(APN) ATLANTA — In the Partisan Primary Run-off Elections held on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, State Sen. Gail Davenport (D-Atlanta) retained the State Senate District 44 seat, while LaDawn Blackett Jones “LBJ” won in House District 62, and Ronnie Mabra won in House District 63. GAIL DEFEATS GAIL, EXCEPT THIS TIME IN REVERSE State Sen. Gail Davenport (D-Clayton) defeated former […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — There are a number of races on the July 31 Partisan Primary Election and Non-partisan General Election ballot for races involving elected positions at the Fulton County level. These races include Primary Elections for District Attorney for Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Clerk of Fulton County Superior Court, Fulton County Sheriff, Fulton County Tax Commissioner, Solicitor-General for State Court […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — There are a number of races on the July 31 Partisan Primary Election and Non-partisan General Election ballot involving elected positions at the Fulton County level. These races include Primary Elections for District Attorney for Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Clerk of Fulton County Superior Court, Fulton County Sheriff, Fulton County Tax Commissioner, Solicitor-General for State Court of Fulton […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Administrative law judges (ALJs) have ruled in three different residency challenge cases that three respective candidates–Anne Taylor, candidate for State House District 39 (South Cobb); Ronnie Mabra, candidate for House District 63 (Atlanta, South Fulton, Clayton, Fayette); and Clarence Johnson, candidate for Fulton County Superior Court Judge–are not qualified for office. Secretary of State Brian Kemp must […]
Read more(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 […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — William Phelps and State Rep. Margaret Kaiser (D-Atlanta) have provided their responses to the Atlanta Progressive News Candidate Questionnaire for State House District 59. Charter schools, as noted below, emerged as a major issue of contention between the candidates. Phelps criticized Rep. Kaiser for co-sponsoring HR 1162, calling it a “grave mistake.” Kaiser did not directly answer […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Rashad Taylor (D-Atlanta) has yet to to file his Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, which was due June 30, 2011, and he currently owes 750 dollars in unpaid fines for that report as well as other reports that he filed late, according to a search of the […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Board of Directors of the Atlanta Progressive News has issued the following endorsements in our first round of endorsements for this 2012 election cycle. We are endorsing in four State House races (HD 53, HD 56, HD 57, HD 58), where we sent detailed questionnaires to nine candidates, receiving responses from all nine with the exception […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Former State Rep. Gloria Bromell Tinubu (D-Atlanta), a progressive Democrat who served less than one full term in the General Assembly of Georgia, is now the Democratic nominee for US Congress for the newly apportioned Seventh Congressional District in South Carolina. The District includes areas known as the Grand Strand and Pee Dee areas, and includes eight […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Gary “PeeWee” Davis, an advocate for the less fortunate and candidate for the State House District 60 seat, has died, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Davis, 36, was not aware that he had kidney failure until he went to the emergency room with complications, according to his mother, Deborah Davenport. Davis was one of four challengers who […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The House District 57 is quickly turning into one of the ugliest Atlanta political races in recent years, with the campaign of State Rep. Rashad Taylor (D-Atlanta) and his supporters apparently engaging in using political party, race, and geography to attack State Rep. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta), her supporters, and anyone who dares to question where Mr. Taylor […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In the Atlanta Progressive News coverage of contested Primary Elections for State House races this season, APN has so far printed questionnaire responses from seven out of nine candidates in four different races. So far, APN has printed responses from Jason Esteves and Robert Patillo in HD 53; Ken Britt and former State Rep. “Able” Mable Thomas […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In our coverage of State House races this year, Atlanta Progressive News recently sent questionnaires to nine candidates in four different races. One of those races, House District 56, involves one former legislator, State Rep. “Able” Mable Thomas (D-Atlanta), and Ken Britt, who are both running for the seat formerly held by State Rep. Kathy Ashe (D-Atlanta), […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In our coverage of State House races this year, Atlanta Progressive News recently sent questionnaires to nine candidates in four different races. One of those races, House District 58 involves two Democratic incumbents, State Reps. Simone Bell (D-Atlanta) and Rep. Ralph Long (D-Atlanta), who were paired to run against each other in the same district. So far, […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In our coverage of State House races this year, Atlanta Progressive News recently sent questionnaires to nine candidates in four different races. One of those races, House District 57, involves two Democratic incumbents, State Reps. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta) and Rep. Rashad Taylor (D-Atlanta), who were paired to run against each other in the same district. Yesterday, APN […]
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