Qualifying for the July 20th party primaries begins this morning and will run until Thursday, April 29th at 5pm.
The Secretary of State’s office will be listing candidates in real time here. http://qual.sos.ga.gov/qualifyingindex.asp
The House finally passed an adornment resolution this morning setting the final days of the session:
The House set a calendar Wednesday morning for the final four days, which puts lawmakers last day on April 29 and in the middle of election qualifying.
Lawmakers plan to meet Tuesday and Wednesday of next week and then Tuesday [...]
Research 2000, the polling arm of the Daily Kos, put a poll out yesterday with potential general election match-ups between former Gov. Roy Barnes (D) and three potential Republican contenders.
You can view other general election polling here.
Roy Barnes vs. Nathan Deal
Barnes
44%
Deal
42%
Undecided
14%
Roy Barnes vs. Karen Handel
Barnes
44%
Handel [...]
This post will be updated throughout the day.
Below are campaign disclosures filed with the State Ethics Commission for the reporting period ending on March 31st for Republican candidates for state-wide office. Candidates have until April 7th to file their disclosure. Candidates that file between April 8-14 are subject to a $25 fine. They are subject [...]
This post will be updated throughout the day.
Below are campaign disclosures filed with the State Ethics Commission for the reporting period ending on March 31st for Democratic candidates for state-wide office. Candidates have until April 7th to file their disclosure. Candidates that file between April 8-14 are subject to a $25 fine. They are subject [...]
The first quarter ends at midnight and campaigns will begin compiling their disclosures for the State Ethics Commission.
Campaigns must report by midnight on Wednesday, April 7th. Fines will be assessed after the grace period.
Much like our compilation of polling for both party primaries, here is a look at polling in potential general election match-ups between the likely Democratic nominee, Roy Barnes, and four GOP contenders.
Roy Barnes v. Nathan Deal
Barnes
Deal
Other
Not sure
1/20, Rasmussen (± 4.5%)
43%
42%
7%
8%
2/17, Rasmussen (± 4.5%)
37% [...]
This came across my inbox almost as a was hitting publish on the previous post. State Rep. Tom Graves will resign on Tuesday to run in GA-9
State Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ranger), the leading Republican candidate for Congress in Georgia’s 9th District, released the following statement announcing his resignation from the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday, [...]