Blog for Democracy

Category: Campaigns+Elections

  • Endorsements

    Earlier today, on the steps of the state Capitol, Roy Barnes rolled out the endorsements of Andrew Young, Shirley Franklin and Lee May.  If you think endorsements matter, I suppose these are some of the best.  I tend to think the usefulness of endorsements is overblown, with Tom Harkin’s endorsement of Dean in 2004 being…

  • Andrew Young Supporting Teilhet?

    So, maybe you remember back in August when the Ken Hodges campaign crowed from the rooftops about its support from Ambassador Andrew Young? Apparently it was not an endorsement after all.  Said Young in the AJC “I took a picture with him. But the picture that I took with him really was at Joe Lowery’s…

  • The Race is Done

    Third verse same as the first. Former Atlanta mayors Shirley Franklin and Andrew Young, plus Brooke Jackson -Edmond, daughter of former Mayor Maynard Jackson, will announce their support of Barnes’ candidacy at a 10 a.m. news conference at the Capitol.

  • Thank you, Rob Teilhet

    UPDATE: DailyReport issues correction/clarification on Ken Hodges preclearance statement here. Yesterday in a candidate forum, a striking difference between the two candidates running for Attorney General came to light. (Press release below the jump.) At a question and answer forum hosted by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Hodges stated, as recorded by Andy Peters with…

  • The Race is Done

    We have another poll showing the Democratic primary for governor is done. Roy has 64% of the primary vote, with an MOE of +/- 5%. I am inherently dubious of InsiderAdvantage polls and a 5% MOE is huge. However, these results jibe with everything else we’ve seen. That said I doubt Roy has 64% of…

  • The Cream of the Crop

    Dammit Mike. Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond… hasn’t disclosed anything whatsoever since 2007. Thurmond, who’s running for the U.S. Senate, filed no financial disclosure forms with the State Ethics Commission in 2008 or 2009, a check of the commission’s online look-up shows. Elected officials in Georgia are required to report on basic details of their personal…