House Majority Whip Christian Coomer (R-Cartersville) announced his whip team for the upcoming 2017-2018 legislative session. From a Georgia House press release: Georgia House Majority Whip Christian Coomer (R-Cartersville) today announced the appointment of his Deputy Whip team. “We have selected some of the brightest and best leaders in the State of Georgia to serve
When I posted about Jason Spencer’s House Bill 3 this morning, I speculated that that the bill could be withdrawn if it received a bad reception. Well, it did. Rep. Spencer said today that he will withdraw the measure, which appeared to target Muslim women wearing burqas: After further consideration, I have decided to not
State Rep Jason Spencer of Woodbine prefiled a bill on Tuesday that appears to be aimed at the practice of Muslim women wearing niqabs or burqas. Both types of headgear mask the woman’s face, which is a religious practice followed by many Muslims. House Bill 3 modifies a section of Georgia’s code that prohibits the
It’s the first day of qualifying for the special election to see who will represent citizens of Georgia’s 54th state senate district after Charlie Bethel trades his “Senator” title for “Judge”. Former Whitfield County Republican Party Chairman Chuck Payne hit the ground running by being the first to qualify this morning. He will face two
Republican members of the Georgia House met today to elect new leadership for the legislative session beginning in January, a meeting that generated few surprises, as there was only one contested seat, which ended up being won by the incumbent. Rep. Sharon Cooper nominated David Ralston for Speaker. In her nomination speech, Cooper noted that
The Georgia Senate held its caucus elections Thursday, trading out Senator William Ligon of Glynn County for Senator John Kennedy of Macon. The rest of the Senate leadership positions remained status quo, including the GOP caucus position to nominate Senator David Shafer for another term as Senate President Pro Tem. House Republicans will hold their
Folks are starting to jump into the race to succeed Senator Charlie Bethel, who will be filling a vacancy on the state Court of Appeals on January 1st. The election could possibly be held as early as December 13th. Chuck Payne, former Whitfield County Republican Party chairman, made his announcement on Facebook this morning: Because the
Sen. John F. Kennedy (R, District 18) has been elected as Senate Majority Caucus Chair to replace Sen. William T. Ligon, Jr. (R, District 3). The rest of the GOP officers will remain the same. Kennedy is currently the Vice Chairman of Science and Technology, the Secretary of Judiciary Non-Civil, and a member of the
State Senator Charlie Bethel (R-SD54) received an appointment to the Georgia Court of Appeals by Governor Nathan Deal today effective January 1, 2017. Many congratulations to the Senator on his appointment. I know he’ll do well. Senator Bethel, who was also on the short list to be appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court, did not
There’s a lot being voted on across the country today. These are a few of the things that will have my attention: President: That’s the big one of course. I wrote a bit about it yesterday. TL;DR version: Watching Florida, as age demographics say “Trump”, but I’m told 1/3 of Hispanic voters there are new
