The AJC reports that State Rep. Melvin Everson (R-Snellville) will run for Labor Commissioner in 2010, joining an increasingly long list of legislators vacating office:
We just got word that state Rep. Melvin Everson of Snellville, who in 2005 became the first black Republican since Reconstruction to be elected to the House, will run for state [...]
State Sen. Eric Johnson has announced his candidacy for Governor:
Republican state Sen. Eric Johnson, of Savannah, says he will now run for governor next year.
Johnson had said he would run for lieutenant governor, but decided to switch races when Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle announced last week he is bowing out of the race for governor [...]
The following commentary is from Benita Dodd of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here.
They weren’t playing nice at the Capitol this year, and when legislators grabbed their toys and went home, neither chamber had won the transportation legislation tug-of war. Just because no agreement on [...]
A source has told me that the Republican caucus in the Senate has been called to a meeting set for Wednesday afternoon to discuss the budget and political landscape.
The issues with the budget haven’t changed much since Sine Die, though there is a better than average chance for a special session this year, there [...]
The 2009 Legislative Session Report for the House of Representatives is out. It’s 401 pages and shows what exactly passed the House in this past session and have been sent to Gov. Sonny Perdue for approval and what each piece of legislation specifically does.
In case you missed the link above, you can view the [...]
After a week of nothing but craziness in Georgia politics, here’s an updated list of who is running or potentially running for statewide office.
Creative Loafing reports that Rep. Robbin Shipp (D-Atlanta) has resigned due to a potential conflict-of-interest:
Robbin Shipp, who’s served one term in the Georgia General Assembly, submitted her resignation to Gov. Sonny Perdue this morning.
Georgia law prohibits lawmakers from also working in state government. The Fulton County district attorney’s office is an arm of the state’s [...]
Rep. Bobby Parham (D-Milledgeville) has resigned from the legislature to assume his appointment to State Transportation Board.
A special election will be held in House District 141 to fill his seat before the 2010 session.