Category: Campaigns+Elections

  • Democratic Gubernatorial Debate — tomorrow, Feb. 2

    Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial candidates will have their second debate at the University of Georgia tomorrow, February 2. WHO: Thurbert Baker, Roy Barnes, Carl Camon, Dubose Porter, David Poythress. WHAT: Moderated debate hosted by WNEG-TV and carried unedited on TV stations WGCL (Atlanta), WALB (Albany), WTVM (Columbus), WRDW (Augusta), WTOC (Savannah) and WMAZ (Macon). WHEN: Tomorrow,…

  • Hodges Plans New Civil Rights Division for AG’s Office

    I guess I never realized that our State Attorney General’s office didn’t already have a separate Civil Rights division. Good campaign pledge by Hodges. Press Release from Democratic Attorney General candidate Ken Hodges: A NEW CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION IN HODGES’ VISION FOR AG’S OFFICE Campaign Proposes Civil Rights Division Upon Election Ken Hodges’ campaign for…

  • Cong. Hank Johnson’s Greatest Hits – Vol. 1

    Or Congressman Hank Johnson gets crunked. Jules has alerted me to Cong. Hank Johnson’s campaign song for his re-election campaign. Hear it here. Not bad. Not as crazy as the worst political campaign song evah. So how ya gonna top that Snuggles? Here are the lyrics to Cong. Johnson’s campaign song: Hank Johnson – Taking…

  • The Sounds of Ka-Ching coming from the Barnes HQ

    Prepare your wallets for a fundraising email from the Roy Barnes’ campaign. Barnes is going to be asking for some funds because Rasmussen continues to report that he is the leading Democrat in the Governor’s race and now “Barnes attracts 42% or 43% of the vote when matched against any of the top Republican hopefuls.”…

  • Congressman Johnson announces bid for third term

    Just in case the haters were wondering… *** Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) will announce his plans to run for a third term as Georgia’s Fourth District representative at his Lithonia campaign office on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 11 a.m. I ask my supporters to stand with me as we face new challenges.” said Johnson “I…

  • Disclosures, Disclosures, Disclosures

    UPDATED: Included All loans received this reporting period The latest campaign disclosures are slowing coming in. Buzz Brockway is doing a great job compiling Google Docs for competitive districts for the State Senate and State House. I will pull out some of his data for some key races, but will list disclosure amounts for the…