re: Alright Georgia, We Have A Huge Election Day Today & I'm Here To Discuss It All *Update P7

Alright guys it’s been a long day. Before I hit the hay I’ll post some numbers.

These numbers are from the Marietta Daily Journal. I’m not going to bother linking because it’s pay.


GEORGIA SUPREME COURT

Charles Bethel 950,217 51.4%
Miracle Rankin 898,490 48.6%
99% in

Sarah Warren 1,091,264 59.5%
Jenauer Jordan 742,130 40.5%
99% in

GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS

Trent Brown 1,150,872 64%
Will Wooten 648,549 36%
99% in

Elizabeth Gobeil 1,024,096 57%
Fatima Harris-Felton 776,868 43%
99% in

GOVERNOR

Burt Jones 364,087 38.3%
Rick Jackson 300,714 32.5%
Brad Ratfricker 138,439 14.9%
Chris Carr 109,648 11.9%
100% in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Mike Collins 365,397 40.5%
Derek Dooley 272,416 30.2%
Buddy Carter 227,348 25.2%
100% in

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

John Kennedy 239,817 27.5%
Greg Dolezal 202,883 23.2%
Blake Tillery 167,992 19.2%
David Clark 132,801 15.2%
Steve Gooch 102,615 11.8%
100% in

SECRETARY OF STATE

Tim Fleming 315,945 39%
Vernon Jones 222,952 27.5%
Kelvin King 129,519 16%
Gabe Sterling 97,139 12%
Ted Metz 45,474 5.6%
98% in

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Brian Strickland 578,539 71.5%
Bill Cowsert 230,557 28.5%
99% in

UNITED STATES HOUSE REP DISTRICT 11

John Cowan 33,153 42.8%
Rob Adkerson 16,905 21.8%
Tricia Pridemore 14,547 18.8%
John Hobbs 4,863 6.3%
Chris Mora 4,002 5.2%
Lisa Carlquist 3,035 3.9%
100% in

UNITED STATES HOUSE REP DISTRICT 14

Clay Fuller 66,793 81.3%
Colton Moore 5,502 6.7%
Brian Stover 3,178 3.9%
Tom Gray 2,050 2.5%
100% in

UNITED STATES HOUSE REP DISTRICT 6

Kevin Martin 15,413 70.1%
Justin Pinker 6,560 29.9%
100% in

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER 3

Fitz Johnson 373,994 50.1%
Brandon Martin 373,080 49.9%
99% in

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER 5

Josh Tolbert 352,894 47.2%
Bobby Mehan 232,508 31.1%
Carolyn Tatum Roddy 162,940 21.8%
100% in

STATE SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT

Richard Woods 379,282 48%
Bubba Longrear 240,705 30.5%
Randall Trammell 116,478 14.8%
99% in

I’m good with it save for Kelvin King, i was hoping for better results there.

Rattfricker got his arse kicked…bad.

And what’s the deal with Kesha Bottoms?

Is she going to win the general election?

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NBC just called it for Bethel.

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Chatted with him this morning. He said he won't have to buy razors for a few weeks, thanks to last night's close shave.

They deserve to be disbarred.

In other news, we MUST change the date for nonpartisan one-shot elections to be on the general election date, not during a primary where there's guaranteed to be awful turnout.

Alright guys, it's primary runoff day here in Georgia!

Get out and vote if you haven't done so already. I am heading out in about a half hour to do so.

Here are the runoffs. The winners of these races will be the Republican nominees that will face off against the Democrats in November.

Some considerations... you of course want to vote for the candidate you like the most. But you also need to consider, to whatever degree you weigh it, how well the candidate will do against the Democrat in November.

You can view my first several posts on the first page for a breakdown of most every candidate. You can also view my post either above or on previous page for numbers results for the previous election about a month ago.

This is from a Republican perspective. Again, Democrats, you are welcome to make your contributions regarding your candidates.

With all that in mind...


UNITED STATES SENATOR

Mike Collins
Derek Dooley


GOVERNOR

Rick Jackson
Burt Jones


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Greg Dolezal
John Kennedy


SECRETARY OF STATE

Tim Fleming
Vernon Jones


SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

Fred Longrear
Richard Woods


PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER

Bobby Mehan
Josh Tolbert


There may be other runoffs for US Congressional House Districts. Mine is District 11:

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

Rob Adkerson
John Cowan




Some of my own thoughts...

Collins is an easy choice for me for Senator. I don't know Dooley or what he stands for and he speaks in vague generalities. He ha him hawed around importation questions like immigration enforcement. Dooley is backed by Kemp and has good funding though. I expect Collins to win as I think most of Buddy Carter's votes to go to Collins. I'm not sure where Dooley is going to pick up a lot more votes. But you never know for sure.

Governor has been a tough one. It's Burt Jones for me. My thoughts are expressed on the first page. This will be close, I think, probably within 5 points maybe. I think Jackson has a good chance of taking it because I see most all of Carr and Ratfricker's votes going to him. I'm not sure where Burt Jones is getting a lot more of his votes to make up for Jackson getting the #s 3 and 4 guys' votes. I don't like Carr and his coming out strong against Burt Jones, running a lot of commercials and saying he would open a criminal investigation into him if he wasn't running for governor have turned me away from Jackson. Jackson acts like a newcomer, says he's an outsider, but he's been a political string puller in the shadows for many, many years. Burt Jones is probably shady. But Jackson is probably shady as well. Jackson said "I don't know" when asked directly if he employs illegals.

Lieutenant Governor is a tough one too. Do you go for the in your face street fighter Dolezal or do you go for the polite, genteel Kennedy? I'm voting for Dolezal but I understand voting for Kennedy. Most of my family is voting for Kennedy.

Secretary of State. This is a serious job. Secretary of State runs our businesses, commerce, and elections. I'm disappointed because who I think was the class of this race, Kelvin King, didn't make the runoff. Do you vote for the shadowy figure who refuses to answer questions, Fleming, or do you vote for the grifter, Vernon Jones? I'm not crazy about Fleming. He refused to answer any questions or participate in any debates. He was Kemp's chief of staff when he was at Secretary of State, his chief of staff when he first became governor, then ran for Georgia Assembly. He is experienced. And while we have legitimate, serious complaints about election integrity and security, Kemp did give us photo ID and scrubbed the voter roles. Remember MLB pulling the All-State game because of this? Jim Crow 2.0? So while Kemp and Fleming didn't do everything, they did stop us from becoming California. And Fleming did not work for Ratfricker. Vernon Jones, I just don't know if he is a serious enough person for this very important job. So Fleming it is.

School Superintendent, Woods.

Public Service Commissioner, Tolbert. Sharp guy, engineer.

US Representative, probably Cowan. I'm not high on him but he seems to look and talk the best. I know some people have good things to say about Adkerson so I understand choosing him.

Vote!

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Chris Carr and the rest of the GA swamp rallying around Jackson speaks volumes to me. frick that.

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Yep.


People have told me, 'oh you don't want Burt Jones because Democrats will hit him with accusations of corruption and self enrichment!" I am quite sure the Democrats will do the same accusations against the billionaire Jackson. Moreover, Democrats are going to preach a two pronged message all year long on the campaign: affordability and class warfare. Choosing a billionaire as your candidate in these times right now seems to play right into their hands.

I also think Burt Jones hit Jackson pretty good on illegal immigration when he backed Jackson into a corner and made him refuse to admit whether or not he employs illegals.

And Burt Jones seems to have all the right enemies.

The story that appears to have gone under the radar, despite every candidate and their brother talking *around* it, is the demonization of the AI data center issues.

We're currently in an arms race with China for AI supremacy, and the data centers are the 2020s equivalent of ICBM missile silos. I don't know that they're the best thing in the world, and I certainly wouldn't want to live next door to one, but it may very well be a necessary evil in today's age.

The effort to make the data centers De Debil has been noticed, for sure.

Now, do I think we should all pay higher rates from Georgia Power as a result of the data centers sucking up significantly more electricity than residences and commercial businesses? Absolutely not. It should be a foregone conclusion that they should pay their own way with respect to power consumption.

Now, if they want to get together and pay for new power plants that would serve the data centers exclusively - then we can talk.