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Powerful legislators draw challenges

Some of the most influential General Assembly members will have opposition in their own party primaries . . .

Tags: candidate qualifying , Georgia House , Georgia Senate

Political Notes – Carley will take over, briefly, as chief justice

Supreme Court Justice George Carley prepares for his swearing in as the next chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court . . .

Tags: bankruptcy , Brenda Fitzgerald , Carol Hunstein , childhood obesity , George Carley , Georgia Supreme Court , Nathan Deal , Newt Gingrich , SHAPE

Allen named interim president at Central Georgia Technical College

Ivan Allen will step in as interim president of Central Georgia Techical College until a permanent replacement is named . . .

Tags: Central Georgia Technical College , Ivan Allen , Middle Georgia Technical College , Ron Jackson , Technical College System

Ethics reform issue will be prominent in primary races

Political activists will keep the focus on ethics reform in the primary elections, ask legislators to sign pledge to limit lobbyist gifts . . .

Tags: Common Cause Georgia , David Ralston , ethics revision , Josh McKoon , Tea Party , William Perry

Qualifying gets underway, sort of

The election season commences as candidates start qualifying for the July 31 primary elections . . .

Tags: candidate qualifying , Georgia House , Georgia Senate

On the campaign trail: It’s time for candidates to take the plunge

It’s put up or shut up time for political candidates as qualifying for the July 31 primary elections kicks off Wednesday morning . . .

Tags: Ann Purcell , Bill Hitchens , candidate qualifying , Casey Cagle , Cecil Staton , JUly 31 primaries , Michael Harden

Pro-highway tax group releases its own, more favorable poll numbers

Citizens for Transportation Mobility counters the findings of a WSB-TV poll with its own survey that it says shows the T-SPLOST issue has majority support . . .

Tags: CTM , poll , T-SPLOST , WSB-TV

Political Notes – Georgia Chamber releases its scorecard

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce assigns its letter grades to legislators for the 2011-12 term . . .

Tags: Georgia Chamber of Commerce , John Lee Parrott , Judicial Qualfications Commission , legislative scorecard , Tom Price

Metro Atlanta poll shows low support for T-SPLOST

New poll commissioned by WSB-TV shows the T-SPLOST issue is tanking among suburban voters in the Metro Atlanta region . . .

Tags: July 31 referendum , Metro Atlanta , T-SPLOST , transportation tax

On the campaign trail: A bipartisan group takes aim at McKillip

Rep. Doug McKillip has Democrats and Republicans working against his attempt to win the GOP primary in his legislative district . . .

Tags: Able Mabel Thomas , Abortion , Alisha Thomas Morgan , Bob Smith , Bobby Allen , Cobb County school , David Morgan , David Ralston , Doug McKillip , Kathy Ashe , Ken Britt , Mary Margaret Oliver , Regina Quick