Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

[illegaloperation]

So they don't need to crack 50, just to beat their opponents by say a 48-45-7 margin?

They each need to get 50% + 1 vote to avoid runoff. Senator Griffin just assumes that the "others" would get ~3% of the vote.

[nolesfan2011]

(horribly biased) interview by Erick Erickson with Deal on the ethics stuff http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/07/17/deal-defends-aides-contact-with-ethics-chief-comparing-her-to-prosecutor/ he's neck deep and digging...

[illegaloperation]

(horribly biased) interview by Erick Erickson with Deal on the ethics stuff http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/07/17/deal-defends-aides-contact-with-ethics-chief-comparing-her-to-prosecutor/ he's neck deep and digging...

Yup. I get a lot of my GA news from Peach Pundit blog (in addition of Atlanta Journal Constitution).

The blog has a pretty conservative slant, but this give me an idea of what the conservatives are thinking.

http://www.peachpundit.com/

[Adam Griffin]

So they don't need to crack 50, just to beat their opponents by say a 48-45-7 margin?

They each need to get 50% + 1 vote to avoid runoff. Senator Griffin just assumes that the "others" would get ~3% of the vote.

Indeed. I imagine in a race like this, a victory for Carter or Nunn would look something like 50-47-3 / 50-46-4.

[illegaloperation]

Deal's ethic may not help Carter as much as it should be because some white Southerners are too stubborn to vote for Carter. They may vote for some third party candidates, but that doesn't help since Carter needs 50% + 1.

[Adam Griffin]

This is an interesting piece about the good ol' boy system disenfranchising legitimately-elected black BoE members in South Georgia (and Nathan Deal has a hand in it). If somebody plays this the right way, it could be more fuel on the fire.

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[Adam Griffin]

Does this sound like a scared man or what?

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[illegaloperation]

Landmark Communications talks about why its result is different from those of SurveyUSA

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/07/21/rain-may-not-be-the-only-thing-dampening-gop-fervor/

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[Adam Griffin]

Landmark Communications talks about why its result is different from those of SurveyUSA

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/07/21/rain-may-not-be-the-only-thing-dampening-gop-fervor/

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And just think: this data is already close to a year old. That white number based on past trends is probably right at one point lower than it was in November 2013 (since it's been around 8 months, maybe closer to 1/2 point).

[Adam Griffin]

OMG GUYS WHERE ARE YOU

IT'S PRIMARY RUNOFF DAY

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE

[Hamster]

Who else voted today? I voted the anti-Hice line, myself.

[Dixie Reborn]

Who else voted today? I voted the anti-Hice line, myself.

Did you vote in the Senate primary?

[Adam Griffin]

Who else voted today? I voted the anti-Hice line, myself.

I took care of mine in the first week of early voting -nothing exciting (I refuse to vote in R primary).

[Hamster]

Who else voted today? I voted the anti-Hice line, myself.

I took care of mine in the first week of early voting -nothing exciting (I refuse to vote in R primary).

In 10 the de facto general election was today, and I'll be damned if I'll be complicit in Hice getting elected.

Who else voted today? I voted the anti-Hice line, myself.

Did you vote in the Senate primary?

Yeah, for Perdue.

[Adam Griffin]

IT'S CRAZY how tight the Senate race is at the moment. SSS race on the R side, too.

Perdue just took the lead for the first time.

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/52176/136598/en/summary.html

[Barnes]

Who else voted today? I voted the anti-Hice line, myself.

I took care of mine in the first week of early voting -nothing exciting (I refuse to vote in R primary).

Yeah, I did early voting last week. I did the Democratic as well.

On that note, Valarie Wilson seems to be maintaing a 5% in the Superintendent race.

[Adam Griffin]

COME TO THE CONGRESSIONAL FORUM IF YOU WANT TO LIVE

[Barnes]

COME TO THE CONGRESSIONAL FORUM IF YOU WANT TO LIVE

I felt like no one would be interested in the Superintendent race over there.

[Dixie Reborn]

COME TO THE CONGRESSIONAL FORUM IF YOU WANT TO LIVE

I felt like no one would be interested in the Superintendent race over there.

What exactly does the Superintendent do in Georgia?

[illegaloperation]

On the bright side, Nunn now have millions of attack ad ideas thanks to Kingston.

[Adam Griffin]

BK we were so wrong

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: most of tonight's discussion took place over here

Yeah, that took about 10 seconds to make...

[Adam Griffin]

And of course...this is actually a couple of months old.

[Bacon King]

I've been out of town the last few days so I completely missed the election but I am disgusted at the Hice victory in my district and a bit suspicious about the close statewide races

[badgate]

COME TO THE CONGRESSIONAL FORUM IF YOU WANT TO LIVE

I felt like no one would be interested in the Superintendent race over there.

What exactly does the Superintendent do in Georgia?

They superintend.

[Miles]

Jimmy Carter says Jason will run again in 2018...for reelection