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 as mayor of Ray City.

In his Air Force days, he used to drive generals. "Now," says Camon, "I drive with generals." The first black mayor of Ray City (approximate population 1,000, about 78 percent white, six miles from Moody Air Force Base), Camon is serving his third two-year term. "When I took office, it was a shock for this area," says Camon. "The community embraced change, but carefully." And change has been good. Since Camon has been in office, he's played a lead role in water system improvements, using grant monies (and lowering customers' bills); establishing the first municipal-owned pre-K school in the state; and building a new city hall with SPLOST bucks. In 2000, Camon, the father of four, started the Mayor's Youth Leadership Institute, for kids from 10 to 17.

He is USAF Veteran, young, fresh face democrat that dems need to get back to power here in the state. He maybe unknown now, but if he were to run for Lt. Governor & have the field to himself, people will see how impressive this guy rellay is. Or  they should persuade Floyd Griffin, Jr back into the political fray next year as well. A former State Senator (the first black candidate to win a rural, majority white district in the state's history) & mayor of Milledgeville, he has wealth of experience that would be appealing to the state. His work on behalf of veterans would work well with the critical voting block here in the state. A U.S. Army Veteran & helicopter pilot in Vietnam, he can get African-American voters out in 2010 as well. 

Floyd Griffin Jr. back in 1994 defeated incumbent state Sen. Wilbur Baugh to become the first Black politician elected from a rural, White majority district in Georgia since Reconstruction.