewis saying Joe Biden should pick a woman of color as his runningmate. It would be good to have a woman of color. It would be good to have a woman. It would be good to have a woman look like the rest of America —
I’m posting this Q&A I received from the Secretary of State’s office as a way to hopefully clarify some questions and concerns about the upcoming primary in May and the impact of COVID-19. As coronavirus has upended our daily lives, pushed many into quarantine, and caused chaos in the economy, elections in Georgia have changed
Fresh off his king-making endorsement in the Democratic Presidential Primary, Jim Clyburn is setting his sights on Georgia. In last weekend’s “Lunch with the FT”, Clyburn made clear what he’s looking for from Joe Biden’s VP nod: an African-American woman. (The Financial Times is so exceedingly good you should all subscribe to it–and you’ve got
We got a response from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office last night to the calls that he delay the May primary. In responding, he calls on the Georgia General Assembly to pass legislation to enable him to delay the primary election. “To set the record straight: our job is to execute elections, we don’t
Last week, Speaker David Ralston penned a letter to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger calling for the primaries in Georgia to be pushed from May 19th to June if not later due to COVID-19. This week, we have received a joint letter signed by both of Georgia’s US Senators and the Republican US House delegation
Much of Georgia is on hold. “Essential” services and occupations continue, but it seems the closures are becoming more broad by the day, and the expectation of the duration of our Covid-19 Great Time Out is expanding. With that reality in mind, Speaker David Ralston has asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, verbally and in
I believe the ghost of Lee Atwater is going to haunt U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler this election year. We are in a time of great upheaval, and if anyone says that's not so, they're fooling themselves. As average Americans are suffering, any hint that their wealthy Senator is escaping the pain of COVID-19 by stepping
Obviously picking up the endorsement from the congressman representing one of the most Democratic counties in the country is a boon to Joe Biden. But another nugget from The AJC‘s story on Congressman Hank Johnson’s endorsement is perhaps more interesting: [S]tate Rep. Billy Mitchell, the president-elect of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, promised
I’m sorry, I should be more charitable and merely say: the most quixotic. Yeah. That’s it. Angela Stanton-King qualified to run against John Lewis. That alone makes it, stupid silly. But being a Republican doubles the–whatever adjective we’re using. Having your felony pardoned by President Trump trebles that. Her platform seems to be overall thin
Qualifying starts today, so you’ll see a lot of these candidates who think they want to run for office now get to put their money where their mouth is. The retirement of US Representatives Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) and Tom Graves (R-GA-14) from Congress and US Representative Doug Collins (R-GA-09) challenging US Senator Kelly Loeffler (R)
