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APN Q&A: Brian Westlake, challenging Rep. Oliver, HD 82

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(APN) ATLANTA — Brian Westlake, a high school teacher who ran in 2010 for the Democratic nomination for Georgia School Superintendent, is challenging State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur) for the House District 82 seat.   Westlake, who is an advocate for public education, takes issue with State Rep. Oliver’s support of Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed Opportunity School District (OSD), […]

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APN Questionnaire, Marie Metze, House District 55 Special Election Candidate

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(APN) ATLANTA — In Atlanta Progressive News’s continuing coverage of the House District 55 Special Election on June 16, 2015, this article provides questionnaire responses by Marie Metze.   Metze filed her responses after the deadline.  APN has now published all seven candidates’ questionnaires.   Tyrone Brooks, Jr:   http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/05/21/apn-questionnaire-tyrone-brooks-jr-state-house-special-election-district-55/   John Guest:   http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/05/24/republican-seeks-to-sneak-up-on-em-in-house-district-55/   Shelitha Robertson:   http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/05/26/apn-questionnaire-shelitha-robertson-state-house-special-election-d55/ […]

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DeKalb District 5 Questionnaires: Adams, Edmondson

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(APN) ATLANTA — In Atlanta Progressive News’s continuing coverage of the DeKalb County District 5 Special Election on June 16, 2015, this article presents the questionnaire responses by candidates Gregory Adams and Jerome Edmondson.   Candidate responses by George Turner were published here:   http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/06/02/apn-questionnaire-george-turner-dekalb-district-5-special-election   Candidates Harmel Codi, Vaughn Irons, Gina Mangham, Kathryn Rice, and Kenneth Saunders, III, were […]

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APN Questionnaire, George Turner, DeKalb District 5 Special Election

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(APN) ATLANTA — In Atlanta Progressive News’s continuing coverage of the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners District 5 Special Election coming up on June 16, 2015, this article covers the candidacy of George Turner, whose nomination by Interim CEO Lee May was stifled by the Board on several occasions.   Mr. Turner, a neighborhood leader in District 5, had the […]

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APN Questionnaires House District 55: Brown, Fitzgerald, Raju

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(APN) ATLANTA — In Atlanta Progressive News’s continuing coverage of the June 16, 2015 Special Election in State House District 55, the seat of former State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta), APN is providing the remaining questionnaire responses by three candidates in the race: Alysia Brown, Mike Fitzgerald, and Raghu Raju. The responses by Tyrone Brooks, Jr., are published here:   […]

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APN Questionnaire, Shelitha Robertson, State House Special Election D55

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(APN) ATLANTA — In Atlanta Progressive News’s continuing coverage of the June 16, 2015 Special Election for State House District 55, the seat of former State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta), we now turn to candidate Shelitha Robertson.   Previously, Robertson ran for Atlanta City Council Post 3-at-large in 2009, challenging then-Councilman Lamar Willis.  She ran for Fulton County Superior Court […]

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Arrington Jr., Carr Responses to APN HD 62 Questionnaire

(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of State House races, we sent questionnaires to the candidates in the HD 62 race.  Candidates Marvin Arrington, Jr., and Kip Carr provided their responses; Benny Crane failed to respond to an email and numerous phone messages; and LaDawn B. Jones “LBJ” declined to respond. “I have received your survey.  Yet at this […]

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