State Representative Rich Golick (R-Sminings) has decided to retire at the end of his term, per the Marietta Daily Journal: “… After 20 years of service, I will be retiring from the State House at the end of this term. Over the holidays, I took a hard look at the calendar, and the fact is
Monday starts the 2018 legislative session. It’s a monumental session for multiple reasons, but the biggest one is that it’s Governor Nathan Deal’s final legislative session. That means political posturing by Republicans in both chambers who look to aim for higher office as Governor Deal’s departure from the house in West Paces creates vacancies in
Martin Momtahan has formally announced his bid to replace State Representative Howard Maxwell (R-Dallas), who announced he would not be running for re-election yesterday. We floated Momtahan as a potential candidate yesterday. Today, he has made it official. The press release announcing his campaign is as follows: DALLAS – Paulding County businessman Martin Momtahan formally
Republican Paulding County House Member Howard Maxwell will not seek re-election, but will instead retire after three decades of public service, including his eight terms in the Georgia House. While not the kind of Chairman that seeks headlines, Maxwell has a reputation of a steady force under the gold dome. The Dallas based district will
Sen. Rick Jeffares, riding the windfall of his major legislative accomplishments the…uh…we’ll get back to you on that… and presumably ready to reach a decision on how to avoid a massive conflict of interest as Lieutenant Governor is leaving the state senate so he can campaign full time for Lite Gov. Now, usually when you have
Governor Nathan Deal announced today that he will be appointing his former deputy chief of staff of communications Brian Robinson to the board that oversees the Georgia World Congress Center. You can read the announcement for yourself: Robinson is the owner of Robinson Republic, a communications consulting firm. He previously served as the deputy chief
The Cherokee County Republican Party hosted a forum Saturday morning for the candidates running to succeed Randy Evans as Georgia Republican National Committeeman. The Georgia Republican Party state committee will have at least three names to choose from: Melvin Everson, Jason Thompson, and Chris West. My understanding is that both Jason and Chris were in
When does the debate on abortion begin? Probably not with tax bills. Certainly not with tax bills if you are NARAL, which took issue over Karen Handel’s “pushing” the new GOP tax bill*. In other words: NARAL views Handel’s seat as vulnerable and on that we agree. In a statement released ahead of Thursday’s vote
Kyle Wingfield penned an opinion piece Monday (warning: paywall) that pointed to an issue that Republicans don’t want to admit: the 2018 mid-terms will be a tough election. The fact is that Democrats are galvanized by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s stinging loss in 2016. They tried, and failed, to convince constituents of Georgia’s
Former Paulding County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Gullett has tossed his hat into the ring to challenge incumbent Republican State Representative Paulette Rakestraw Braddock in Georgia House District 19. Joseph has a video announcement of his candidacy: And a full presser: JOSEPH GULLETT ANNOUNCES FOR GEORGIA STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 19 “My obligation to the taxpayers
