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Entries Tagged as 'Legislative Races'

Senate District 13 runoff results

August 27th, 2008 · 23 Comments

From today’s Albany Herald.
Unofficial and incomplete results from Tuesday’s runoff have John Crosby beating Wally Roberts with 69.7 percent of the vote, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Election’s Division. With 96 percent of the precincts reporting, Crosby has 2,340 votes with Roberts receiving 1,016 votes.

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Senate District 13 Republican Runoff Update

August 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In case you cared.

Tags: Legislative Races · Primaries · Republicans

Alan Powell’s website has been hacked

August 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

By Turks or Muslims one, according to the site. See a screenshot here.
If you go to the actual website, there’s a Berlitz language thing playing between arabic and something, perhaps Turkish.

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Apparently, It Is Time For A Different Approach

August 15th, 2008 · 42 Comments

NewDayInGA/ConcernedHall and everyone else at IP address 71.91.137.xxx seem to feel the need to spam other threads to announce the candidacy of Christopher Strickland, (Here, Here, Here, Here, and Here, to name just a few).
Since the “When and Where Can I Find Out Where Paul Broun Will Be Sworn In” approach seems to have failed, I’ve [...]

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Tibbetts Attacking Scott

August 14th, 2008 · 29 Comments

It’s over the anonymous mailings law.
House Bill 1112 was passed on the last day of the 2008 legislative session and went into effect July 1. Under the law, candidates for state and local offices and other groups can now send out literature anonymously and be immune to liability. The legislation, originally dubbed as routine, originated [...]

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How do you define sour grapes?

August 8th, 2008 · 17 Comments

Sending out a press release *after* getting clobbered at the polls defining yourself and beating up your opponent for daring to win run aggressively.
Nancy Schafer has a case of sour grapes.
Her press release is below the fold.

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In Senate District 44

August 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Gail Buckner has won the race and gets back into the legislature, beating incumbent Gail Davenport.

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Butterworth Wins

August 5th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Congratulations to Jim Butterworth for his victory. There were lots of missteps on the other side. Our sympathies are with the Schafer family given Mr. Schafer’s health situation, but Jim really worked his butt off here. It’s a shame it got as heated as it did.

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And The Winner Of The Race To Be The Man To Be Crushed By Saxby Is…

August 5th, 2008 · 25 Comments

Consider this a run-off results open thread.
UPDATE by Erick: Can we congratulate Jim Martin yet? Sadly, the days of Snuggles Jones may be at a political end.

Tags: Legislative Races · Primaries · Runoffs

Chip Rogers Won’t Run for Lt. Gov. Clears Path For David Shafer

August 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Just got this email. Given that Rogers and Shafer are usually allied, I expect this means that Shafer persuaded Rogers not to run against him:
Dear friends and colleagues,
The last two months have presented a number of political opportunities for many serving in public life. Recently, I have seriously considered a bid for Lt. Governor [...]

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Mike Jacobs Wins Re-Election

August 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments

The Southern Voice has the details. Keith Gross failed to appeal the determination to remove him from the ballot and the independent candidate was also disqualified.

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The NRA Endorsement

August 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments

My understanding is that the NRA has not endorsed Nancy Schafer. I talked to a friend with the NRA who confirmed this, but there are reports out there that the NRA did endorse.
What’s up?
BTW, here is the mail piece in question.
UPDATE: CONFIRMED. The National Rifle Association has not endorsed Nancy Schafer for [...]

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An Email From Nancy Schafer’s Campaign

July 29th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Make of this what you will.

Senator Nancy Schaefer was in Augusta, Georgia last Tuesday, July 23rd until Saturday, July 27th with her husband, Bruce, who underwent abdominal surgery at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital.  In her absence her campaign opponent put out a press release saying that Senator Nancy Schaefer claimed in a flier [...]

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SD-50: Perdue is neutral

July 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Sonny Perdue says he is neutral in the runoff in SD-50:
In the July 15 Republican primary, state Sen. Nancy Schaefer of Turnerville finished second to Jim Butterworth in the District 50 race — not a good sign for any incumbent.
Looking toward the Aug. 5 run-off, Schaefer — who registers strongly among conservative Christians — put [...]

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Another Erroneous Endorsement

July 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Nancy Schaefer claims Sonny endorsed her.
Sonny told Martha Zoller he did not endorse Nancy.
From a Butterworth press release:

Concerning Schaefer’s mailer, the Governor Perdue said, “It was unfortunate. I have not had any conversation with either of the three candidates regarding any kind of endorsements. Some people felt like I had chosen sides. [...]

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