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Connie Stokes Still Wants to Go to Washington

Too bad she’ll have a bit of an uphill battle ahead of her as it so happens that the incumbent she’s challenging is an orthodox liberal in one of the most Democratic districts in the state.

Commissioner Connie Stokes will announce later this month her campaign against U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson.

Stokes declined to give specifics about her campaign, but told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday that she is planning to seek the Democratic nomination for the 4th Congressional District.

Unfortunately, the major take away here is that Stokes, chair of DeKalb County’s budget committee, is running at a time when the county is experiencing major budget shortfalls. And if DeKalb commissioner Lee May runs as well, conventional wisdom would hint that these campaigns would be detrimental to the efficacy of DeKalb’s government. There are only seven commissioners after all.

I should note that the AJC et al. is reporting that former-DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones is also mulling a run. For a race that as of yet doesn’t have a candidate named Cynthia, the GA-4 is looking pretty interesting right about now.

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5 responses to “Connie Stokes Still Wants to Go to Washington”

  1. Tim Avatar
    Tim

    I signed up today – http://www.hankforcongress.com/volunteer

  2. Chris D. Avatar
    Chris D.

    Lee May and Connie Stokes are running from a county budget mess, and Vernon is just looking for a job. Hank Johnson has voted consistently to protect the environment, brought hundreds of millions in federal funds to the district and passed legislation that helps the common man and woman in the face of greedy corporate fat cats. Enough said.

  3. Jason D. Avatar
    Jason D.

    Haha, after I posed that, I wondered if my wording would get the screw face considering his Buddhism, but I was referring to his ideology, not his personal background.

  4. Tim Avatar
    Tim

    Well,

    At least now I know what I’m doing this summer! – Volunteering for Hank Johnson.

  5. J.M. Prince Avatar
    J.M. Prince

    As they say, ‘Don’t quit your day job…’. But the more the merrier here. And with Lee May in? We’d have that much less chance of having VJ survive a competitive primary. But ‘orthodox liberal’? He must be the only Buddhist who’s made it this far, right? And is anyone keeping tabs on where Cynthia is & Why?

    JMP

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