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		<title>Powerful legislators draw challenges</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/23/some-powerful-legislators-draw-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[candidate qualifying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most influential General Assembly members will have opposition in their own party primaries . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes – Carley will take over, briefly, as chief justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Fitzgerald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Hunstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Carley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SHAPE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice George Carley prepares for his swearing in as the next chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Allen named interim president at Central Georgia Technical College</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/23/allen-named-interim-president-at-central-georgia-tech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Georgia Technical College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Georgia Technical College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical College System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ivan Allen will step in as interim president of Central Georgia Techical College until a permanent replacement is named . . . ]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics reform issue will be prominent in primary races</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/23/ethics-reform-issue-will-be-prominent-in-primary-races/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Cause Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics revision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh McKoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Perry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Political activists will keep the focus on ethics reform in the primary elections, ask legislators to sign pledge to limit lobbyist gifts . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Qualifying gets underway, sort of</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[candidate qualifying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The election season commences as candidates start qualifying for the July 31 primary elections . . .]]></description>
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		<title>On the campaign trail: It’s time for candidates to take the plunge</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/22/on-the-campaign-trail-its-time-for-candidates-to-take-the-plunge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ann Purcell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Hitchens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidate qualifying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casey Cagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Staton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JUly 31 primaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Harden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's put up or shut up time for political candidates as qualifying for the July 31 primary elections kicks off Wednesday morning . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-highway tax group releases its own, more favorable poll numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 18:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CTM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T-SPLOST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WSB-TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes – Georgia Chamber releases its scorecard</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/22/political-notes-georgia-chamber-releases-its-scorecard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Georgia Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lee Parrott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judicial Qualfications Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislative scorecard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Price]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Chamber of Commerce assigns its letter grades to legislators for the 2011-12 term . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Metro Atlanta poll shows low support for T-SPLOST</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[July 31 referendum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metro Atlanta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T-SPLOST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New poll commissioned by WSB-TV shows the T-SPLOST issue is tanking among suburban voters in the Metro Atlanta region . . .]]></description>
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		<title>On the campaign trail:  A bipartisan group takes aim at McKillip</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2012/05/21/on-the-campaign-trail-a-bipartisan-group-takes-aim-at-mckillip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Able Mabel Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alisha Thomas Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cobb County school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ralston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug McKillip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Ashe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Britt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Margaret Oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regina Quick]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Doug McKillip has Democrats and Republicans working against his attempt to win the GOP primary in his legislative district . . .]]></description>
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