Ga. runoff expected for U.S. House seat
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Two Republicans will likely go head-to-head in a runoff after Wednesday's election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood.
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In five House elections from 1992 to 2000 and then again in 2004, voters in a black-majority suburban Atlanta sent Democrat Cynthia A. McKinney to Congress. During that time, she gained some loyal supporters with her advocacy on behalf of minorities, women and the poor.
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Officials of the Florida Republican Party are expected Monday afternoon to announce their choice to replace resigned Republican Rep.
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In the latest turn toward controversy in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 16th District Ã¢ÂÂ long represented by resigned Republican Rep. Mark Foley Ã¢ÂÂ Florida Democrats have accused the state Division of Elections of giving unfair advantages to state Rep. Joe Negron, the RepublicansÃ¢ÂÂ candidate to replace Foley, in his bid to prevent a takeover by Democratic nominee Tim Mahoney.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton won another round in the battle for Georgia's coveted black vote on Monday as she picked up endorsements from the state's only two black statewide elected officials.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated New York Senator Hillary Clinton in Georgia's primary, networks projected, gaining the first victory on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Republican Jim Whitehead, a former state senator, justified his front-runner ranking for TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs special House election in GeorgiaÃ¢ÂÂs 10th District by finishing in first place.
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Barack Obama won the Georgia primary Tuesday night, the leading edge of a coast-to-coast struggle with Hillary Rodham Clinton for delegates in the grueling Democratic presidential campaign. Arizona Sen. John McCain challenged his remaining rivals for control of the Republican race.
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U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris led early primary election tabulations Tuesday in her bid to claim the GOP nomination for the Senate, and Rep. Jim Davis led in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.
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Republicans defeated Democrats in the Senate race in Georgia on Tuesday, while the Democratic incumbents were re-elected in Vermont and Indiana, reports reaching here said.
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House Democrats picked their leaders for the upcoming legislative session on Tuesday, re-electing Jim Black of Mecklenburg County as House speaker and Joe Hackney of Orange County as House leader.
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Democratic former congressman Ciro Rodriguez and Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla battled for a congressional seat in a runoff election Tuesday.
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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday in Georgia's capital, pressing for a presidential runoff but celebrating an agreement giving the opposition more control over the main state-funded television station.
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By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  May 28--The Georgia Water Council will hold a town hall meeting in Columbus Tuesday as part of a series of meetings across the state to discuss the statewide water planning effort and provide opportunity for the public to ask questions or comment on it.
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Two congressional committees are scheduled this week to consider a bill giving the District its first full vote in the House, and senior Democrats hope to pass it in the House and send it to the Senate this month.
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The open-seat contest for VermontÃ¢ÂÂs at-large House seat may not have as high a national profile as the stateÃ¢ÂÂs open-seat Senate race, as the state heads into its primary elections Tuesday. But unless the dynamics change greatly over the final eight weeks before the general election on Nov. 7, the House race may have a stronger bearing on the partisan battle for control of Congress.
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It still is far from certain that Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich Ã¢ÂÂ who masterminded the RepublicansÃ¢ÂÂ takeover of the House in 1994 and then served as Speaker  for four years Ã¢ÂÂ will enter the 2008 presidential race after nearly a decade out of political office.