Now that the spectacle of the special election runoff for Georgia’s 6th District is over, prognosticators and pundits are turning their eyes to the next big thing: Atlanta’s Mayor’s race. They’ve been mostly silent during the the two-month tsunami of advertising on TV and radio -although Peter Aman has been making some smart moves, namely
Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) announced today that he has appointed the following members to the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission: Rep. Terry England (R-Auburn) – Co-Chair Rep. Debbie Buckner (D-Junction City) Rep. Robert Dickey (R-Musella) The Agricultural Education Advisory Commission is established by House Bill 437. The Commission reviews the Department of Education’s agricultural education
At approximately 7:00 p.m. this evening, Congresslady Karen Handel was sworn in as the first Republican female member of the U.S. House from Georgia. Rep. John Lewis (D, GA-5) rose to ask for Representative-elect Handel to be accepted into the House despite the Certificate of Election not being sent to the House. After the same
Happy Monday, everyone! Congressman-elect Handel will be sworn in today. That’s exciting! State Roy Barnes endorsed Stacey Evans for Governor. This relates to the title. This was a good post-GA 6 read. Meet the richest person in Georgia. Slightly dated, but I want to include it: How often do earthquakes happen in Georgia? National Do
Consider the impact of agriculture in our state: – contributes about $74.9 billion annually to Georgia’s economy, according to the UGA Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development. – one in seven Georgians works in agriculture, forestry or related fields. – there were 42,257 farms in Georgia encompassing 9,620,836 acres of land. The average farm size
A fairly rare event -an open seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia- will likely be contested next spring. Here’s a press release from John Ellington: Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge John Ellington today announced his candidacy to succeed retiring Justice Carol Hunstein on the state Supreme Court. The nonpartisan election will appear on
Guest post by Will Collier- originally posted at WillCollier.com So it’s time for some post-runoff Gaming Theory, from an actual resident of GA06. If you lived in the 6th, you were bombarded by fliers, signs, ads, door-knockers, and most of all, phone calls. At least once a day (and usually more than once), the phone
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has scored 64 early endorsements from elected officials in Northwest Georgia in his campaign to be Georgia’s next governor. The current state legislators who endorsed Cagle include state Sen. Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga), state Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (R-Rome), state Rep. John Deffenbaugh (R-Lookout Mountain) and state Rep. Dewayne Hill (R-Ringgold). The full list
Rep. Jody Hice has introduced legislation entitled the Congressional Personal Safety Act (H.R. 2945) that would permit “Members of Congress to carry a firearm anywhere in the United States, except for the U.S. Capitol Building.” Rep. Hice: “Personal protection and being able to defend oneself against an assailant is part of the fabric of our Constitution,
It was 2012 and my candidate had lost. I’m not talking about Mitt Romney; I’m talking about my candidate for Cobb County District Attorney. I sat glaring at my phone screen with nothing but shock and confusion. How could my candidate have lost? Months of my life was spent canvassing, phone banking, attending events, taking
