Georgia Megathread

[Barnes]

I just met Nathan Deal!

I'm terribly sorry.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The most effective TV ad I've seen for the Georgia primary is the negative ad against Ken Barnes for Attorney General.

[Хahar 🤔]

Barnes says he supports an Arizona-type law

Yeah, I'm supporting Baker.

[Barnes]

Immigration is basically a non-issue. No one is going to really do anything about it in the state.

[Bacon King]

WTF @ NEW POLLS.

I don't know how to add polls to the database, but two new polls hot off the presses.

A Magellan Strategies poll done yesterday evening has the following results:

Handel: 38%
Deal: 20%
Johnson: 17%
Oxendine: 12%
Other: 6%
Undecided: 7%

A new Insider Advantage poll shows similar results:

Handel: 28%
Deal: 17%
Johnson: 14%
Oxendine: 13%
Chapman: 6%
McBerry: 3%
Undecided: 19%

Basically, WOW. Oxendine has crashed entirely. I mean, I knew this was coming to an extent, but not this bad. It's looking like Handel in first with Deal and Johnson fighting for the other spot in the runoff. Noting the differences between the two polls it looks like there are a lot of undecided voters leaning towards Handel (I'm assuming Magellan pushes people to pick a candidate more than Insider); she's definitely the frontrunner now.

[Bacon King]

Also, just for fun, here's a sampling of the attacks and dirt being thrown at Handel now that she's the frontrunner!

As Fulton County Commission Chairman, she voted to give Planned Parenthood $1.3 million.

There's now an ethics probe into her campaign's donations.

She's apparently been a dues-paying member of the Log Cabin Republicans. (this link is to a photo of her membership payment check; Handel camp says it's photoshopped)

In her tenure as Secretary of State, the SoS website had a huge design flaw that allowed hackers to steal business owner's identities.

[Tender Branson]

WTF @ NEW POLLS.

I don't know how to add polls to the database, but two new polls hot off the presses.

A Magellan Strategies poll done yesterday evening has the following results:

Handel: 38%
Deal: 20%
Johnson: 17%
Oxendine: 12%
Other: 6%
Undecided: 7%

A new Insider Advantage poll shows similar results:

Handel: 28%
Deal: 17%
Johnson: 14%
Oxendine: 13%
Chapman: 6%
McBerry: 3%
Undecided: 19%

Basically, WOW. Oxendine has crashed entirely. I mean, I knew this was coming to an extent, but not this bad. It's looking like Handel in first with Deal and Johnson fighting for the other spot in the runoff. Noting the differences between the two polls it looks like there are a lot of undecided voters leaning towards Handel (I'm assuming Magellan pushes people to pick a candidate more than Insider); she's definitely the frontrunner now.

If Oxendine somehow wins today, SurveyUSA as the only pollster with an Oxendine lead, will be king, otherwise - if Handel wins - they will be the big looooooser.

[Barnes]

It's been really funny to watch Oxendine implode.

[Bacon King]

Personally, I'm hoping that a Deal-Johnson runoff somehow develops

[Lunar]

I've always had the feeling that Oxendine sucks, I just don't know why.  Can anyone fill me in?

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/02/03/goring-the-ox-the-georgia-republican-party-is-on-suicide-watch/

[Bacon King]

Damn. Otis Putnam has won Baker County, and Ray McBerry has won Schley. Jeff Chapman's won a few coastal counties, and of course the big four have all won counties- so we're gonna have quite an eclectic map in the GOP primary.

[Bacon King]

Damn. Otis Putnam has won Baker County, and Ray McBerry has won Schley. Jeff Chapman's won a few coastal counties, and of course the big four have all won counties- so we're gonna have quite an eclectic map in the GOP primary.

Lol, Baker County results now at 0% in. Looks like someone in the county office made a mistake!

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So now that the primaries are mostly done, do the Dems have a prayer at winning anything statewide? Putting aside the governor's mansion for now.

[Barnes]

So now that the primaries are mostly done, do the Dems have a prayer at winning anything statewide? Putting aside the governor's mansion for now.

I'm really not sure. All of the statewide offices that Democrats are holding (AG, Agriculture Commissioner, and Labor Commissioner) have been held for several years by the same incumbent. The Ag Commissioner, Tommy Irvin, has been up there since the '60s!

So, it's hard to know if the Democrats can hold these or not.

[timmer123]

So now that the primaries are mostly done, do the Dems have a prayer at winning anything statewide? Putting aside the governor's mansion for now.

I'm gonna predict a Republican shut out in Georgia

[Barnes]

It looks like the Democratic Labor Commissioner race is still too close to call:

Darryl Hicks, Chief of Staff to the Chairman of Futon County
166,128 - 50%

Terry Coleman, Former Speaker of the GA House (2003-2005)
165,602 - 50%

[Vepres]

It looks like the Democratic Labor Commissioner race is still too close to call:

Darryl Hicks, Chief of Staff to the Chairman of Futon County
166,128 - 50%

Terry Coleman, Former Speaker of the GA House (2003-2005)
165,602 - 50%

"The Democratic Labor Commissioner" how... exciting.

[Bacon King]

GOP Gubernatorial Primary map I just made!

[Meeker]

What were Chapman and McBerry's backgrounds?

[Bacon King]

Chapman's a state senator from Brunswick, in Glynn County (the dark orange one on the coast) who was the only GOP candidate to oppose the horrible insider politicking of Purdue's Jekyll Island development deals. He's known for being a bit of a maverick with things like that. He's the guy I voted for, actually.

McBerry is a crazy person who rambles about putting the Confederate flag back on the state flag and stalked and sexually harrassed a 9th grade student before he got his teacher's license revoked and got a restraining order from the girl's parents.

[Lunar]

Chapman's the guy I voted for, actually.

McBerry is a crazy person who rambles about putting the Confederate flag back on the state flag and stalked and sexually harrassed a 9th grade student before he got his teacher's license revoked and got a restraining order from the girl's parents.

I'm confused by these two paragraphs.  Why not McBerry?

[tmthforu94]

The Georgia race is officially over. Nathan's got this. Dale Peterson just endorsed him and put an ad out...

http://dalepetersonsays.com/