Democratic Bench in GA

[JRP1994]

Who the hell is left? This is the problem with not having any statewide offices for ten years.

• Michelle Nunn: Can make a comeback, I guess, but she far underperformed expectations and didn't outperform Obama's margin.

• Jason Carter: Same as above. Deal was very beatable, and there's less excuse for Carter not taking this to a runoff than Nunn not taking Perdue to one.

• John Barrow: Could possibly still run for statewide office, but much harder now that he's been defeated in his district.

• Max Cleland: Ehhh. Hard to see him firing up the youth vote.

• Roy Barnes: Dear merciful God in Heaven, please no.

• Kasim Reed: Because the best way to get more white votes in rural Georgia is to run the black mayor of Atlanta.

[BM]

Does Cynthia McKinney still live there?

[KCDem]

Carter because he's young and Deal was an incumbent. Stick a fork in the rest of them.

[windjammer]

Write in:  Adam Griffin

[Dixie Reborn]

Write in:  Adam Griffin

[retromike22]

Write in:  Adam Griffin

[JerryArkansas]

Write in:  Adam Griffin

[Bacon King]

John Barrow is probably the only one who can pull off a successful statewide campaign. Maybe we could recruit Clark Howard??

[RodPresident]

John Barrow is probably the only one who can pull off a successful statewide campaign. Maybe we could recruit Clark Howard??

Cantwell was defeated in House 1994 and returned to Senate in 2000. Barrow can comeback.

[Mr. Smith]

Carter did impressively against an incumbent with midterm turnout, and he's got youth on his side.

[IceSpear]

Carter, Nunn, and Barrow are all still plausible candidates. Yes, Nunn and Carter lost 53-45 (same as Obama 2012), but that was in a lower turnout midterm in a Republican wave. If just one of those factors wasn't present it would've been closer. If both weren't present they either would've won or went to a runoff.