Category: Campaigns+Elections

  • And then there was one.

    Front page of Insider Advantage ( subscription) Dems Want Scott Holcomb To Replace Levitas By Tom Baxter InsiderAdvantage Georgia (5/11/10) Scott Holcomb, the 2006 Democratic candidate for secretary of state, appears to have emerged as the leading candidate to fill the position left open by the surprise resignation last week of Rep. Kevin Levitas. While…

  • Dueling Press Conferences

    About 30 minutes ago, Ken Hodges kicked off his campaign for Attorney General at the Gold Dome (unless something came up that caused it to be postponed). He is traveling the state today, making a number of stops with press conferences to kickoff his campaign. One of those stops is in Columbus at Noon. Immediately…

  • Bunch of Endorsements for Teilhet

    From the Macon area ‚Ä¢ State Representative Bubber Epps (HD 140, Dry Branch) ‚Ä¢ Former State Representative Robert Ray (Fort Valley) ‚Ä¢ Amy Morton (President of Georgia WIN List) From the Columbus area: ¬∑ State Representative Carolyn Hugley (HD 133, Columbus) ¬∑ State Representative Debbie Buckner (HD 130, Junction City) ¬∑ State Representative Mike Cheokas…

  • Four Special Elections held Tomorrow!

    Tuesday May 11th, there will be four Special Elections held in Georgia. One House seat, two Senate seats and one Congressional seat. Let’s start with the Congressional Seat- GA-9th Held by Nathan Deal until his resignation the day of the Health Care vote, March 26th. We joke about races with lots of folks in them…

  • And then there were none…

    Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. State Representative Kevin Levitas is not seeking reelection in House District 82. Just got this in my email box minutes ago… (no link available yet). After a great deal of deliberation, I have decided not to seek re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives for a third term and will withdraw my…

  • Rally for Jason Carter this Saturday!

    This Tuesday one of the special elections being held in Georgia is to replace Sen. David Adelman who left us to join the diplomatic corps as Ambassador to Singapore. Jason Carter, yes “that” Carter is running for that seat in District 42. Here’s your invitation to the rally. I’m really excited that my family is…