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Coleman Is Out

February 28th, 2006 by Erick · 5 Comments

Former Speaker Terry Coleman is retiring. The question of the day becomes, does this speak to Democrat chances of regaining the House? One would think Coleman would stay on were there a chance of a recapture.

Tags: Democrats · Legislature

5 responses so far ↓

  • atlantaman // Feb 28, 2006 at 8:21 am

    If there are people that think the Dems are going to recapture the House this year then they need to be checked into an insaine asylum.

    Coleman is probably retiring because he was sick of Bobby Kahn hitting him up for loans to keep the State Party afloat another month.

  • Tommy_a2b // Feb 28, 2006 at 12:30 pm

    I wonder if any Democrat will even run in this seat? My connections in Dodge County (my wife’s family) are saying they have known for many months he was not rerunning and that no Democrats are coming out yet. Dodge is very Democrat in their voting habits but the people are very Conservative.

  • GAWire // Feb 28, 2006 at 2:20 pm

    I actually heard that Coleman is indeed checking into an insane asylum b/c he thought Dems would take back control (I may or may not have really heard that). Either that, or Bobby K. bankrupted him.

    Dodge is conservative. They, like so many rural districts in the South have typically voted Democrat, but they, like so many rural districts in the South typically vote moreso on the candidates and more importantly, issues, so getting the right GOP candidate in there isn’t exactly impossible.

  • Groseclose // Feb 28, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    I don’t know, but I would imagine there will be a push for Dee Yearty to switch and run for this house seat. She is currently running against Ross Tollesson for his Senate Seat. I would imagine this now-vacate House seat to be more winnable for the Democrats than Tollesson’s Senate seat. Nonetheless, I remain behind Wayne McGuinty, the Republican candidiate, one hundred percent.

  • atlantaman // Feb 28, 2006 at 5:22 pm

    Dodge went 65% Bush, 65% Isackson, and 66% Perdue.

    So this talk about how VERY Democrat Dodge or that Dodge typically votes Democrat iis just old news. Dodge appears to be like so many other rural GA counties: always very Conservative, was Democrat, rapidly changing Republican - but will take care of their old Democrat incumbents.

    If it’s an open seat, all things being equal, a Republican would have AT LEAST a 50% chance of winning.