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DEL.ICIO.USPerdue to lose ally
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
James Salzer reports that Gov. Sonny Perdue is unexpectedly losing one of his floor leaders in the state Senate.
Sen. Joseph Carter (R-Tifton) is giving up his Senate seat to run for a superior court judgeship. Qualifying for such nonpartisan seats starts today.
Carter had already qualified to run for re-election to his Senate seat. Nobody signed up to run against him. So now Perdue’s staffers are working to decide how to elect his replacement with the state’s primaries only three weeks away. Among those mentioned as a possible candidate to replace Carter is state Rep. Austin Scott (R-Tifton).
Comments
By galloway
June 23, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
You idiots — you already reported on this. See: “A state senate seat opens up in Tifton.” How incompetent are you?
By ruralindependent
June 23, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
If Scott does run for the senate seat, his hd 153 seat will go democratic because of two dems running in the primary down here.
By PBJ
June 23, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
Austin Scott as a Senator? That guy has the IQ of a brick wall. Sad we can’t some smarter people in politics.
By republican
June 23, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
austin scott is a joke. he will probably get beat for his house seat and absolutely will get beat if he runs for the senate.
By Reality Check
June 23, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
Perdue’s staffers don’t get to decide. That’s a matter for the Georgia code.
By cindy
June 23, 2008 7:23 PM | Link to this
Hey Tiftonians, can we get a Democrat to run in this district?
We need to get away from the good ole republicans
By GAindependant
June 23, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this
No. There are no good Democrats in the state of GA.
By i'm not saying, i'm just saying
June 23, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this
Cindy, former State Representative Ray Holland (D) of Ashburn would be the guy if we could talk him into it
By betty boop
June 24, 2008 12:40 AM | Link to this
Mercy, I didn’t know ole chicken hips still had any allies. Good grief, even chicken lips Cagle has made him the BUTT of more than one joke and there is so much BUTT there. Betty Boop