Karen Handel has released a new ad entitled “Home.” She states in the ad that she has been involved in Georgia’s 6th District for almost 25 years, during which time she served as Fulton County Commission Chair, Chamber President, and Georgia Secretary of State. She states that it would be a privilege to serve the
Former US Attorney General Sally Yates crushed Georgia Democrats’ hearts saying she won’t run for governor. The full text of the interview will be published in next week’s issue of The New Yorker, but she left a crack in the door to possibly serve as an elected official in the future. Quoth Yates: “I am totally ruling
But my question is: how can 11% of CD-6ers remain uncertain on President Trump? Because this race is really about if you like the President and 11% of likely voters are “uncertain” about Trump’s presidency and if you are voting in a congressional special election runoff you are a very opinionated voter. Ossoff and Handel are also not
Democrat Christine Triebsch will face Republican Kay Kirkpatrick in the Senate District 32 runoff tomorrow, May 16, 2017, to replace former state Senator Judson Hill. Polls will be open in the District, which covers parts of Cobb and Fulton counties, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sec. of State Brian Kemp stated in a press
This week’s Courier Herald column. You may find the previous parts of this series by following this link. In this fourth installment of a series explaining the regions that make up Georgia’s statewide geographic political factions, we’re going to explore the newfound statewide power broker. That would be the roughly four million people that live
Happy Monday, everyone! State Speaker Ryan is hosting an event with Karen Handel today. Momma always said, “if you ain’t got nothing nice to say, then keep your mouth shut.” How much does Google impact Atlanta’s economy? Hipster trash rejoice: Tiny homes are kind of allowed in Atlanta. We survived. National Trump altered the trajectory
This is the last part (but not least!) in a series of responses from each of the candidates for GAGOP Chairman. Today’s response is from Mike Welsh. You can see my previous posts with responses from Alex Johnson, Michael McNeely, and John Watson. Nathan Smith (GeorgiaPol.com): Tell me a little about yourself. (e.g., where you
The opening of the northbound half of I-85 a mere six weeks after its collapse merits a word or two of praise. I’ve held the engineering staff of the Georgia Department of Transportation in high regard, an impression I first formed more than 10 years ago. I spent many days covering the construction of the crazy
Gov. Nathan Deal (R) welcomed the COSCO Development into the port of Savannah today. With 13,092 twenty-foot equivalent container units, the Development is the largest containership to ever call on the East Coast. It handled 5,500 containers in Savannah, which is a record for Georgia ports. According to a press release from Gov. Deal’s office, the dredging of the
The National Republican Congressional Committee has released a new ad entitled “Out-Of-Touch Ossoff: Jon and Nancy.” The ad ties GA-6 Democratic Candidate Jon Ossoff to his “numerous connections to Nancy Pelosi and national Democrats, and for accepting millions of dollars from them for his campaign.” NRCC Communications Director Matt Gorman: “Despite calculated moves to the
