Tag Archives: Sue Everhart

Political Notes – Does the gay marriage issue hurt Obama?

By Tom Crawford | Published: May 14, 2012

President Obama’s statement on gay marriage doesn’t seem to have helped him among Georgians, but the issue could play differently on the national level . . .

Tags: Amanda F. Williams , Barack Obama , DOT minority/women hearings , gay marriage , George Hooks , Nathan Deal , Republican leadership , Roger Lane , Sue Everhart , University of Georgia commencement

Obama shifts to an endorsement of gay marriage

By Tom Crawford | Published: May 10, 2012

Just 24 hours after North Carolina voters approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, President Barack Obama endorses them . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , gay marriage , John Lewis , Rush Limbaugh , Sue Everhart

Political Notes – Newt will have things to do after the campaign

By Tom Crawford | Published: April 26, 2012

Newt Gingrich, fresh from his unsuccessful race for president, will address the state GOP convention in Columbus next month . . .

Tags: Arizona immigration law , Charles Kuck , GOP state convention , Helen Kim Ho , Jerry Gonzalez , Newt Gingrich , Sue Everhart , Supreme Court , Travis Kim

Political Notes – Everhart takes on the birthers

By Tom Crawford | Published: April 16, 2012

State GOP Chairwoman Sue Everhart tells birthers demanding a lawsuit against President Barack Obama that they’re just going to have to let the current legal process play out . . .

Tags: 20-week ban on abortions , Arizona , Barack Obama , birthers , Brian Kemp , Chuck Eaton , Georgia Health Sciences University , Georgia Republicans , Jan Brewer , Michael Shaffer , PSC , revenue department , Steve Oppenheimer , Sue Everhart

Political Notes – Good news from Caterpillar

By Tom Crawford | Published: February 17, 2012

Caterpillar will open a new manufacturing plant in the Athens area; CNN, however, drops a planned GOP debate in Georgia after Mitt Romney and Ron Paul cancel . . .

Tags: ACCG , cnn , Cobb EMC , debate , Georgia Humanities Councilk , Georgia primary , Mark Hamilton , Mitt Romney , Ron Paul , Sue Everhart , telephone subsidies

Political Notes – Georgia, Ohio team up for GOP debate

By Tom Crawford | Published: February 10, 2012

The Republican Party leaders for Georgia and Ohio agree to jointly sponsor a presidential candidates’ debate as a leadup to the March 6 primary . . .

Tags: insider trading , John Lewis , John Wilkinson , Lynn Westmoreland , Nathan Deal , Republican primary , Sue Everhart

Georgia politicians react to Obama’s state of the union speech

By Tom Crawford | Published: January 25, 2012

A sampling of comments from Georgia political figures on the president’s state of the union speech . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , John Lewis , Johnny Isakson , Lynn Westmoreland , Maria Sheffield , state of the union , Sue Everhart , Tom Graves , Tom Price

Deal gets booed, his candidate gets booted

By Tom Crawford | Published: May 14, 2011

Sue Everhart wins the GOP chairman’s race over Tricia Pridemore; Gov. Nathan Deal gets booed by GOP activists . . .

Tags: Georgia Republican Party , Nathan Deal , Sue Everhart , Tricia Pridemore

Republicans gird themselves for contentious convention

By Tom Crawford | Published: May 12, 2011

Republican Party delegates will convene in Macon this weekend to elect a state chairman at their annual convention . . .

Tags: Georgia Republican Party , Nathan Deal , state convention , Sue Everhart , Tricia Pridemore

Political Notes – Conflict-of-interest charges in a DOT race

By Tom Crawford | Published: January 27, 2011

The race for a seat on the State Transportation Board heats up, as does the race for state GOP chairman between Sue Everhart and Tricia Pridemore . . .

Tags: David Doss , Eric Johnson , Georgia GOP , interbasin transfers , Jeff Lewis , State Transportation Board , Sue Everhart , Tom Scott , Tricia Pridemore