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Elena Parent: Rep. Jill Chambers Draws A Challenger Elena Parent, an Atlanta attorney and former legislative aide for State Senator David Adelman (D-42), has joined the race to unseat State Representative Jill Chambers (R-81).

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Battlegrounds: A Trend Race? Yankouski, Garvin, and Giddins. All overpowered by State Rep. Rick Golick. But coming off his narrowest victory, just how long can Rep.Golick hang on to his seat in the Georgia General Assembly?

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Saxby Chambliss: Now with More Empathy! Republican Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) returned to the US Senate today and apologized at a Senate Republican luncheon for his recently disclosed affair with a campaign aide.

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AJC tries to “Oxendine” Attorney General Thurbert Baker. One month ago, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on illegal PAC contributions made to the John Oxendine campaign for Governor.

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Renewing Georgia's Economy
06/30/2009 | Jason

Three ideas to rejuvenate the economy:

Establish tax-deductible worker savings accounts that can be only tapped during a layoff. Employers may make tax-deductible matching contributions to such accounts. The maximum amount that can be saved in this account is 8 months of one's current monthly salary.

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The Battlegrounds Series.

The Georgia House of RepresentativesThe mission is simple; maximize the pick up opportunities and protect your vulnerable members from defeat. Each political party will soon begin executing a version of that strategy for the 2010 elections.

The Payback

The desire was real, and the anger was well placed. To activists of any political party, little does more to boil the blood than a well placed investment that gets turned against you. | Full Story |

The Tough Nut To Crack

Perhaps more so than any other Republican member of the state house, Rep. Jill Chambers (R-81) has been the bur in the electoral saddle of Atlanta Democrats. | Full Story |

The Darkhorse District

Viewed through a prism of pure political performance, Tift and Turner counties offer a bleak picture for the Democratic Party. | Full Story |

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Taking (Some) Issue With Obama's Nominee to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

On Friday, June 19, President Obama nominated Judge Beverly Baldwin Martin to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, a circuit consisting of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.

Trying My Hand at Redistricting: Georgia Democratic Gerrymander Using DRA

My goals going into this were: 1.) To make sure the new district elects a Democrat. 2.) To shore up the three Central/Southern Georgia Democrats (especially Marshall and Barrow), not only for...

A Beacon of Irony

This commentary was written by Sarah Beth Gehl, deputy directory of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, and has been taken from its original posting at GBPI's commentary site ... ...

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Tell Barrow He Got It Wrong

With the passage of The American Clean Energy and Security Act, The House of Representatives has made a dramatic breakthrough for America's future by choosing to create jobs, move to clean energy, and...

Carl Camon or Floyd Griffin for Lt. Governor?

If Democrats are looking for diversity on their ticket for 2010, the folks at the state party ought to look at persuading Carl Camon, mayor of Ray City to run for Lt. Governor. He has a impressive record...

Georgia Diverting TANF funds away from Job Assistance

(Cross posted at the Perimeter Progressive) When I was in college, I did a lot of organizing around Hunger and Homelessness, and something I learned a little about was TANF - the Clinton version of...