Ninth Congressional District Special Election Update

March 22, 2010 9:55 am

by Tyler · 21 comments

I am getting reports that Governor Perdue is setting the special election to replace Congressman Nathan Deal on April 27th. Story developing…

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lukethedrifter March 22, 2010 at 10:36 am

Hell, I may jump in. Only a month until the election? It’ll be fun.

B Balz March 22, 2010 at 3:18 pm

Revealing unseemly past behaviour, if any, ought to be timed until after the last possible news cycle, prior to the vote.

That works pretty well around here….

Jeremy Jones March 22, 2010 at 11:05 am

You just need $5500 +/- to get your name on the ballot.

Ronald Daniels March 22, 2010 at 11:14 am

Run Doug Deal, run.

Doug Deal March 22, 2010 at 8:07 pm

Funny. I actually discussed that today with someone. It’s about a month of campaigning in a race that will have a Deal on the ballot and a bunch of people that won’t run since they would have to resign. It’s almost worth the gamble.

Look out Gainesville. Here I come.

Henry Waxman March 22, 2010 at 12:33 pm

But Doug seems to hate people who aspire to hold elective office, and I don’t want to see him start hating himself.

Doug Deal March 22, 2010 at 8:05 pm

Too late ;-)

Goldwater Conservative March 23, 2010 at 7:44 am

Having a special election is ridiculous.

Leave the seat vacant until November. There is no point in spending money we do not have so the GOP can have a candidate running as an incumbent in November.

ByteMe March 23, 2010 at 7:57 am

It’s a Georgia law that the governor has to call for one within 10 days.

Jeremy Jones March 23, 2010 at 9:09 am

But there is no maximum on the date, he could have set it for the November election day.

Jeremy Jones March 23, 2010 at 9:10 am

Too much going on in DC to leave the seat vacant for the rest of they year.

polisavvy March 24, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Just curious about this: How much does a special election end up costing the taxpayers? Any idea? Anyone?

GOPGeorgia March 24, 2010 at 10:08 pm

AP reports that the date for the election has been pushed back to May 11.

polisavvy March 25, 2010 at 7:22 am

I’ll ask you because you usually have (or will get) this type of information. How much does a special election cost the taxpayers?

GOPGeorgia March 25, 2010 at 10:14 am

I don’t know that information off the top of my head. To get a close to accurate answer, you’d have to call each county in the Ninth and ask the voter registrar or elections board. To get a very accurate answer, wait a month or so after it’s over and then ask them. I did write to our Governor and ask that he set the election so that or state house and state senate elections could be on the same day.

I haven’t chased this info down yet, because it falls into trivia at this point. We are going to have a special election and it’s going to cost whatever it’s going to cost. If I had control of it or could influence it more than I have, I’d be all over it. As it is, I’m a bystander.

polisavvy March 25, 2010 at 11:07 am

I understand GOPGeorgia. I was just wondering if you knew the answer, that’s all. I can wait a month or so until it is revealed, then it will be kind of obvious, right?

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