Friends of Mayor Holding Re-Election Fundraiser

Event is Thursday evening at Pampas Steakhouse

Sen. Saxby Chambliss Rumored to Not Seek Re-Election in 2014

If Chambliss officially announces his plans not to run, will U.S. House Rep. Tom Price run for the seat in 2014?

The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Political Insider Jim Galloway is reporting that U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will not seek re-election when his current term is up in 2014. Chambliss is expected to make the announcement official later today. According to Galloway, GOP House members Tom Price (R-6th District) and Paul Broun (R-10th District) have already shown interest in running against Chambliss recently. He also believes other House members Phil Gingrey (R-11th District) and Tom Graves (R-14th District) will also make a run for the seat without an incumbent in the position.

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Fulton Elections Board Chairman Submits Resignation

Fulton Commission Chairman John Eaves said the departure of Roderick Edmonds presents a chance for a "fresh start" for a department that has its challenges.

Fulton County's Board of Registration & Elections resigned his position today, Jan. 11, notifying the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Dr. Roderick Edmond's resignation is effective upon a replacement being named. “I am grateful for Dr. Edmond’s leadership and service to the citizens of Fulton County.  I know that he will continue to make positive contributions in our community,” said Board of Commission Chairman John H. Eaves. “A change in leadership at this time presents an opportunity to make a fresh start as we continue to address challenges in our Registration & Elections department. We will immediately begin working to identify a replacement.” The Fulton County Registration & Elections department has had issues in the past, …

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Beach Keeps Jobs as Top Priority as a State Senator

Once the special election for Georgia Senate District 21 is certified, the North Fulton chamber president anticipates jumping right into his new "part-time" job.

Jobs, jobs, jobs. That continues to be Brandon Beach's mantra now that he is the apparent winner of the Georgia Senate District 21 seat after Tuesday's special election. "I'm going to work on what I said I was going to work on before the campaign: Foster an atmosphere that is a conducive environment to jobs, jobs, jobs," Beach said a day after the special election to fill a vacancy created when Chip Rogers quit before he even started what was to be his next term. "We need lower taxes and less regulation. I said that since day one of the campaign, and that's what we are going to work on," the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce president and CEO – and soon to be state senator – said. Beach hopes the election is certified before the …

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Initiative May Have Brought in 19K New Voters

Johns Creek schools participated in registration drives.

The North Fulton County Voter Education, Registration and Participation Initiative may have added roughly 19,000 new voters in North Fulton, including 3,509 in Johns Creek, in time for the 2012 presidential election. Fulton Voter Education Specialist Julia Reed’s final report on the initiative stated that in Nov. 2011, there were 73,680 potential voters in North Fulton uninvolved in the electoral process. Of those, 33,282 were registered voters who had not voted in three to seven years and 40,397 were eligible but unregistered. The combined 73,680 represented 59.4 percent of the county’s inactive and unregistered eligible voters. “36.4 percent of all Fulton County voters reside in North Fulton,” Reed said. “If only half of the voters in …

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Will We Be Better Off Because of This Election?

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Months of campaigning, complaining and one-upping have lead us to this week during which we choose a President to carry us through the next four years. But, some have questioned the ability of either side to clean up what's been deemed "a mess." What do you think? Are the issues more likely to be resolved by one party or the other? Will the American people fair better over the next four years because of this election?

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Johns Creek Votes; Election Results

Incumbents retain seats; charter school amendment passes.

While Johns Creek didn't have much in the way of local elections this year, voters turned out on Tuesday to cast their ballots for the Presidential race and proposed charter school amendment. While Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney won Georgia as expected, President Barack Obama remained the country's leader. Georgia's charter school amendment passed, giving the state the power to approve public charter schools. Johns Creek's State House Rep. Lynne Riley (R-District 50) ran unopposed, as did State Sen. David Shafer (R-District 48). State Sen. Johns Albers (R-District 56), who represents a small portion of Johns Creek, defeated Democrat challenger Akhtar Sadiq. In Congress, U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-District 6) faced down a …

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Georgia Charter Schools Amendment Appears to Pass

The constitutional amendment grants the state authority to approve charter schools, whether local school boards want them or not.

Georgia voters gave the state more authority over charter schools on Tuesday, passing a constitutional amendment empowering a commission to overrule local school districts that reject charter school petitions. With all counties fully reporting, the hotly contested amendment had support of 58.5 percent of voters. See selected county results below. It was an emotionally charged issue that in some ways united Georgians across political and demographic lines. A Peach Pundit poll from late October had found "no significant difference [in support] based on whether a voter is a Republican or a Democrat, a male or a female, or based on race." Camille Cottrell, an Emory University instructor and card-carrying Democrat, is an example of the …

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