Eight Democratic women woke up to some good news. EMILY’s List endorsed Lucy McBath in CD-6, Carolyn Bourdeaux in CD-7,Lindy Miller for Public Service Commissioner, Park Cannon for HD-58, Betsy Holland for HD-54, Angelika Kausche for HD-50 and Aisha Yaqoob for HD-97. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List said in separate press releases: “Lucy McBath is
We already know that the two Democrat candidates, Stacey Evans and Stacey Abrams, have tons in common. They are both experienced, qualified, lawyer, legislator, women, and candidates for the Governor of Georgia. They would both be breaking barriers by being the first woman governor for Georgia. With the May 22nd primary looming over us, how
Twelve years is a long time in politics but just how long? In 2006 both Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls called for a special session of the legislature to write a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Georgia. Now both candidates are telling voters they are the most progressive and committed to equality. One example of how
Don’t believe the ethics complaint. That’s the not-unexpected response from Stacey Evans’ gubernatorial campaign. In a statement sent to news outlets on Friday, Seth Clark, a spokesperson for the Evans campaign blasted the complaint filed against his boss. “The complaint filed by Stacey Abrams’ campaign manager is frivolous,” he wrote. “It is filled with factual
More than half of Georgia’s Democrats don’t know who they will vote for in the Democratic Primary–now just 32 days away. The latest AJC/Channel 2 poll finds: 52% of Democrats are in the undecided/don’t know campaign, 33% back Stacey Abrams and 15% support Stacey Evans. Despite this, the Abrams campaign seemed to signal they’re preparing for
Stacey Evans may have neutralized a massive chunk of Stacey Abrams support. In a day of trading endorsements, Evans had the better one. Emmanuel Jones, the former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus took great effort to show what he perceived was Abrams’ too-eager willingness to work with Republicans on signature Democratic issues. Here are
One of Georgia’s largest LGBT groups threw it’s muscle behind Stacey Abrams in the Democratic Primary for Governor. Georgia Equality said it was endorsing the former House Minority Leader for her long-standing commitment to LGBT rights. Perhaps what’s most important about this endorsement is that Abrams’ rival, Stacey Evans, is fast running out of constituencies
Yesterday, Douglas County learned that Governor Deal is appointing someone to the vacant District Attorney seat in Douglas County. The seat was opened due to the appointment of Brian Fortner, the former elected District Attorney, to an open State Court Judge seat. The Governor emailed a statement which included in part, “The governor looks forward
Last night all the Georgia gubernatorial candidates were invited to participate in a community forum at Atlanta Technical College. Of the nine candidates invited five confirmed their attendance yet only one candidate for the Governor of Georgia appeared before the packed audience – Representative Stacey Evans. The event hosted by Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Zeta
Let’s get the big part out of the way: half of the Democrats polled in the lastest Mason-Dixon Georgia Gubernatorial poll don’t know who either Stacey is so who really cares what those numbers are (Stacey A. 29% to Stacey E.’s 17%). Also, this poll was conducted before the Delta-NRA fiasco and Casey Cagle has the support
