Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

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Haven't we had minority and women candidates running in midterm years in this state? And did they ever win or come close to winning??

John Barrow is really dumb, for real.

I don't think so. If Handel came out of the Primary, he's out of a job, and more wacko birds and less Tom Price, the better it is for her. I think he's making a smart choice in terms of keeping an already at risk seat.

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Georgia Governor race: now lean rep for Sabato

I'm actually beginning to think that Carter is likely to outperform Nunn.

If Perdue is nominated, that will certainly be the case.

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Handel might get some sympathy for Perdue's snide comments, but everything else that has happened in her favor is overrated. Yeah, Sarah Palin endorsed her, but we knew that. It's a two man race between Kingston and Perdue for people that could actually get the nom (probably one of Gingrey or Broun gets to the run-off).

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Oh wow. Phil Gingrey's campaign is a disaster. What the hell happened?

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The gender gap between Perdue and Handel is pretty stupendous: Perdue is at 31 with men, while Handel only holds 12% of that group, but Perdue only leads Handel by 1 point amon women (21-20). The fact that Gingrey only leads Grayson (who?) by 1 is the most hilarious part of that poll, though.

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The gender gap between Perdue and Handel is pretty stupendous: Perdue is at 31 with men, while Handel only holds 12% of that group, but Perdue only leads Handel by 1 point amon women (21-20). The fact that Gingrey only leads Grayson (who?) by 1 is the most hilarious part of that poll, though.

Grayson seems to be a black Ron Paul fan.

A black Ron Paul fan with his own band.

This guy rules!

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Jack Kingston probably should be the most electable by being able to swing some Dem leaners due to his record as an appropriator, but his ads show he's been rather ineffective at getting his message out. If it's a Kingston v. Perdue run-off, then Perdue will clobber him, because for conservatives in the state, its a complete wash, as they are about equal. However, if it's a Perdue v. Handel run-off, things get more interesting, and even though her fundraising/advertising has been weak, outside conservative groups will probably funnel more money to her.

I'd say Perdue is the most electable due to his money, but honestly, all three would beat Nunn due to the fact that Nunn can not get 50+1 in November against any of them. Only chance Nunn has of winning is, as everyone else has said, getting Gingrey or Broun, and neither of them has a chance.

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With four thousand votes in, I'm gonna call it now that Kingston makes the runoff. He's pulling 80 percent of early voters across south GA

Huh, yeah this is weird. He's at 68% of the vote right now

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Meanwhile, on the Senatorial sides of things, Jack Kingston joins the impeachment train.

Given that this is Georgia, I don't think this will change much.

I feel like Perdue will win the primary now, because this is a sign of desperation.

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Both Carter and Nunn's poll numbers seem to be imploding...this amidst the fundraising surge?

The last two polls showed Carter up by nearly 10 points.

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Go Jason!

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just for a random update, John Barrow's ad team continues to be awesome in this cycle

I'm not a fan of Blue Dogs, but his ads are fantastic. Hell, I would consider voting for him.

Especially because his opponent has an ad where he literally says the debt is immoral because of the bible.

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I feel like he may be Frank Underwood.

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Shows how things are changing, Barrow only outperforms Carter's margin by 6.

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Kingston is going to K Street, so I guess its unlikely he wants to run for anything else:

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Boy that guy ran a weak primary campaign. He was, for all intents and purposes, favored in the run off, got all of the endorsements, while Perdue blew his load over the Chamber of Commerce, and still lost.

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Bennett looks like a rising star coming out of this, if he holds on to his seat this November of 2016.

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It it does turn out to be a battles of the Staceys, this will be the first gubernatorial election in Georgia's history where the nominee of either major party is a woman. This will also be the first election since 1990 that a woman will be on the general election ballot.

Is Cagle likely to win the GOP Nomination?

He is, in many ways, the default candidate, mainly by simply sitting in his role of Lieutenant Governor for twelve years now. He has very few political allies in the Legislature, however, and not much influence within the Senate majority.

That being said, people are only vaguely aware of Kemp, and many probably because of the voter hacking fiasco. I should except the race to add more candidates, but Cagle's withdrawal from the 2010 primary probably endeared him with enough power players to stop a very forceful challenge.

Yeah I feel like Cagle and Kemp are probably the two co-frontrunners, but both strike as pretty weak, though not as weak as the infamous JOHN OXENDINE.

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ahahahahahaha Kingpoleon busted!

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wow i got slammed. someone call the medic. he mentioned the state in my avatar. wow.

i mean, i didn't think Georgia had a state treasurer tho.

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JAHN BARRA is running for Secretary of State! I can already see the campaign ads:

"I'm Jahn Barra and long before I was born, my granddaddy used this lil' Smith and Wesson here to help stahp a literacy test"

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http://politics.blog.myajc.com/2017/09/25/barrow-aims-for-a-political-comeback-with-bid-for-georgia-statewide-office/

If he wanted to run for statewide office, why not run for Governor? Would he struggle in a primary?

I believe there is already a competitive primary for Governor in which there is not really a space for his politics.

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uhhh yeah but have you heard of the Bradley effect?!?!?

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The much awaited sequel has arrived
https://youtu.be/Y6htgrVPi7A

jake quit tryin to have sex with mah daughter only i get to that

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This is one of the most embarrassing political flameouts in quite a while. Cagle amassed this giant operation and ran for governor for YEARS only to be exposed as a boneheaded political operator and corrupt RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION.

Trump's endorsement was just a sign of things coming - if Cagle looked like a sure thing Trump absolutely would've endorsed him.

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For most of the last two years Kemp was this close to being the political flame out - he was a very distant second or third in most of the primary polling before he did a horrifying caricature of the media's portrayal of southern people.

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For most of the last two years Kemp was this close to being the political flame out - he was a very distant second or third in most of the primary polling before he did a horrifying caricature of the media's portrayal of southern people.

I knew Racist GA Hicks would love Kemp and those ads the second I saw them. The media (along with many liberals) was extremely out of touch by thinking they'd be "controversial" and hurt him, lol.

Oh yes when as soon as he got the van out to round up illegal immigrants HIMSELF (him, of course, being a mealy armed government bureaucrat) I figured it was too shameless to lose.