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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dick Pettys at InsiderAdvantage has a piece focusing on Senate Majority Leader Tommie Williams of Lyons, who is urging his fellow Republican senators to rally behind a single candidate for lieutenant governor in 2010.
That is, if as expected, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle runs for governor.
“My position is, we only need one guy from the Senate running for the position,” Williams told Pettys. “They need to come together and decide who that’s going to be so we don’t have a divided caucus.”
Several senators have expressed interest in making the leap. There’s Senate President pro tem Eric Johnson of Savannah, Chip Rogers of Woodstock, Mitch Seabaugh of Sharpsburg, and David Shafer of Duluth.
Internally, GOP senators are portraying Williams’ comments as a move to boost Johnson, the Senate president pro tem.
A few phone conversations with potential candidates — not all, but some — indicates that Williams will have little success with his effort. This despite the fact that Johnson does have a large treasury that would give him a significant advantage in a statewide race.
But several of the above have come down with a severe case of up-or-out fever, and aren’t likely to defer to the Senate’s ranking member. As one told us, and as Cagle proved in ‘06, this isn’t wait-your-turn situation.
Comments
By Bill
June 4, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Sen. Mitch Seabaugh of Coweta County for Lt.Gov. in 2010!!!! Absolutely, the finest #1 possible candidate!!! Run Mitch Run!!!
By Bill Kecskes
June 4, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Sen. Mitch Seabaugh of Coweta County for Lt.Gov. in 2010!!!! Absolutely, the finest #1 possible candidate!!! Run Mitch Run!!!
By Bill Kecskes
June 4, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
Sen. Mitch Seabaugh of Coweta County for Lt.Gov. in 2010!!!! Absolutely, the finest #1 possible candidate!!! Run Mitch Run!!!
By American worker
June 5, 2008 1:02 AM | Link to this
Chip Rogers is one who does the right things for the right reasons…ROGERS WILL BE MY MAN IF HE RUNS…we don’t forget who leads with couarge. 20,000 illegals leaving Ga. can’t be wrong - If chip can upset the Chamber, the builders and the far left, he is dong a ot right. LOOK AT HIS comprehensive RECORD! GO CHIP ROGERS!
By SouthPaw
June 5, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
None of them will be able to “compete” with the war chest David Shafer CAN and WILL produce!!!
By Conservative Voter
June 5, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
Four good possible candidates - however, Rogers is the strongest of the bunch in my opinion. He is a consistent conservative who thinks clearly and is cool-headed. We need more like him in government.